Southern Maine Athletics

Paula Hodgdon- Paula Hodgdon’s career at USM spanned more than three decades as an educator, administer, and head coach. The only head coach in the 31-year-history of the field hockey program, Hodgdon finally hung up her whistle at the end of the 1997 season after compiling a 213-173-57 record and 12 NCAA or ECAC tournament appearances. Including her one season as the head coach at Springfield College, Hodgdon had an overall collegiate mark of 214-177-58. She also is being honored for her positive impact on the development of women’s sports at the university. Among the many highlights of her distinguished career were the 1987 team reaching the NCAA Division III final four and the 1986 club winning the ECAC Division III title. She was CFHCA Regional Coach of the Year in 1990. She coached 12 regional All-Americans and six national All-American. Hodgdon began her distinguished career at Springfield College in 1966 before coming to USM in 1967. In addition to field hockey, Hodgdon has coached women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse and was the advisor to the ski team at USM. The University honored her last weekend when the field hockey, previously known as Bailey Field, was renamed to Paula D. Hodgdon Field between games of the Huskies season-opening tournament.