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Bill Olin

 
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Bill Olin was named assistant coach for the Cornell women's lacrosse program in July 2016.

Olin spent the previous three seasons building the Capital University Division III men's lacrosse program from the ground up.

Olin spent three years at Capital, becoming the first head coach in program history and leading the team to immediate success, compiling a 35-15 (.700) overall record and the 2015 OAC regular season title. In three seasons, his players collected 16 All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors, including nine first-team nods. He was named Capital's Coach of the Year by its Student-Athlete Advisory Council in both 2014 and 2015.

His 2015 squad won the OAC regular season championship in just the second year of the program's existence. The team finished with a regular season record of 14-3, including 6-0 in conference play, before finishing as league's tournament runner-up. Capital had eight members named to the all-OAC teams, including Defensive Player of the Year, Tate Stover. Brennan O'Callaghan was the recipient of the OAC Freshman of the Year and OAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year awards. At year's end, Olin was named the OAC Coach of the Year.

Under Olin's tutelage, the Crusaders ranked 21st in NCAA Division III in scoring defense (6.93 gpg.) and seventh in the nation in caused turnovers per game (13.21 pg.) in the program's first varsity season.

Prior to his time at Capital, Olin served as coach/director of recruiting at Iron Horse Academy, a lacrosse club based in Texas that prepares high school age players for competition at the college level. He also had been an assistant men's lacrosse coach and defensive coordinator at the State University of New York at Potsdam (2010-12). He helped Potsdam to its first-ever conference tournament final in 2011 and one of his defenders was named SUNYAC Player of the Year and garnered honorable mention All-America accolades.

A four-year starting goalkeeper at Rutgers, Olin earned ECAC Defensive Player of the Week honors three times and Big East Defensive Player of the Week twice during his career. He was a three-year member of the All-ECAC Academic team and was named to the Big East Honor Roll in 2010.

A native of Horseheads, N.Y., Olin earned his bachelor's in history from Rutgers in 2010 and his master's in education from Potsdam in 2012. He and his wife Katelynn have a daughter, Findley.