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Lindsay Holmes ’99
Lindsay Holmes ’99
Lindsay Holmes ’99, who played
varsity soccer at Pingry for three
years, became the assistant coach
for Varsity Girls’ Soccer in 2003.
Former Director of Athletics Jo Ann
De Martini asked her to coach at
Pingry because she had played in
college, and it was an easy decision.
“I have played in hundreds upon
hundreds of soccer games in 23 years,
and the games that are the most
memorable—and which I have the
fondest memories of—are those
played as a member of the Pingry
Girls’ Soccer Team,” Lindsay says.
When she was a student, her coach
for two years was Dr. Robert Macrae
’82, and she became a student of
the game under Chris Lawrence,
her senior year coach. “He made
me understand the game in a more
intellectual way,” she says.
Lindsay believes there has been a
noticeable change in the quality of
the varsity players since she played
for the team. “Every kid is a pure soccer
player—all they do is play soccer,
so they’re prepared after the off-season.
The kids want to win championships.
We support them and make
sure we’re doing what we can [as
coaches] to fulfill their goals for the
season. I can’t see myself coaching
anywhere else,” she says.
Margaret Kelleher ’01
“It’s interesting that I was called Miss
Kelleher and now I’m called Coach
Kelleher,” says Margaret Kelleher ’01,
who played Varsity Field Hockey for
three years as a student. Since returning
to Pingry, she has been the team’s
assistant coach for three years and has
been teaching seventh- and eighthgrade
Latin for three years. The reason
for the change in titles is that she
is coaching players whom she taught
two or three years ago as Middle
School students, and she enjoys that
interaction. “It is wonderful to get to
spend more time with them,” she says.
Jill Kehoe ’04
Jill Kehoe ’04 returned to Pingry this
fall as a permanent substitute at the
Martinsville Campus. A former
Pingry soccer player, she is the assistant
coach for Junior Varsity Girls’
Soccer and Varsity Girls’ Basketball,
and she helps each week with Middle
School Girls Soccer.
“Pingry Athletics was a huge part of
my experience here,” she says. “I have
always found Pingry’s coaching staff
to be supportive and knowledgeable,
so, when the opportunity arose to
join them, I was very excited.”
In addition to four years of soccer,
Jill also played softball for four years
and, in her senior year, she served as
a co-captain for soccer and a captain
for softball.
Editor’s Note: Other alumni who
coach at Pingry include Miller
Bugliari ’52 (Head Coach of Varsity
Boys’ Soccer), Rik Alexanderson ’64
(Assistant Coach for Varsity Track),
Chip Carver ’77 (Head Coach of
Junior Varsity Softball), Robin
Breene Hetrick ’78 (Middle School
Swimming), Michael DeGrande ’94
(Assistant Coach for Varsity Boys’
Soccer), and Anthony Tripicchio ’02
(Assistant Coach for Varsity Boys’
Soccer).
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Jill Kehoe ’04