Former Merrimack standout Jen Fox Sargent ('09) enters her fifth season at the helm for Merrimack in 2026 season, guiding the Warriors through the transition from the NEC to the MAAC.
Fox Sargent was a dominant force on the defensive end of the field for Merrimack from 2006-09 and was a two-time team captain.
The Braintree, native took over as head coach at Merrimack in the 2022 season, the Warriors second season at the Division I level.
Merrimack quickly made itself at home in the NEC during Fox Sargent's first year as head coach, winning back-to-back games to open league play in March and finishing with a 4-4 conference record in NEC, which was one game behind the final team to qualify for the conference tournament.
Her four NEC wins in 2022 marked the most league victories for a first year head coach at the school since Fox Sargent's former coach, Corinne Desrosiers, had seven NE10 triumphs during the 2008 campaign.
Merrimack also nearly qualified for the NEC tournament in 2024, missing out on the tournament by one game. Lindsay Atkinson was named the 2024 NEC Rookie of the Year and joined Kaitly Roche on the NEC All-Rookie Team.
The Merrimack alum coached a trio of NEC all-conference selections in 2022, led by Meghan Dzialo, who was named a first team midfielder, while Catherine Mahanna and Kelly Corrigan were both named second team honorees. Dzialo was also named the Merrimack College Athletics Female Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive school year.
Dzialo and Mahanna also represented the program in the 2022 IWLCA Senior All-Star Game after the end of the season in Sparks, Md.
Corrigan and Olivia Valdes earned First-Team All-NEC in 2023, with Sophie Scearbo making Second-Team All-NEC. Corrigan earned her third All-NEC selection in 2024, joining Holly Schweitzer on the All-NEC’s Second-Team.
Before returning to Merrimack, Fox Sargent was the head coach at Rogers Williams University for four seasons.
While an undergrad at Merrimack, Fox Sargent served as the Vice President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
She immediately got involved in the coaching world after graduation with a stop at Simmons College as an assistant coach for one season, then had similar roles at Randolph-Macon College and Saint Francis before she returned to Merrimack in 2014 as an assistant coach. She spent one season at her alma mater, then took an assistant role at Endicott for a year and won a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championship leading into her hire at Roger Williams in 2017.
While the head coach of the Hawks, Fox Sargent turned the program into a dominant force in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. She compiled an impressive 34-13 record while at the helm, which culminated with a CCC Championship and a trip to the third round in the NCAA Tournament. It was Roger Williams’ first-ever NCAA Tournament win.
Fox Sargent was tabbed the CCC Coach of the Year in 2021 for the third time and had seven of her players earn All-CCC honors, including the Rookie of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also had one of her players named as Rogers Williams' first IWLCA All-American.
Since 2013, Fox Sargent has also served as the head coach of the Boston Laxachusetts Girls Lacrosse club for players aged elementary school through high school. With that role, she’s provided coaching for the highly competitive club team, but has also provided support for student-athletes in the college recruiting process.
Fox Sargent and her husband Dan have three children, Olivia, Tucker and Winnie.
