Elon University Athletics

Brittany Dipper was named a member of the Elon University lacrosse coaching staff in June 2014 by head coach Josh Hexter and served three seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2018 season. Dipper departed the program in July 2018 to take a position with Boston University women's lacrosse. 

In her four seasons with the Phoenix, Elon posted a 35-33 record, but took off to new heights in 2017 in going 13-7 with a trip to the CAA Finals and to the NCAA Tournament while beating three nationally-ranked opponents – No. 13 Virginia, No. 19 Virginia Tech and No. 17 Towson in the CAA Semifinals – after earning just one win over a ranked program in the team’s first three seasons of competition.

With Dipper focusing on the defensive end of the field, Elon had a largely successful campaign in 2017 with the 13 overall victories while going 4-2 in CAA action. Her defense helped right the ship in early April after Elon dropped its first two CAA games, setting the stage for a program-record five-game winning streak from April 14 to May 5. At the start of the streak, Elon held Drexel to just two goals in a convincing 15-2 home win over the Dragons before keeping Delaware to just three goals in a 6-3 win over the Blue Hens. Two games later in the regular season finale, the Phoenix held William & Mary to just four goals in a solid 18-4 road victory that clinched the No. 3 seed in the CAA Tournament.

At season’s end, goalie Rachel Ramirez was named First Team All-CAA for the second year in a row while defender Alexis Zadjura picked up Second Team All-CAA honors. But on March 16, Ramirez was named with Stephanie Asher to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List. In doing so, the two became the first Phoenix student-athletes named to the list for the sport’s highest honor in program history.

Though the Phoenix took a step back in 2018 with a record of 4-11, the squad made its third-straight trip to the CAA Tournament, where it dropped a tough 9-7 contest to No. 6 Towson in the CAA Semifinals. At season's end, defender Alexis Zadjura was selected as a Second Team All-CAA honoree for the third-straight season. During the year, Elon played one of the toughest schedules in the nation with teams on the schedule featuring NCAA Tournament programs Virginia, Stanford, Virginia Tech and Towson to go with national semifinalist North Carolina and national champion James Madison. 

In 2016, Elon earned a 10-win season for the first time in program history. The campaign included a 3-3 record in CAA action and a trip to the CAA Semifinals as the No. 3 seed. There, the Phoenix dropped a tight game to second-seeded Towson, 8-6. The two-goal defeat was the fifth game decided by two scores or less for the Phoenix, who also lost 10-9 to Vanderbilt, 11-9 to No. 17 Towson during the regular season, 9-7 to James Madison and 11-9 at William & Mary. After the regular season, Ramirez was named First Team All-CAA with Asher while both Zadjura and Sloane Kessler earned Second Team All-CAA nods with midfielder Shannon Horan picking up CAA All-Rookie Team honors.

Dipper’s first season with the Phoenix saw Elon post an 8-8 record, which included three wins over programs it previous lost to the previous season. The program won its first Colonial Athletic Association game on April 12, 2015, with an 8-7 win over William & Mary inside Rhodes Stadium. Ramirez was tabbed a Second Team All-CAA performer at season’s end while both Zadjura and Abby Godfrey earned CAA All-Rookie Team honors. As a midfielder, Asher was named CAA Rookie of the Year while also being picked to the All-CAA Second Team and CAA All-Rookie Team.

Dipper arrived at Elon after two years in the same role at Stetson, including time as the interim head coach. While at Stetson, Dipper saw the Hatters make back-to-back appearances in the Atlantic Sun Championship Semifinals. She also worked closely with goalkeeper Caili Guilday during the 2014 season when she made 210 saves, leading all Division I keepers with an 11.67 saves per game average. Dipper assumed the role of interim head coach of the Hatters after the team’s head coach left the program in April of 2014
 
Prior to her coaching career, Dipper experienced a highly successful playing career at the University of Maryland. As the team’s goalie, she led the Terrapins to four consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference titles. In addition, she made eight saves in goal in Maryland’s 2010 national championship game victory over Northwestern.
 
Dipper’s playing career at Maryland, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in family science, includes a pair of first team All-America seasons and a national Goalie of the Year award. She was named to the All-ACC Tournament team all four years of her career while posting a career record in goal of 75-8.
 
While Stetson marked Dipper’s first experience in full-time coaching, she is no stranger to teaching the game of lacrosse. While still a player at Maryland, she worked as a coach and counselor at a number of camps and clinics. She has been an annual instructor at the Maryland Elevate Lacrosse Open Camp and has worked at elite camps in Salt Lake City, Atlanta and at Duke University.
 
A native of Clarksboro, N.J., Dipper not only excelled in lacrosse. She was also a member of Maryland’s 2008 national champion field hockey team. She currently resides in Durham.
 

Coaching Timeline
2013-14	Assistant Coach, Stetson University (Interim Head Coach from April-June, 2014)
2015-17	Assistant Coach, Elon University
2018	Associate Head Coach, Elon University