Egner Announces Two Additions to Field Hockey Coaching Staff

HANOVER, N.H. – Field Hockey Head Coach Mark Egner today announced the additions of Tanner Ridgely and Jen Callahan to his coaching staff.

Ridgely joins as an assistant coach while Callahan comes in as a volunteer assistant coach.

"I am really excited to have Tanner and Jen join our staff," said Egner. Both of them bring incredible energy and a diversity of experiences that will only help our program move forward."

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Ridgely arrives in Hanover after spending the 2021-22 academic year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Towson field hockey program. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management with a minor in general business from James Madison University in 2021. While at James Madison, Ridgely spent three seasons on the field hockey team. She has also been a head coach for the Warhawks Field Hockey Club since November 2020.

"I am beyond thrilled to join Dartmouth and be a part of the Big Green family," said Ridgely. "Dartmouth offers an incredible athletic program that leads with stellar coaching, and I am so grateful to be a part of sharing my knowledge and assisting in the growth of the student-athletes. I look forward to meeting the team and helping to build the field hockey program with respect for self and teammates, health in mind and body and success on and off the field."

No stranger to the Upper Valley, Callahan brings a wealth of coaching experience to Dartmouth. After a decorated four-year playing career at the University of Vermont, she got her Jen Callahan Headshot

start in coaching at Lehigh as a graduate assistant and moved up the ranks to be the transitional head coach in early 2011. After Lehigh, Callahan took the reins of the American International College field hockey program, leading the Yellow Jackets to the semifinals of the NE10 Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament during the 2011 season. Callahan spent nearly a decade with the USA Field Hockey Futures Program and has recently served as a Lebanon recreation volunteer coach in soccer, field hockey and lacrosse. A 2009 graduate of Vermont with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, Callahan went on to receive a master's degree in teaching and learning from Lehigh in 2011. She also holds a USA Field Hockey Level II Developmental Coaching Accreditation and a USA Field Hockey Level I Coaching Accreditation.

"I'm excited about this opportunity to be a part of the coaching staff at Dartmouth," said Callahan. "After taking some time away from coaching at the collegiate level to help raise our family, I am grateful to Mark for giving me this opportunity to work with the program. Mark is a knowledgeable and talented educator, and I look forward to learning and working alongside him. The Dartmouth community is an incredible one to be a part of and I am committed to helping the players and program grow in any way I can."