Director Steve Boniface (U-19)
Steve grew up in a small country town in Australia and has been playing hockey since he was five years old. In Australia, hockey is a big family sport, and Steve's father is still representing Australia at 73 years of age!
Steve has completed various coaching certifications including Level 2 USFH Accreditation, Pan Am High Performance Coaching/ Toronto CA, Pan Am High Performance/ Bermuda, Rudi Mendoza High Performance Coaching/ Barbados as well as many regional and national coaching events.
Steve is also an active college umpire and has attained a level 3 umpiring accreditation through United States Field Hockey and has participated in numerous umpiring clinics and classes throughout the years, both in the US and abroad. Umpiring these college games have allowed Steve to build a great rapport with numerous college coaches throughout the US.
Steve has been involved in the United States Field Hockey Futures Program as head coach and site director, as well as a Futures selector and umpire, a Junior Olympics coach and umpire, and has umpired NCAA tournaments and an NCAA All Star Game.
Coach Olivia Susi
Olivia Susi first started playing field hockey in 2010. Since then, she has continued to play and coach. She served as the assistant coach at Olentangy Liberty during the 2020 season and then joined Olentangy Orange in 2021 as head coach. She also joined the staff at the Coyotes Field Hockey Club in 2020. She has coached players ages 6-18 in both indoor and outdoor hockey.
During her hockey career, Olivia started as a midfielder and then moved into the defensive back position, but truly played more like a defensive mid. In high school, Olivia played for Olentangy Liberty where she still holds two school records for most defensive saves in a season and career with 16 and 23, respectively. She helped lead her team to win the Ohio Capital Conference her junior year, as well as the Elite Eight for three consecutive years. She was also a member and senior captain of the lacrosse team.
Olivia played with the Coyotes for five years, traveling to several national tournaments including NITs, NCCs, Festival, and Disney as well as smaller regional and local tournaments. She received many individual and team awards during her five years. She was also a member of the USA Field Hockey Futures Program for three years during which she made it to Nationals twice. In her final year, her team won gold and she received MVP.
Olivia continued on to play field hockey at the collegiate level for Division-I Ball State University as a defender. She earned Academic All-MAC and was placed on the National Academic Squad each year. She is a 2020 graduate and earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a focus in Pre-Medical Preparations.