Head Coach Lindsay Birch

Getting To Know Head Coach Lindsay Birch

Name Lindsay Birch
Place of Birth Wilmington, DE
Date of Birth April 9, 1980
Education B.A. from Christopher Newport, 2002
Coaching Career Head Coach, Christopher Newport, 2002-present
Record at CNU 2002: 24-8      NCAA Tournament
2003: 20-19
2004: 32-8      NCAA Tournament
2005: 32-6      NCAA Tournament
2006: 27-10
2007: 33-7      NCAA Second Round
2008: 33-7      NCAA Tournament
2009: 36-7      NCAA Elite Eight
2010: 38-3      NCAA Elite Eight
Overall Coaching Record 275-75 (.786), 9 seasons
Contact Coach Birch 757-594-7890, lindsay.birch@cnu.edu
Conference Championships Seven regular season conference championships (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010); one co-championship (2006); seven conference tournament championships (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010); finished undefeated in USA South play in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Accomplishments Named the conference’s Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008; led her team to seven NCAA Tournament appearances; guided her squad to the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament win; set a new program record with 38 wins in 2010; State Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; All-South Region Coach of the Year in 2010; winningest coach in program history.
Personal Resides in Newport News, Va. with husband Josh, a former CNU football player, and son Jack