Nancy Stevens

{{Short description|American field hockey coach}}

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| name = Nancy Stevens

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| current_title = Volunteer assistant coach

| current_team = UConn

| current_conference = Big East Conference

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| player_years1 = 1972–1975

| player_team1 = West Chester

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| coach_years1 = 1990–2019

| coach_team1 = UConn

| coach_years2 = 1981–1989

| coach_team2 = Northwestern

| coach_years3 = 1979–1980

| coach_team3 = Franklin & Marshall

| coach_years4 = 1977–1979

| coach_team4 = Penn State (Asst.)

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| overall_record = 700–189–24

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Nancy Stevens is an American field hockey coach, most notable for serving as the head coach of the UConn Huskies field hockey team. She served as head coach for 30 seasons, compiling a 700–189–24 record, the most wins of any field hockey coach in Division I.{{cite web|title=UConnHuskies.com - Nancy Stevens|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-fieldh/mtt/nancy_stevens_402788.html|accessdate=7 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/14106440/how-nancy-stevens-field-hockey-winningest-coach-thrives-pressure|publisher=ESPNW|title=How Nancy Stevens, Field Hockey's Winningest Coach, Thrives Under Pressure|author=Vicki L. Friedman|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=November 12, 2015}}

She has made 17 NCAA Tournaments and won 12 Big East championships, a record.{{cite web|title=2012 Big East Field Hockey Media Guide|url=http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/FieldHockey/2012FieldHockeyMediaGuide.aspx|accessdate=23 September 2012}} After UConn defeated Louisville 6–0 on October 11, 2013, Stevens passed Beth Anders for most wins all time of any Division I field hockey coach.{{cite web|title=Nancy Stevens Becomes NCAA Field Hockey's All-Time Wins Leader|url=http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/10/nancy-stevens-becomes-ncaa-field-hockeys-all-time-wins-leader/|website=UConn Today}} Stevens won her first national championship in 2013 when the Huskies beat the Duke Blue Devils 2–0 in the national championship game.{{cite web|title=Final Stats for National Championship Game|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-fieldh/stats/2013-2014/uconn-du.html}} Stevens and the Huskies would repeat as champions the following year with a 1–0 win over Syracuse in the final.

She also coached at Northwestern University for nine years and Franklin & Marshall College for two years.{{cite book|url=http://issuu.com/uconnhuskies/docs/2015fhmediaguide|publisher=UConn Huskies|title=2015 Field Hockey Media Guide|accessdate=October 6, 2015|pages=18–19}}