Ricky Fried, head coach of the Georgetown University women's team, serves as head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team. Fried was appointed as head coach in 2009, shortly after serving as one of the assistant coaches for the gold medal winning U.S. team at the 2009 FIL World Championship.

Fried has served as head coach at Georgetown since 2005, and was an assistant coach at the school in 2003 and 2004.

Prior to Georgetown, Fried was an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University for nine seasons. While at the school, Fried served as the recruiting coordinator and helped build Hopkins into a Division I Top 20 program.

A 1988 graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), Fried was an All-American midfielder for the Retrievers lacrosse team. As a senior, he served as team captain, was named the team's Most Valuable Player and earned the team's Leadership Award. He was named to UMBC's All-Time Team in 1990.

Fried arrived at Hopkins following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at the Gilman School in Baltimore. He also played professionally with the Philadelphia Wings from 1989 through 1992 and the Baltimore Thunder from 1993 through 1994 and 1997.


U.S. Women's National Senior Team Staff
Head Coach - Ricky Fried
Assistant Coaches - Amy Bokker, Carol Cantele,
          Michele DeJuliis, Bowen Holden, 
          Liz Robertshaw, Jess Wilk Strosberg
Trainer - Michael Cantele
Manager - Wendy Stone
Team Physicians - Richard Hinton, Teri McCambridge