Bill Olin

Associate Head Coach Bill Olin enters his fourth season with the Tigers and his third as Associate Head Coach, a position he earned after just one year with the program.

Olin helped lead Clemson to its best season yet in 2025, as the Tigers set a program record with 14 wins and went 6-3 in ACC play to finish tied for fourth. The Tigers advanced to the ACC semifinals and earned their first NCAA Tournament berth, where they won a first-round game against No. 16 Navy to reach the Sweet 16. Clemson recorded four victories over Top-15 opponents, including wins over No. 5 Syracuse and No. 9 Duke, and climbed as high as No. 6 nationally.

Under Olin, the Clemson defense established itself as one of the nation’s elite, finishing the year ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense. Summer Agostino emerged as one of the premier defenders in the country, ranking seventh nationally in caused turnovers per game, while midfielder Natalie Shurtleff earned All-America honors as a standout two-way presence. Agostino joined Shurtleff on the All-America list, giving Clemson two national honorees. Goalie Emily Lamparter also earned Second-Team All-ACC and First-Team All-Region honors. In all, the Tigers produced 11 All-ACC selections over the past two years.

The program’s trajectory was built on early success. In its 2023 inaugural season, Clemson finished 12-6 overall, won four ACC games, and reached No. 14 in the national rankings. Olin, serving as the lead offensive coach, helped guide the Tigers to the sixth-ranked scoring offense in the nation and eighth in assists per game. Clemson scored 10 or more goals in 14 contests, with 10 of its 12 wins coming by double digits, and spent six weeks in the USA Lacrosse poll and eight weeks in the IWLCA Coaches Poll.

In 2024, Clemson continued to establish itself, finishing 11-7 and advancing to the ACC Quarterfinals. Olin coached a program-record four Tigers who earned NCAA South All-Region honors, while five Tigers earned All-ACC recognition, another program best at the time.

Beyond Clemson’s on-field success, Olin has been instrumental in recruiting at the highest level. He helped secure the nation’s No. 1 ranked 2025 recruiting class, per Inside Lacrosse, which included four Top-30 players headlined by No. 1 overall recruit Alexa Spallina and No. 2 overall recruit Emma Penczek. In total, the 2025 class featured seven players ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Top 100. Overall, Clemson has recruited 11 New Balance All-Americans in the first four years of the program’s existence, along with multiple USA Lacrosse All-Americans.

Olin joined the Tigers following six years as the associate head coach at Cornell University, where he helped lead the Big Red to an Ivy League Championship and an NCAA Tournament second-round appearance. His defenses produced six All-Ivy selections, including 2017 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-American Catie Smith. After transitioning to the offensive side of the ball in 2019, Cornell equaled the school record for goals in a game twice and produced two of the highest-scoring offenses in program history, while earning six All-Ivy offensive selections, headlined by 2022 Ivy League Midfielder of the Year, Genevieve DeWinter.

Olin was head coach at Capital University from 2014–16. His 2015 squad won the OAC regular-season championship in just the second year of the program’s existence. The team finished with a 14-3 record, including 6-0 in conference play, before finishing as league tournament runner-up. Capital had eight members named to the All-OAC teams, including Defensive Player of the Year Tate Stover. Brennan O’Callaghan was named OAC Freshman of the Year and Co-Offensive Player of the Year. At year’s end, Olin was named OAC Coach of the Year.Prior to his head coaching tenure, Olin was an assistant coach at SUNY Potsdam men’s lacrosse immediately following his playing career.

As a player, Olin was a four-year starting goalkeeper for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, where he was a three-time ECAC Defensive Player of the Week, two-time Big East Defensive Player of the Week, and finished his career ranked in the top 10 for saves in Rutgers men’s lacrosse history.

Bill and his wife, Katelynn, have four children: Findley, Brooks, Welles and Dempsey.