Brandi Lusk will begin her second season as head women’s lacrosse coach at Hartwick College. She is the 12th head coach in the history of the program.
This past spring, Lusk led the Hawks to a 10-6 overall record in her first season. The win total marked the most for the program since 2006. She coached senior Lauren Rosenberg, who earned Empire 8 Second Team honors, and closed her career sixth in points and seventh in goals in the Hartwick record books.
Lusk, who has local ties to the area after growing up in East Springfield and attending Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, spent nine years serving as the head women’s lacrosse and field hockey coach at SUNY Oswego. In her first eight seasons coaching both programs, she led her Laker teams to 103 victories.
While at Oswego, Lusk has been responsible for recruiting, budget planning, practice planning, game scheduling, tactical preparation, fundraising, monitoring grades and team building for both Laker lacrosse and field hockey programs.
In 2016, she guided her lacrosse team to one of the most successful seasons in program history, tying for a program record 12 victories to go along with its first SUNYAC playoff appearance since 2005. The win total included a 13-12 upset of nationally ninth-ranked Brockport in the regular season finale.
Under Lusk’s tutelage at Oswego, her athletes earned 33 all-conference selections, three SUNYAC Rookie of the Year awards, three all-regions selections, and one athlete was named an All-American.
As a student-athlete, Lusk attended Herkimer County Community College, where she played for two seasons in 2004 and 2005. She was a member of the school’s inaugural women’s lacrosse season and then helped the Generals to a 12-1 record the following season, which included a Region III championship, and a third place finish in their first NJCAA national tournament. She was a two-time NJCAA Academic All-American, a two-time NJCAA All-Tournament Team pick, named the HCCC Female Athlete of the Year, as well as a SUNY Chancellor’s Scholar Athlete.
Lusk graduated from Herkimer with an associate’s degree in Science in Physical Education. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in May 2007 from SUNY Cortland and earned her master’s degree in Science and Education from SUNY Cortland.
