Springfield College

Mia Olsen will enter her fourth season as the head coach of the field hockey team and assistant professor of physical education at Springfield College during the 2025-26 academic year. 

In her past three seasons with the Pride, she has led the team to a postseason appearance each year and advanced to the semifinals of the NEWMAC Field Hockey Championship in 2023. Olsen has also helped her student-athletes to five All-Conference selections, two NFHCA All-Region selections, two All-ECAC Field Hockey Team members, and two CSC At-Large Academic All-District selections. 

A graduate of Trinity College, Olsen has been an assistant coach at Amherst College since 2020 and previously served as an assistant coach at Westfield State University.

Olsen was a field hockey student-athlete at Trinity College where she graduated in 2017.  During her time with the Bantams, Olsen served as a captain and led her squad to an appearance in the 2016 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.  She made 62 appearances as a three-year starter in her career.

While earning a Master's from Westfield State, Olsen transitioned to the sidelines, where she served as an assistant coach of the Owls for three years. In that time, Westfield State made their second-ever appearance in Little East Conference Championship game.  She also gained valuable experience as a coach and site director for HTC Field Hockey Club in Connecticut.

Olsen will take over a Springfield College field hockey program that has a deep and storied tradition.  For a program that dates back to 1963, Olsen is just the fifth head coach in Springfield field hockey history and only the third since 1970.