Faculty Profile Podcast (no. 4): Anne Parmenter

Trinity College

Anne Parmenter, head field hockey coach at Trinity College, sits down with Kevin MacDermott on this episode of the Trinity Faculty Profile podcast series. Follow @FacultyProfile on Twitter Podcast Chapters: 00:00 - 9:55 - Introduction and Trinity Field Hockey 2014 9:55 - 14:35 - Looking to 2015, Growth, Motivation and Developing Student-Athletes 14:35 - 20:45 - Background, Early Life and Sport in England 20:45 - 29:50 - Primer on Field Hockey, Style, Tactics, and Growth of the Sport in the US 29:50 - 39:25 - Coming to America, England Labor Strife, Worcester, Motorbikes and Package Stores 39:25 - 44:14 - Robin Sheppard, Connecticut College, and Arriving at Trinity 44:15 - 51:50 - Coaching Seminar, Teaching Methodology and Mentoring Student-Athletes 51:50 - End - Mountaineering, Outdoor Education, and Conquering Denali Biography Anne Parmenter completed her 14th season as the head field hockey coach at Trinity College, after guiding the Bantams to a 13-4 record in 2014-15 and collecting both New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Regional Coach of the Year honors. Parmenter is 125-92 in 14 seasons at Trinity and 223-184-4 in 28 years of coaching field hockey at Connecticut College and with the Bantams. Parmenter, who ranks 19th in wins among active Division III coaches, and 32nd in wins among all-time Division III coaches, has taken Trinity to 10 NESCAC Tournaments and two NCAA Tourneys since 2000. In 2009, Parmenter guided the Bantams to a 13-1 regular season, and an appearance in the NESCAC Finals which Trinity hosted on Robin L. Sheppard Field as the top seed in the conference tournament. Trinity won NCAA contests in both 2008 and 2009, advancing to its fourth NCAA Quarterfinal Round. Parmenter also served as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach for 13 seasons and is a physical education instructor in the Trinity athletic department. Prior to her arrival at Trinity, Parmenter was the head field hockey coach at Connecticut College for 14 seasons, compiling six ECAC Division III New England Championship appearances. She was also the head women’s lacrosse coach at Conn. College from 1991-2001 with a career record of 107-47, nine ECAC Division III New England Championship appearances, ECAC titles in 1994 and 2000, and an NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance in 1996. In addition, Parmenter was assistant athletic director at Conn. College. Parmenter has also been an assistant field hockey, lacrosse, and squash coach at Amherst College and an assistant field hockey coach at the University of Massachusetts and Holy Cross. A native of England, Parmenter graduated from Chelsea College in 1981 with a degree in education. She earned her master’s degree from Massachusetts in 1987. She took a year off from assisting the Bantam lacrosse team in 2006 to fulfill a lifelong dream of climbing Mount Everest.