Brooklyn Neumen, honored as part of the Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year in 2026, has helped the Yale women's lacrosse team to unprecedented levels of success in her two seasons on the staff. The Bulldogs have made trips to the NCAA Tournament in both of those years -- including a quarterfinals appearance in 2025. They also made Ivy League Tournament championship game appearances in both years, winning the tournament title in 2025. This past season they won the Ivy League regular season title outright.
In Neumen's first season with the Bulldogs, 2025, Yale ended the season ranked No. 5 in the national polls. They were ranked as high as No. 5 in the ILWomen poll this past season.
A former U.S. U19 National Team member who won an NCAA Championship at North Carolina, Neumen spent the 2024 season as an assistant coach at Jacksonville. There, she helped the Dolphins go undefeated in ASUN regular season play and advance to the ASUN Tournament championship game.
At UNC Neumen earned Preseason All-America honors from USA Lacrosse Magazine (third team) and ILWomen (honorable mention) prior to her final season, 2023. A midfielder, she played in 70 games (21 starts) in her career. In 2022 she helped the Tar Heels win the national championship, finishing with career highs in points (11) and ground balls (nine) while adding 18 draw controls.
Neumen served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) at UNC for three years. She was also a participant in the Leadership Academy and a Community Liaison Member in Chapel Hill. In 2023 she received the Kellie Thompson Shiley Award, which is annually presented to the Tar Heel women's lacrosse player who exemplifies outstanding leadership, excels in the classroom and on the field and displays a love of the game. She also earned the Tar Heel Leader of Distinction honor.
Neumen’s international experience includes winning a gold medal with the U.S. at the 2019 World Lacrosse Women's U19 World Championship. Her pro experience includes playing for the WLL's Maryland Charm.
Neumen’s coaching career started after her first year of college, when she served as a coach and player mentor for the Michigan Select team of high school girls’ lacrosse players over the summer. She continued coaching in the fall of 2020 in North Carolina, working with Team 91 Lacrosse Club. Since December of 2021 she has coached with the Pure Advantage Lacrosse Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Neumen is a native of Rockford, Mich., and graduated from Rockford High. In high school she was a four-time state champion, three-time Under Armour All-American and the 2018 Grand Rapids Area Player of the Year.
