Piedmont University Athletics

Laura Patton enters her third season in 2019 at the helm of the Women's Lacrosse program after taking over prior to the 2017 season. Patton's first season saw the program post a 10-8 record while making it to the USA South Championship game for the fourth year in a row while the Lady Lions improved once again in 2018 with an 11-7 record and another run to the conference tournament final. 

Piedmont went an impressive 8-1 in conference play in 2018 and earned a pair of hard fought wins over Methodist both on senior day and in the semifinals of the USA South tournament. The road in 2017 was paved with redemption in the semi-finals as Piedmont won 15-12 over Methodist after having lost to the Monarchs in the regular season just six days earlier. 
 
With experience as a head coach the last five years at Division III member King's College, Patton helped turn around the women's lacrosse program at the Wilkes Barre-based institution doing so by taking a team which had posted a 6-41 record in the three years previous to her hire to a 10-win season in just her first year at the helm.  
 
Patton's 2012 team also made an appearance in the Freedom Conference postseason for the first time since 2005 turning in three of the top six single season scoring performances in program history.  Patton would again lead her team to the postseason in 2015 with a semifinal appearance in the league championship tournament after posting a 4-2 record in conference play. 
 
Before turning around the program at King's as the head coach, Patton served as the Assistant Coach at Susquehanna University serving under legendary Hall of Fame coach Laura Moan for three seasons.  While with Susquehanna, Patton helped then-second year Head Coach Moan establish a now-nationally respected program which has made two appearances in the NCAA National Tournament over the last four years. 
 
For their efforts in the 2010 season, Patton along with Moan were named the league's Coaching Staff of the Year after making an appearance in the Landmark Conference semifinals.  During her time with Susquehanna, Patton mentored two All-Region selections and the 2010 Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year as well as nine All-Conference players over three seasons.
 
Under the tutelage of Moan, Patton would take her experience as an assistant coach to help her as a head coach gain national recognition and become familiar with the Division III National Tournament.  Patton went on to serve as a member of the Regional Advisory Committee for the NCAA and also has twice served as a site rep for NCAA National Tournament competition.
 
Patton has also been an active coach on the club and camp circuits serving most recently as the co-founder of Electric City Lacrosse Club in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Having also helped to direct the lacrosse Nike Sports Camp at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, Patton has twice worked with the Hun School at Game Breakers Lacrosse and also was a coach at Liberty Lacrosse Camp in New York.
 
Having served as an assistant lacrosse coach at the Maccabi Games in Rockland, New York, Patton took her skills to the talent-rich West Coast as well working with the games in California helping to plan for practice, games, and travel for high school aged lacrosse players. 
 
Though Patton earned her coaching stripes in Division III over the last eight seasons, the Pennsylvania native also spent her collegiate playing days in Division III playing four seasons at Ursinus College which competes in the nationally respected Centennial Conference which included a participant in this year's Final Four.
 
While playing for the Bears, Patton was a three-year starter helping the team to a 39-28 overall record including a 24-12 mark against Centennial competition.  With three appearances in the postseason tournament, Patton was a captain her senior year spending her time as a defensive specialist twice being named the Most Valuable Teammate by her peers and coaches.
 
Patton graduated from Ursinus in May of 2008 with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology earning Dean's List honors along the way.  Having also earned the Ursinus College Achievement Award, Patton would go on to complete her graduate degree from King's in December 2015 in Health Care Administration.

Patton relocated to northeast Georgia in 2016 and currently resides in the area. 

Coach Patton Year-by-Year Coaching Records (2012-Present)

SEASON	SCHOOL	WON	LOSS	WIN %
2012	King's College	10	8	0.556
2013	King's College	6	10	0.375
2014	King's College	3	10	0.231
2015	King's College	8	7	0.533
2016	King's College	6	10	0.375
2017	Piedmont College	10	8	0.556
2018	Piedmont College	11	7	0.611
7 Seasons	2 Schools	54	60	0.474

Coach Patton Coaching Record by School (2012-Present)

School Name	Seasons	Record	Winning Pct.
Piedmont College (2017-Present)	2	21-15	.583
King's College (2012-2016)	5	33-45	.423