Allison Kwolek
Head Coach
- 99-34 (.744) record in last 8 seasons at two schools
- Led Clemson to 2025 NCAA Sweet 16 and ACC Semifinals
In just three seasons at Clemson, Head Coach Allison Kwolek has led the Tigers to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, an ACC Semifinal berth, and a national ranking as high as No. 6 in the country.
Kwolek had the Tigers ranked in the Top 20 in each of her first 2 season, including as high as No. 14 in their inaugural season. After a 14-7 record and final national ranking of No. 12 in 2025, Kwolek has a 99-34 (.744) record in her last 8 seasons as a head coach.
And the momentum continues as the No. 1 recruiting class in the country comes to Clemson for the 2026 season, led by No. 1 ranked Alexa Spallina and No. 2 ranked Emma Penczek. Kwolek has now led two different programs to top-10 national rankings in 3 of her last 5 seasons. And that is leading two programs who combine for just one top-10 ranking without Kwolek as the head coach.
The 2025 Tigers moved up to No. 6 in the country after road wins over No. 5 Syracuse and No. 11 Notre Dame in the span of seven days. Kwolek had led the University of Richmond into the top-10 in each of her final two seasons, before taking the head coaching job at Clemson, which did not compete until 2022. Kwolek’s success in the postseason continued in 2025 as she picked up her third postseason win in three seasons at Clemson and the 14th postseason victory of her career.
After reaching the 2025 ACC Semifinals with a 15-7 win over NCAA Quarterfinalist and No. 9 ranked Duke, Kwolek led Clemson to an 11-8 win over No. 15 ranked Navy to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16. Clemson finished the 2025 season with a 14-7 record, with four of those losses coming to Final Four teams. The Tigers had 4 top-15 wins, including 2 top-10 victories. Clemson went 6-3 in the nation’s top league, the ACC, finishing in a tie for fourth place. Clemson featured two All-Americans in 2025, Natalie Shurtleff and Summer Agostino, and had 11 All-ACC selections over the last two seasons.
Clemson’s rise has been driven not just by Kwolek’s developing of talent, but her recruiting. It’s no secret, she isa coach that players want to play for, not just because of how she impacts their success on the field, but because of how she cares about the person off the field. The No.1 ranked recruiting class entering Clemson in the fall of 2025 is Kwolek’s second top-5 ranked class (Class of 2027 – 4th) and 3rd class ranked in the top-15. She also had a No. 1 ranked transfer class and her balance of top high school talent and acquiring top transfers has been a key to Clemson’s success.
But as big an appeal as Clemson has, Kwolek landed a top-10 recruiting class at Richmond, where she also recruited and coached Sam Geiersbach, the 2022 Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Championship. In her last five seasons at Richmond, Kwolek went 64-16 (.800), 27-5 in Atlantic 10 play, won two conference tournaments and two regular-season championships.
Richmond was nationally ranked in the top-10 each of her last two seasons and qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2 of the her last 3 years. That doesn’t include the 2020 season, when the Spiders started 7-0 and defeated No. 6 UVa before the season was cut short due to COVID-19. Kwolek coached five Atlantic 10 Players of the Year at Richmond. Prior to her time at Richmond, Kwolek served as an assistant at the College of William and Mary, Columbia University, and Dartmouth College, helping lead the Big Green to an Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
Formerly known as Allison Evans, Kwolek was an All-CAA midfielder at William & Mary and defender on the US National Team. She was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Potomac Chapter in February 2015 and named to the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020. Kwolek and her husband Mark have a daughter Olivia.
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“Allison’s created this family environment. I think it speaks to me more than any of the state-of-the-art facilities that they have at their fingertips. When they are having a bad day, a salt pod is great, but it’s even better to open your coach’s door and say ‘I’m going to cry, I need a tissue.’ It’s very likely she’s going to cry with them.” – Kristie Masaracchia, mother of senior defender Paris Masaracchia
Bill Olin
Associate Head Coach
Associate Head Coach Bill Olin is in his fourth year with the Tigers, helping lead the team to the 2025 NCAA Sweet 16 and a ACC Semifinal appearance. Olin joined Kwolek for the inaugural season of Clemson lacrosse and has helped lead Clemson to a top-25 ranking in all three seasons.
The Tigers were ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation in 2025, and took down 4 top-15 teams, including No. 5 Syracuse and No. 9 Duke. Clemson went 14-7 with four of those losses coming to Final Four teams.
He coached 2025 All-Americans Natalie Shurtleff and Summer Agostino, along with 11 All-ACC selections over the last two seasons.
Olin helped secure the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, which begins play for the Tigers in the spring of 2026.
Clemson is 37-20 in Olin’s three seasons on the sideline, taking down 8 NCAA Tournament teams over the past two seaons. In Olin’s first season in Clemson, the Tigers went 12-6 and finished the year ranked in the top-25. The Tigers ranked 6th in the nation in scoring offense and 8th in the nation in assists per game in their inaugural season.. Clemson was ranked as high as No. 14 during its first season of lacrosse.
Olin came to Clemson after five years as the Associate Head Coach at Cornell. During his time at Cornell, Olin and Big Red won an Ivy league Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. His team qualified for the Ivy League Tournament in two of his four seasons on the sidelines, and he helped develop six All-Ivy League defensive players, including 2017 conference Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-American Catie Smith.
Olin was a head coach at Capital University from 2014-16. 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. Prior to his tenure at Capital, he was an assistant coach at SUNY Potsdam men’s lacrosse immediately following his playing career.
As a player, he was a four-year starting goalkeeper for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, where he was a three-time ECAC Defensive Player of the Week, two-time Big East Defensive Player of the Week, and three-time All-ECAC Academic team member.
Christina Esposito
Assistant Coach
Christina Esposito enters her second season at with Clemson, helping the Tigers to the 2025 NCAA Sweet 16 and an ACC semifinal berth.
Clemson finished 14-7, tied for fourth in the nation’s best conference, the ACC, and were ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation. Clemson posted four top-14 ranked wins, including top-10 victories over No. 5 Syracuse and No. 9 Duke.
Esposito coaches the offense and draw units for the Tigers. She coached All-American midfielder Natalie Shurtleff and mentored freshman Kira Balis tp an outstanding freshmen year on the draw.
During the 2024 season with the Florida Gators, Esposito played a pivotal role in Florida’s outstanding campaign, where the Gators advanced to the NCAA semifinals with a 20-3 record. Under her guidance, Florida’s offense was one of the most prolific in the nation, scoring 405 goals (17.61 per game). Additionally, she coached a draw control unit that ranked among the top ten nationally, showcasing her ability to effectively develop offensive and midfield strategies.
Before her successful Stint at Florida, Esposito served as an assistant coach at Stony Brook, leading the Seawolves to a 15-4 record and an impeccable 7-0 run in the CAA in 2023. Her coaching career also includes being the Director and Head Coach of the Long Island Girls United Lacrosse Club and the Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach at St. Dominic High School, where she guided the team to its first-ever New York State Championship. Additionally, Esposito served as the Head Coach of the Long Island Jesters 2026 Team, which ranked among the top five club teams in the country during her tenure.
A native of West Babylon, New York, Esposito’s collegiate career was equally impressive. She was a five-year letter winner for the Northwestern Wildcats, earning IWLCA Second Team All-West/Midwest Region selection, and was a member of the All-Big Ten Team and the Big Ten All-Tournament Team in her final season.
“Christina is highly regarded nationally and knows how to win at the highest level as a player and a coach. She understands our landscape extremely well, and her enthusiasm for the game is contagious,” said Head Coach Allison Kwolek.
Esposito earned her Master’s of Sport Administration in 2017 and Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Studies from Northwestern University.
Landyn White
Assistant Coach
Landyn White helped lead Clemson to the 2025 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and an ACC Semifinal appearance in her first season with the Tigers. Before beginning her coaching career at Clemson, White the Big East Goalkeeper of the year during a 5-year career at UConn.
White coached All-ACC goalkeeper Emily Lamparter to the best season of her career, holding opponents to a 9.67 goals against average. Lamparter had a 46.4% save percentage, which ranked top-five in the ACC and top-25 nationally.
White was a standout player at UConn, where White earned numerous accolades, including 2024 Big East Goalkeeper of the year, Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention, USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention, IWLCA All-Northeast Region Second Team and Big East All-Tournament Team. As a goalkeeper, she recorded over 700 saves, with 217 coming in her fifth year, setting a single-season program record for the Huskies.
White, an Alpharetta, Georgia native, garnered Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention, USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention, IWLCA All-Northeast Region Second Team, Big East All-Tournament Team, and All-Big East First Team honors in her final season. In her career, White recorded over 700 saves, with 217 coming in her fifth year, which set a single-season program record for UConn.
“Landyn obviously was a tremendous goalkeeper on three-straight NCAA Tournament teams at UConn, but she also has been coaching at the youth and club level throughout her collegiate career. As an Atlanta native, Ladnyn already has an understanding of what makes this place so special and will be a tremendous addition to the staff. We’re thrilled to add two women of this caliber to our staff,” said Head Coach Allison Kwolek.
White graduated from UConn in May 2024 with her Master in Business Administration and Master of Public Health. Additionally, White earned her Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from UConn in 2022.
SAM SORRELL
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Clemson alumnus Sam Sorrell is in his fourth year as the Director of Operations for the Clemson women’s lacrosse program.
A 2020 graduate of Clemson, Sorrell spent two years as a Football Operations Student Assistant, including the National Championship season of 2018. Sorrell assisted with the day-to-day operations of the Clemson football program, including scheduling and logistics. The Tigers went 29-1 while Sorrell worked with the program, the one loss coming in the 2019 National Championship game. He is the proud owner of a 2018 National Championship ring.
The Durham, N.C. native assisted with football recruiting game day operations, including junior days, prospect camps, official visits and unofficial visits. He worked with the Director of Football Operations to create the travel packets for each home and away game, and assisted with the day-to-day operations of the Dabo Swinney Football Camps.
As an undergraduate at Clemson, he also spent time as an intern in the Duke Athletic Ticket Office, and as a statistician for the Duke Sports Information Department.
Sorrell’s father Bobby, worked in the Duke Athletic Department for 30 years, including spending time as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Duke Women’s Basketball team.
Camp Staff Includes Coaches From:
Elite Summer Camps 1 & 2
College coaches confirmed as of now: Campbell, Davidson, Furman, Mercer, Rollins, Vanderbilt, Wofford
