Wake Forest Athletics
Barb Weinberg Joins Field Hockey Staff as Assistant Coach
2/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Feb. 28, 2014
By Currie McFayden, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeHockey)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Barb Weinberg, a former All-American and US National Team member, has been named to the Wake Forest field hockey coaching staff as an assistant coach as announced by Head Coach Jennifer Averill.
She joins the Demon Deacons after serving one year as an assistant coach at American University under Steve Jennings, where she assisted in the development of the goalkeepers.
"I am extremely honored to join the field hockey staff and to have the opportunity to work alongside Jen [Averill] and Rich [Sutton]," Weinberg said. "I am excited to learn from their expertise and knowledge of the game and to aid in the development of exceptional student-athletes here at Wake Forest University."
Weinberg, who played collegiately at Iowa from 2001-2004, led the Hawkeyes in saves during each of her four seasons with the squad and posted a stellar .793 save percentage during her senior season.
She also saw playing time with the US National Team from 2005-10, making 12 international appearances in that span. Weinberg also served as the alternate goalkeeper for the US at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
She began her coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Maryland from 2010-12, where she focused almost exclusively on working with the goalkeeping unit. During Weinberg's tenure with the Terrapins, the team captured back-to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011.
"The strength of knowledge and ability to convey her expertise not only in the technical field but also at a mature level to our student-athletes is certainly an appealing asset to have in our program. She complements Rich and I extremely well," Averill said of Weinberg. "She will have a lot of one-on-one interactions with the players. We look for her to continue to help guide and mold our student-athletes in the excellence that we exemplify at Wake Forest. As a role model, being able to have experienced the best not only as a collegiate athlete but also as an international athlete, we couldn't have asked for a better role model to lead our team."
