Coaches

Heather Ross

Heather Ross was named as the Head Coach of the Lynx Softball program in July of 2016.


Ross came to Lesley after spending three seasons as an Assistant Coach at UMass Lowell. Ross joined her alma mater in August of 2013 during UMass Lowell’s inaugural Division 1 season in the America East Conference where she played a crucial role in helping the student-athletes transition during this elevation period. On the field she managed the infield and worked with the hitters, and recruited nationally, lead community services initiatives, and directed camps off the field.


During her playing career as a River Hawk, Ross helped lead her team to the NE-10 Tournament Championship as a freshman and to the NCAA Tournament East Region semifinal. She led the River Hawks to appearances in the NE-10 Tournament all four years of her career. In her senior year, Ross was ranked atop the NE-10 leaders in double plays, put outs, chances, at bats, doubles, triples, RBI's, and total bases. Ross excelled in the classroom at UML as well. She was named to the NE-10 conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for four consecutive semesters and was tabbed as one of the 2011 Scholar Athlete recipients for Academic and Athletic achievement. Ross graduated from UMass Lowell ranked among the program's top ten in career leaders for games played, doubles, home runs, total bases, and tied the single season win record with her 2011 team.


Prior to returning to UMass Lowell, Ross was an assistant coach at Emmanuel College for two seasons. She served as the Saints’ hitting, infield and catching coach. Ross also works as the Director of Softball Operations and the Baseball Administrator for the New England Nor’Easters located at Extra Innings-Tewksbury. She has spent the past 2 years building the Nor’Easters Softball Program from the ground up and currently has 70 players in her program representing teams 10u – 16u.


The Waltham, Mass. native graduated from UMass Lowell in 2011 with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts Degree and in 2013 with a Master of Arts Degree in Social and Economic Development..