Updated 8/24/26
Denise Roessler is in her fifth season as the Stockton head women’s lacrosse coach. Overall, Roessler has amassed 177 wins in 28 seasons as a college head coach at four institutions, including a 48-20 mark at Stockton. Roessler steered the Ospreys to 11-6 records in each of the last two seasons, making it four straight years with a double-digit win total since she took over at Stockton.
Roessler coached the Ospreys to a school-record 14 victories in 2024, finishing 14-3 overall and third in the NJAC at 3-2. In 2023, her first year as Stockton’s head coach, Roessler led the Ospreys to a 12-5 record for the program’s most wins since 2016. Stockton also qualified for the NJAC Tournament as the No. 3 seed.
Prior to her elevation to head coach, Roessler spent the 2022 season as an assistant coach at Stockton. She came to Stockton after seven years as the head coach at Bryn Athyn, where she was the winningest coach in program history with 35 victories as well as leading the Lions to three conference tournament appearances.
Roessler spent 17 seasons at the Division I level, including 16 years and 89 wins at St. Joseph’s University. She was voted Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year in 2009. Roessler also was the head coach at LaSalle University in its inaugural season of 1998.
In addition to her collegiate experience, Roessler began serving on the coaching staff for the German National Team in 2016 and was named head coach in 2020. She played on the collegiate level at Old Dominion, earning her bachelor’s degree in sports medicine in 1995.
