NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The IWLCA announced Monday that Boston College lacrosse Head Coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein has been named the Division I Coach of the Year. She was also named the IWLCA Northeast Region Division I Coach of the Year.
Walker-Weinstein led BC to the 2021 National Championship, her first as a head coach and the first in BC program history. The Eagles' opened at #12 in the IWLCA preseason poll, before beating Albany, then-#14 USC and then-#22 UMass to open the year. Then after falling to #1 North Carolina, BC went on a nine-game win streak, with six wins over ranked teams and four top-10 wins.