Back in 2015 for her 11th season as head coach, Andrea Tutino's name has been synonymous with Nazareth field hockey for nearly two decades.
As a former player and assistant coach, Tutino has helped institute a new field hockey culture since taking over as head coach prior to the 2005 season.
Most significant was the mini renaissance Tutino helped to orchestrate in 2007, when the Golden Flyers enjoyed their finest season ever.
After seven straight sub-.500 seasons, the Golden Flyers were extraordinary in '07 as they called upon a wealth of experience and a new-found dedication to win the Empire 8 Conference championship with a 14-6 overall record and a subsequent berth in the ECAC Tournament. The nine-win improvement over the previous season marked one of the top turnarounds in all of Division III.
"It's the best thing our program has ever accomplished," Tutino said after winning the E8 Tournament. "We knew we had the talent; it was just a matter of putting it all together."
Nazareth also reached the Empire 8 Tournament in 2010 and again in 2011. Nazareth scored an upset win over Stevens in the first round of the E8 Tournament in 2011, but missed out on the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament berth as Washington & Jefferson rallied to take a 2-1 win over the Golden Flyers in the conference championship match.
A native of Cortland, Tutino was a four-year standout as a field hockey defender for the Golden Flyers (1996-1999). She was team captain of the 1999 team that finished 11-8. She earned honors that season as a second-team North Atlantic Region All-American, as a third team NYSWCAA all-star, and as a member of National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Academic team.
Tutino’s experience also includes coaching at the Nazareth College Field Hockey Camp and at the Brighton Recreation Field Hockey Camp.
Tutino was a scholastic standout at Cortland High School, where she was an Onondaga League all-star in field hockey and also excelled in basketball and softball.
Tutino graduated from Nazareth in 2000 with a degree in Sociology. She also has a Master’s Degree in Education with a concentration in Literacy. She has been a teacher in the Rochester City School District since 2001. She currently teaches at Monroe High School.
