2012-13 News
UDC Lacrosse Coaches Scott Urick, Melynda Zwick Brown and Director of Athletics Patricia Thomas Featured on Firebird Nation Sports Update
May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Show host Matt Rienzo visits with Director of Athletics, Patricia Thomas and the new Firebird men’s and women’s lacrosse coaches, Scott Urick and Melynda Zwick Brown, to discuss the historic formation of collegiate men’s and women’s lacrosse programs at the University of the District of Columbia in an all new Firebird Nation Sports Update.
Lacrosse Coaches Melynda Zwick Brown and Scott Urick to Interview on In and Out of Sports Radio Show Sunday
April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC - Host Butch Adams, a University of the District of Columbia alum, will interview Melynda Zwick Brown and Scott Urick, head coaches of the Firebirds start-up women's and men's lacrosse programs, on Sunday afternoon on his In and Out of Sports Talk Radio show at 12 p.m.
University of the District of Columbia Hires Melynda Zwick Brown as First Ever Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach
December 13, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – University of the District of Columbia Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Patricia Thomas, has announced the hiring of Melynda Zwick Brown as the first ever Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach. Zwick Brown boasts three years of collegiate coaching experience at the Division I level as an Assistant Coach at the University of Connecticut. Despite inheriting a 1-15 team from the previous year, Zwick Brown helped the Huskies to consecutive winning seasons for the first time in program history. The Firebirds will compete in the East Coast Conference beginning in the 2014 season.
University of the District of Columbia Announces the Addition of Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Programs for Competition in Spring of 2014
September 25, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – University of the District of Columbia President, Allen Sessoms, and Director of Athletics, Patricia Thomas, announce that the university will add men’s and women’s lacrosse to its current Division II sports offerings.