Amy Cohen begins her 15th campaign as head coach of West Chester University's storied field hockey program having guided her charges to the national semifinals in three of the last five seasons in which a championship was held (2019, 2021, 2022).

Cohen, who qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament in each of her first five campaigns at West Chester, has reached the national semifinals eight times in her tenure at the school, coming away with the coveted championship trophy three times (2011, 2012, 2019).

In 2022, the Jersey Girl led the Purple & Gold back to the national semifinals and the Division II Festival in Seattle, Wash. West Chester dropped its semifinal match to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival Shippensburg, 4-2, finishing out their campaign at 15-5 overall. Along the way, All-America midfielder Valerie van Kuijck was named the Division II National Player of the Year and Honda Award recipient for the sport of field hockey at the Division II level. She was one of four All-Americans for the Golden Rams overall. Sophomore midfielder Adriana Palumbo also won the NCAA Elite 90 Award at the national semifinals site as the student-athlete with the highest grade-point average among the four semifinalists.

In 2021, Cohen took a relatively young roster of players through the gauntlet known as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference regular season slate and came out in third place. From there, the Golden Rams made a run to the conference finals where a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Shippensburg was all that stood in their way of a conference crown. West Chester received the third seed in the NCAA Tournament and dispatched Adelphi to reach the national semifinals. There, the Purple & Gold downed Assumption in the semifinals, before another loss to Shippensburg in the title game ruined their goal of back-to-back national titles. Cohen and the Golden Rams finished the campaign 17-5 overall and 7-2 in the PSAC.

Following an undefeated 2019 regular season, West Chester dropped its PSAC semifinal contest to upstart Kutztown at Vonnie Gros Field. That loss fueled the fire for the Golden Rams entering the NCAA Tournament as the national No. 1 seed for the second consecutive campaign. This time, West Chester avenged its only loss of the season in the national semifinals, before defeating Saint Anselm, 2-1, two days later for the national championship.

In her 14 years at West Chester, Cohen has won three national championships, four PSAC championships (2012, 2014, 2017, 2018) and tutored six conference player of the year honorees. She has calculated an overall record of 205-61 (.771) over that same span. Meanwhile, 42 players have been named All-America, Cohen has put together a career record of 247-112 (.688), including her five seasons at Division III Susquehanna University.

West Chester finished 2019 at 20-1 overall and 10-0 in league play. Senior forward Katie Thompson was named the NFHCA Division II national player of the year while taking home three other player of the year plaudits. She was the third Golden Rams player to win the nation's top individual award under Cohen's tutelage since 2011 (Brynn Adams, 2011; Rachal Toppi, 2016). Cohen grabbed national coach of the year accolades for the second time in her stint at West Chester (2012) while watching five of her athletes earn NFHCA first team All-America citations.

Former Golden Rams field hockey captain, Kaitlin Hatch (WCU '19), was a Top 30 semifinalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year while also being honored as one of the NCAA's Top 10 award winners at the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, Calif. in January 2020. She is the first West Chester student-athlete to be recognized in any of the NCAA's major awards.

2018, was a banner year for Cohen and her charges as the Golden Rams ended the year with a 17-3 overall record and a mark of 9-1 in PSAC play. West Chester found itself sitting at the top of the NFHCA rankings for six weeks throughout the 2018 regular season while also capturing its second consecutive PSAC title. Cohen and her charges earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, which provided the Golden Rams with a bye into the national semifinals. West Chester met Shippensburg in what was a rematch of the PSAC Championship Game, but the Raiders prevailed in this contest winning by a final score of 4-0 to bring West Chester's historic season to a close. Cohen captured PSAC Coach of the Year honors while also mentoring PSAC Defensive Player of the Year in Taylor Bracale. Cohen and Bracale also captured ECAC Coach and Defensive Player of the Year honors following a stellar, and record breaking 2018 campaign.

In 2017, West Chester knocked off East Stroudsburg University to claim the PSAC Field Hockeyy Tournament Championship for the first time since 2014. Cohen once again tutored a number of All-Americans as Rachal Toppi, Kaitlin Hatch, Taylor Bracale and Mackenzie Mlkvy, were selected for the Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II All-America team. West Chester also excelled in the classroom in 2017 as the Golden Rams earned the NFHCA/ZAG Sports Team academic award while also placing 16 athletes on the NFHCA/ZAG Sports All-Academic team with four of those student-athletes being honored as Scholars of Distinction.

Cohen became just the eighth head coach in the history of West Chester University’s storied program, succeeding Kathy Krannebitter, who held that post from 1985 to 2010, retiring as the school's all-time leader in coaching victories with 226. The first two seasons of head coach Amy Cohen’s coaching career at West Chester University could not have been scripted any better. The Golden Rams captured back-to-back national championships and walked away with the PSAC crown in 2012.

Her first fall on campus, Cohen and her charges authored a 17-4 overall record and 8-2 in the PSAC Eastern Division. West Chester finished in second place in the East behind Bloomsburg. Five Golden Rams earned all-league plaudits and four were named All-America. In addition, senior back Brynn Adams was named the 2011 Longstreth/NFHCA Division II national player of the year.

West Chester’s 17 wins marked the most in a single season since 1987. The Golden Rams captured their fifth national championship and first at the Division II level since re-classifying before the 2011 campaign.

In 2012, West Chester went 20-2 and 9-1 in the PSAC Eastern Division. WCU won the conference title for the first time in school history and finished off the campaign with another NCAA crown. West Chester’s 20-win season tied the school’s single-season record and was the most since 1978.

For her efforts, Cohen was a repeat selection as NFHCA South Region coach of the year and this time walked away with the NFHCA national coach of the year trophy. Four Golden Rams were named first team All-America while six players were named to the All-PSAC squad. Senior midfielder Michele Schrift was also named the PSAC East player of the year.

Cohen led her charges back to the NCAA Tournament in 2013. However, a loss to Millersville in the national semifinals denied the Golden Rams a shot at their third national title. West Chester finished 14-6 overall with a pair of losses to the Marauders to close out the campaign (2-1 in PSAC semifinals and 1-0 in the NCAA national semifinals).

In 2014, the Golden Rams posted an 18-3 overall record during a spectacular campaign. West Chester won the PSAC Championship for the second time in three years and headed into the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South Region. Freshman standout, Rachal Toppi, was voted the PSAC freshman of the year.

The 2015 campaign saw a return visit to the national semifinals where East Stroudsburg ended West Chester's season with a 6-2 defeat en route to the Warriors' national championship. Ironically, it was a loss to the very same ESU Warriors in the conference semifinals that bounced West Chester from the conference tournament in the semifinals. The Golden Rams posted a 17-5 overall mark while making their fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

Cohen spent five years as head coach at Susquehanna University, leading them to a school-record 12 wins in her last season and a spot in the conference semifinals. She authored a 42-51 overall record at Susquehanna, averaging 11 wins over the past two seasons and reaching the conference championship game in 2009.

In addition, Cohen coached the 2009 Landmark Conference rookie of the year in Ally Bradley, who also earned a spot on the Longstreth National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III all-region team twice. Julia Amendola was selected to participate in the NFHCA Division III senior all-star game.

Cohen, a native of Linwood, N.J., previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Delaware for four seasons, before taking over the reins at Susquehanna, helping guide the Blue Hens to the Colonial Athletic Association championship in 2004.

A 2002 graduate of Lafayette College with a bachelor’s degree in History, Cohen was a four-year starting goalkeeper for the Leopards (1998-2001). The team captured the Patriot League championship in 1999 while Cohen earned second team All-Mideast Region honors. She still ranks second all-time in Lafayette history with 541 saves and twice finished among the Division I leaders in goals against average.

Also during her time at Lafayette, Cohen was vice president of the college’s Sports Council for Athletics and was a three-time Patriot League academic honor roll member.

Cohen coached in the USA Field Hockey Futures program for 12 years and has worked a number of summer camps, including the University of Delaware Blue Hen Elite Field Hockey Camp, where she was in charge of curriculum for three years.

Cohen earned a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Delaware in 2005.