Player Bio: Karen Boyle - NAVY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Karen Boyle

	Position: Head Coach
	Experience: 22nd year
	Alma Mater: Bowling Green '79

Karen Boyle has enjoyed much success during her 21 years as Navy's head coach, guiding her teams to a 110-19 (.853) mark over her career.

At the helm of the program in 2007, she mentored the Mids to a tie for the Patriot League Championship title, their first since joining the league in 2003. For her efforts, Boyle was elected by her coaching peers as the Patriot League Coach of the Year and was honored as Navy's 2007 Fall Coach of the Year.

Boyle has led the Mids to significant honors on both the Division II (1987-1990) and Division I (1991-present) levels. In Navy's last-four years of Division II competition, Boyle coached the Mids to four-straight undefeated seasons and top-five finishes in the NCAA Division II Championship, with five runners garnering All-America honors. Boyle was named Eastern Region Coach of the Year in three-straight seasons (1988-90).

Boyle guided the program into the Division I ranks in 1991, and the Mids immediately achieved success by capturing the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship.

In 1997, Boyle was named Navy's Fall Coach of the Year after she led Navy to an undefeated season.

During her tenure at Navy, Boyle has coached four NCAA qualifiers including Kerry O'Neill, who became the school's first NCAA Division I qualifier in 1992. Jackie Hayes qualified in 1996, while Rebecca Cline qualified one year later. In 2000, Melissa Foon qualified for the NCAA Championship in Ames, Iowa.

As a coach with the track team, she guided Marty Shue to a title in the indoor 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championship.

In 1995, Boyle was selected as team leader for the USA Ekiden International Marathon in Beijing, China. She was also selected to help rewrite the level I track & field certification curriculum at the USA Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 1999, she received her C.S.C.S. certification as a nationally accredited certified strength and conditioning specialist. The summer of 2001 saw Boyle serve as an assistant track & field coach for Team USA in the Deaf Track & Field World Games, held in Rome, Italy.

Boyle, a 1979 graduate of Bowling Green, received her degree in physical education and earned her master's degree in athletic administration and recreation from her alma mater in 1982. Athletically, she competed in both track and lacrosse, specializing in the 400 and 4x400-meter relay on the track and was a leading scorer for the Falcons' lacrosse squad.

Her coaching career began at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where she coached the women's cross country and track & field teams from 1984-86, developing two national champions and nine All-Americans.

Boyle is a tenured professor in the Naval Academy's Physical Education Department, teaching personal conditioning, rock climbing, kayaking and the adventure challenge. Boyle actively competes in the annual Iron Girl Triathlon , as well as the Annapolis Triathlon, many area 5k and 10k road races, and local adventure races.

Administratively, Boyle served as the president of the NCAA Division I Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association (1999-2001), as well as a committee member on the USA Track & Field Coaching Education Board and the United States Track Coaches Association Long Distance Advisory Board. She still serves as a Past President on the NCAA Division I Women's Executive Committee.