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Dee Nash

Dee Nash joined the LIU women's rugby program as head coach in January 2024.

Nash won a Women's Premier League Rugby title while earning Back of the Year honors with the Colorado Gray Wolves in 2023. She also has experience coaching with Denver and Northeastern at the collegiate level and as a staff member with USA Rugby.

Nash began the 2023-24 academic year as the assistant coach for the men's team at the University of Denver, while completing her professional playing career. She designed and implemented backs-specific training sessions, worked with centers on improving their open field defensive play and running lines in attack, and implemented full-team attacking structure with the support of the head coach.

She previously served as the head coach of the Rugby Advantage club at the Grenada Rugby World 7s and as the head coach of the Rocky Mountain Magic club. Nash also worked as an assistant coach with the women's team at Northeastern University from 2017 through '19.

On the national stage, Nash served as Women's National 15s team logistics manager with USA Rugby. From 2020 through '22, she oversaw and coordinated all team logistics including training schedules, strength and conditioning sessions, and team equipment.

Nash graduated from Boston University with a bachelor of science degree in athletic training in 2014. There, she captained the women's rugby club as a senior while playing throughout her undergraduate career.

Her subsequent playing career includes spending 2020 through 2023 with the WPL's reigning champion Colorado Gray Wolves, and also as a champion with the WPL's Glendale Merlins in 2019.