Field Hockey Coach, Penn State University

Char is in her 25th year as head coach of the Penn State women’s field hockey team. With over 400 career wins, a bronze medal from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and an offical place in the US Field Hockey Hall of Fame, Char has plenty to be proud of.

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>> My name is Charlene Morett and I'm the Head Field Hockey Coach here at Penn State University. I've been the Coach here for 25 years. When we come upon the season it's my day and night, actually, so I can't say I work just my days. Like it's getting up early and come to work and preparing, looking at film from the day before, whether of our competitors and maybe of our games and then preparing practice. A lot of times you're interacting with the trainers, with trained coaches. What you're going to do as far as conditioning strength aspect of that practice might include. It's then setting the goals for practice, setting the practice plan and then going to practice 1/2 an hour early. Anybody wants to be there early to work on any type of skill development or just talk to me, I'm always there 1/2 an hour early. And then when practice starts it's you know full steam ahead for probably about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. When practice is finished that evening, I feel like I'm always watching more game tape. I love game day, look forward to it. It gives me chills going to the locker room, just to interact with my players. I love that part of it. When I go in that locker room to meet my team, I'm so excited, so fired up for the game and just so excited for them, just to have the opportunity to compete as Penn State against our next competitor. So it's such a privilege and it is such an honor. And I think you know obviously with the memorial to Joe last week, I think we all had a great swelling of pride about this school. I think that we're very resilient people. I think we're very loving people. This is a very caring community, caring university, extremely special place. And again, I think the world saw just how special Penn State is.

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