Stefani Peluso will enter her first year as the women’s lacrosse head coach at Drew University in 2024-25.
Peluso comes to the Forest from Division I Manhattan College, where she served as an assistant coach, offensive coordinator, and recruiting coordinator over the last two seasons. She was also a Division I student-athlete at Wagner College, where she was a 100-point scorer for the women’s lacrosse team.
In her role at Manhattan, Peluso was highly-involved in numerous areas on and off the field. She developed offensive sets, philosophies, and game plans while also organizing recruiting materials, attending recruiting events, and evaluating and identifying prospective student-athletes. She also assisted in everything from developing practice plans to monitoring academic progress for team members to overseeing off-field player development through the organization of various workshops and events.
During her time in Riverdale, Peluso coached three players who earned a combined four All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors, including one First-Team All-MAAC selection.
Peluso has also coached for 3d Lacrosse and Ultimate Lacrosse, and she served as the Girls Lacrosse Director and Social Media Manager for Q4 Lacrosse.
At Wagner, Peluso was a five-year team member, appearing in 71 games while making 49 starts as an attacker. A team captain and member of the Wagner Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, she tallied 114 points on 64 goals and 50 assists. Peluso helped the Seahawks capture back-to-back Northeast Conference championships in 2018 and 2019 and in both seasons, Wagner also notched a victory in the NCAA Championship tournament. The team set a school record with 14 victories in 2018, then improved upon that mark with a 16-win season one year later.
