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Randall Swope

  • Title
    Head Coach
  • Email
    swoper@susqu.edu
  • Phone
    570-372-4275
  • Alma Mater
    Maryland '97
  • Year at SU
    9th Year (2024-25)

Biography Banner

Randall Swope was named head coach of the Susquehanna University women's lacrosse team in the summer of 2018, coming to SU as an assistant coach in 2017 and serving as the interim head coach in 2018. Swope has been involved with coaching at the highest level of the game since the late 1990s, including an eight-year stretch at nearby Bucknell University as the head women's lacrosse coach. She also has head coaching experience in both high school and the Division III level at Franklin & Marshall College. 

At Susquehanna Banner

  • 49-50 overall record at Susquehanna
  • 2024 Landmark Conference Coaching Staff of the Year
  • 2021 Landmark Conference Tournament appearance
  • 9 Landmark Conference First Team honorees
  • 2022 Landmark Conference Player of the Year
Program Milestone
  • 13 wins in 2024 third-most in program history and most since 2013
  • 122 points by Caroline Chase in 2022 (Landmark Conference record)
  • 70 assists by Caroline Chase in 2022 (Landmark Conference record)
  • 15 points by Caroline Chase vs. Alvernia University (2/26/22) (Landmark Conference record)
Honors & Awards Banner
  • IWLCA All-Region (10): 2017: Shannon McKinney (2nd Team, M); 2021: Caroline Chase (2nd Team, A), Kelsey Homberg (2nd Team, M), Mary Vilardi (2nd Team, D); 2022: Caroline Chase (1st Team, A), Kelsey Homberg (2nd Team, M); 2023: Madi Mitchell (2nd Team, D);  2024: Kelsey Homberg (2nd Team, M), Aerin O'Brien (2nd Team, G), Madi Mitchell (2nd Team, D)
  • Landmark Conference Player of the Year (1): 2022: Caroline Chase
  • Landmark Conference First Team (9): 2018: Libby Dex (G); 2021: Caroline Chase (A), Kelsey Homberg (M), Mary Vilardi (D); 2022: Caroline Chase (A); 2024: Aerin O'Brien (G), Kelsey Homberg (M), Heather Riefenhauser (A), Madi Mitchell (D)
  • Landmark Conference Second Team (3): 2018: Mary Vilardi (D); 2019: Libby Dex (G); 2022: Kelsey Homberg (M)
  • IWLCA Division III All-Star Game (1): 2022: Caroline Chase
  • IWLCA Academic Squad (4): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
  • IWLCA Honor Roll (15): 2018: Helena Woytovich, Emily Hoff, Kathrina DeMaio, Carly Biegel, Alison Elf; 2019: Carly Biegel, Kathrina DeMaio, Alison Elf, Emily Hoff, Helena Woytovich, Mel Barracato, Christine Hoerman; 2021: Tori Lombardi, Mary Vilardi, Katie Hoerman
Previous Coaching Experience Banner
  • Interim Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Susquehanna University (2017-18)
  • Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Bucknell University (2011-2017)
  • Head Coach, Girls's Lacrosse & Soccer, Sidwell Friends School (2007-11)
  • Assistant Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Stanford University (2006-17)
  • Head Coach, Girls's Lacrosse & Soccer, Bullis School (2004-06)
  • Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Franklin & Marshall College (1999-2002)
  • Head Coach, Girl's Lacrosse & Soccer, St. Mary' High School (1998-99)
  • Assistant Coach, Women's Lacrosse, University of North Carolina (1997-98)
  • Assistant Coach, Women's Lacrosse, University of Maryland (1996-97)
Career Record Banner
YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD POSTSEASON
2000 Franklin & Marshall 6-9 4-5
2001 Franklin & Marshall 12-6 7-2 ECAC Tournament Semifinals
Centennial Conference Semifinals (No. 3 seed)
2002 Franklin & Marshall 8-7 6-3 Centennial Conference Semifinals (No. 4 seed)
2003 Bucknell 8-8 3-3 Patriot League Championship Runner-Up (No. 3 seed)
2004 Bucknell 8-7 4-2 Patriot League Semifinals (No. 3 seed)
2012 Bucknell 5-12 0-6
2013 Bucknell 5-12 1-5
2014 Bucknell 4-12 2-6
2015 Bucknell 2-15 0-8
2016 Bucknell 10-8 4-5 Patriot League Quarterfinals (No. 6 seed)
2017 Bucknell 9-8 4-5 Patriot League Quarterfinals (No. 6 seed)
2018 Susquehanna 4-9 2-5
2019 Susquehanna 7-9 2-5
2020 Susquehanna 3-4 0-0 Season canceled March 19 due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Susquehanna 4-5 3-4 Landmark Conference Quarterfinals (No. 5 seed)
2022 Susquehanna 9-8 2-5
2023 Susquehanna 9-9 3-4 Landmark Conference Quarterfinals (No. 4 Seed)
2024 Susquehanna 13-6 6-3 Landmark Conference Semifinals (No. 3 Seed)
TOTALS Susquehanna 49-50 18-26
3 Schools 126-154 53-76

Personal Banner
  • 1996 graduate of the University of Maryland
  • 3-time national champion as a lacrosse player for the Terps
  • 4-year starter for UMD for lacrosse
  • Also a member of the Maryland women's socccer team
  • Played for the US Women's Lacrosse national team from 1994-2007
  • 2001 World Cup gold medalist, scoring the game winning goal for the US
  • 2005 World Cup silver medalist
  • 2013 Served as an assistant coach with the Haudenosaunee Nation national team at World Cup in Oshawa, Canada
  • Attended St. Mary's High School
  • Named 1993 Female Athlete of the Year by the Baltimore Sun and Annapolis Sun
  • 2015 Inductee of Greater Baltimore US Lacrosse Hall of Fame
  • Annapolis, MD native
  • Swope (formerly Goldsborough) was married to Lindi Swope in August 2015
  • Resides in Northumberland, PA with their two dogs, Gussie and Dublin, and two cats, Jake and BooKitty
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