Jenny Levy

{{Short description|American lacrosse coach}}

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| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Virginia

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Jenny Levy is an American college lacrosse coach and former player who has been the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse program since its inception in 1994. She has led North Carolina to three NCAA championships and has twice been named the National Coach of the Year.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-27|title=Carolina's Jenny Levy named to National Lacrosse Hall Of Fame {{!}} UNC-Chapel Hill|url=https://www.unc.edu/posts/2021/05/27/carolinas-jenny-levy-named-to-national-lacrosse-hall-of-fame/|access-date=2021-05-31|website=The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill}}{{cite news |title=Notebook: UNC's Jenny Levy national lacrosse coach of the year |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/article84045387.html |access-date=31 May 2021 |work=The News & Observer}} She was also named as the head coach of the United States women's national lacrosse team in November 2017.{{Cite web|title=Levy Named To National Lacrosse Hall Of Fame|url=https://goheels.com/news/2021/5/26/womens-lacrosse-levy-named-to-national-lacrosse-hall-of-fame.aspx|access-date=2021-05-31|website=University of North Carolina Athletics}} She was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2021.{{Cite web|title=UNC Coach Jenny Levy Named To National Lacrosse Hall Of Fame|url=https://www.tarheeltimes.com/article124921.aspx|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Tar Heel Times}}{{Cite web|title=Resch '85 Inducted into USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame|url=https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2021/5/26/mens-lacrosse-resch-85-inducted-into-usa-lacrosse-hall-of-fame.aspx|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Yale University|date=May 26, 2021 }}

Born in the lacrosse hotbed of Baltimore,{{cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article264672079.html|title=Jenny Levy built the UNC women’s lacrosse program from scratch to win 3 national titles|work=The News & Observer|first=Kyle|last=Williams|date=August 25, 2022|access-date=November 15, 2024}} Levy played the sport at the University of Virginia from 1988-1992 and was a member of the United States women's national lacrosse team in 1992-1993, and then again in 1995.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} She was named as a first-team All American and as the 1992 NCAA Attacker of the Year. She was named as one of the top 50 players in ACC history in 2002.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-26|title=UNC Head Coach Jenny Levy Named to National Lacrosse Hall of Fame|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-sports/unc-head-coach-jenny-levy-named-to-national-lacrosse-hall-of-fame|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Chapelboro.com}}{{Cite web|title=Jenny Levy - Head Coach - Staff Directory|url=https://goheels.com/staff-directory/jenny-levy/252|access-date=2021-05-31|website=University of North Carolina Athletics}}

From 1993 to 1994 she was the assistant women's lacrosse coach at Georgetown University. In October 1994, she became the University of North Carolina's first women's lacrosse coach.