Kim Villare begins her second season as the assistant coach of the Lasell College field hockey program.

Coach Villare has a wealth of field hockey experience garnered as a player and coach from the college, high school, club, and camp levels.  As a player at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Villare was a 2005 and 2006 Division II All-American, the 2006 NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year, a three year NE-10 All-Conference player, and a 2003 NE-10 All-Rookie Team honoree.  During her four year span at Lowell, Villare’s team became the NE-10 Conference Tournament Champions and made it to the NCAA Final Four in each season.  Villare was also recognized as a 2006 NCAA Division II Final Four All-Tournament Team player.

Since graduating with her Bachelor degree in 2007, Villare has coached a number of summer programs across the state and served one season as the assistant coach at her alma mater before coming to Lasell in 2010.