Head Coach Katie Woods is in her fourth season with the American University women's lacrosse team. Last season, the Eagles finished play with a 3-13 record. In 2008, Woods led AU to a 5-1 record in Patriot League play, which earned the Eagles a share of the regular season title. Woods was named the 2008 Patriot League Coach of the Year.

In 2007, her first season at the helm, the Eagles compiled a 9-9 record and went 3-2 in Patriot League play. As the third seed in the PL tournament, AU took out Lehigh and advanced to the championship game, but fell 12-8 against top-seed and host Holy Cross. Woods led the Eagles to the most wins in a season since 2003 and matched the record for most victories for a first-year head coach.

Under Woods' tutelage, five Eagles have earned Patriot League major honors over the past three seasons. Jackie Lane earned back-to-back Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2007 and 2008, while Caitlin Bell was named for the program's first-ever Defensive Player of the Year in 2007. Additionally, in 2008, Brittany Finnegan garnered Defensive Player of the Year plaudits and Kristine Vida was named Goalkeeper of the Year.

Woods came to American after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Brown University. At Brown she coached the offensive unit and assisted in coaching the goalkeepers. Woods oversaw the recruiting operations for all prospective student-athletes and served as the area recruiting coordinator for the New England region. While a member of the Bears coaching staff she also was the Alumnae Relations Coordinator.

During the 2003-04 season Woods was the first assistant at Cornell where she worked with the attack and aided in player development. With the Big Red she also planned team travel and was responsible for recruiting and film breakdown.