She has been the Bearcats' head coach since the fall of 2017 and worked with players during practices until the team played its inaugural season in the spring of 2019. Willamette was was 6-10 in 2019 and the Bearcats went 2-1 during the shortened 2020 season.

Seven teams in the Northwest Conference compete in women's lacrosse. The NWC is eligible for an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament. Other NWC members with a women's lacrosse team are George Fox University, Linfield College, Pacific University, University of Puget Sound and Whitman College.

Prior to arriving at Willamette, Lautenbach spent five years as an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Fresno State University (Calif.) of NCAA Division I. Lautenbach joined the Fresno State coaching staff in July of 2012. She was promoted to first assistant coach in 2014. She also became the team's defensive coordinator.

Lautenbach helped Fresno State earn its first winning record this spring, as the Bulldogs went 9-7. In her first season in 2013, FSU set a team record with 212 groundballs. The Bulldogs began competing in women's lacrosse in 2009.

Prior to being an assistant at Fresno State, Lautenbach was the head coach of women's lacrosse for two seasons at Holy Family University (Pa.), which competes in NCAA Division II. She improved the team from 0-12 in the year prior to her arrival to a 10-7 record during her first season in 2010, as the Tigers led Division II with a +10 improvement in wins. HFU earned a berth in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference in 2010 and 2011. Lautenbach was a volunteer assistant coach at Drexel University (Pa.) of NCAA Division I for the 2012 season. Drexel qualified for the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament.

Lautenbach received a Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion University in 2007 with a major in Criminal Justice (Pre-Law) and a minor in Sociology. While attending ODU, she was a starting midfielder on the women's lacrosse team, which competes in NCAA Division I.