Marcia Pankratz

Marcia Anne Pankratz (born October 1, 1964) is an American former field hockey forward and current head coach for the Michigan Wolverines.

Pankratz attended Wakefield High School and the University of Iowa, where she played for the Hawkeyes.

She was named University of Iowa Female Athlete of the Year and was twice (1984 and 1985) selected All-American.

[1] She was assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was head coach at the University of Michigan when the Wolverines won the 2001 NCAA Championship, the first NCAA championship by a women's team in the history of Michigan athletics.

In 2017, Michigan swept the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships and recorded a program-record 21 wins, including 18 in a row, en route to the NCAA Final Four.