For William Paterson University ninth-year field hockey head coach Hallie Cohen, it has been a year of milestones. Approximately six months after winning her 400th game in softball, Cohen captured her 200th victory on Saturday as the Pioneers defeated Elmira College, 4-0, in the first round of the Betty Richey Invitational Tournament at Vassar College.

"It's a special accomplishment," Cohen said. "I've always loved coaching both sports. For me, though, it's not about wins. It's about how the kids play and how they develop. Seeing their growth is satisfaction enough for me. With all good coaches, you're looking for your kids to develop and you're not worrying about the wins. The wins take care of themselves."

The most successful coach in the history of the William Paterson field hockey program, she won 117 games in 15 seasons at FDU-Florham before taking over the Pioneers' program. Since then, she has guided William Paterson to seven straight winning seasons, including a 37-14 record over the past three
campaigns. In addition, her 2000 team set a school record for wins (14) and played in the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time in program history.

Since her arrival, she has coached three National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-Americans, eight NFHCA Academic All-Americans, 10 NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region honorees, two New Jersey Athletic Conference Players of the Year and two NJAC Rookies of the Year.

On March 21, Cohen won her 400th softball game when the Pioneers defeated Allegheny, 3-0. She is among the Top 10 active Division III coaches in victories. Entering her 10th season as softball coach, she has a career record of 422-276-1. This includes two NJAC championships (1999 and 2003), three NCAA playoff appearances (1999, 2001, 2003) and the 2001 NCAA East Regional championship, marking the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division III Softball Championships.

As high as her standards are within the field of play, they are that lofty when it comes to class work: at the conclusion of the Spring 2003 semester, 11 of her student-athletes carried a grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Cohen was a scholarship field hockey and softball player at Rutgers University, and also walked on to the women's basketball team, before graduating in 1980 with a B.S. in Physical Education and Health.