Bill Olin

Associate Head Coach Bill Olin enters his third season with the Tigers. After one season with Clemson, Bill Olin was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach. Olin helped lead the team to great heights during the 2023 inaugural season, in which the Tigers went 12-6 overall, won four games in the ACC and were ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation.

“Bill is an incredible coach and an even better person,” Kwolek said of Olin. “Our program has benefited immensely from his knowledge of the game and his leadership on the field. He’s a tireless worker whose ability to teach the game and inspire our players saw immediate results in our first season. Bill has established himself as one of the top coaches in our sport, and I’m looking forward to what we are continuing to build here at Clemson.”

The team ranked 6th in the nation in scoring offense and 8th nationally in assists per game. Additionally, the team achieved consistent national rankings, spending six weeks in the U.S. Lacrosse Poll and eight weeks in the IWLCA Coaches Poll. Clemson scored 10 or more goals 14 times and ten of Clemson’s 12 wins were by ten or more goals. The Tigers success continued in the second season where they finished 11-7 and made another ACC Quarterfinals appearance. He coached a program record of four Tigers who were named to the NCAA South’s All-Region team and another program record of five Tigers who were named All-ACC.

Olin joined the Tigers following five years as an associate head coach at Cornell. During his time at Cornell, Olin and Big Red won an Ivy league Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. His team qualified for the Ivy League Tournament in two of his four seasons on the sidelines, and he helped developed six All-Ivy League defensive players, including 2017 conference Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-American Catie Smith.

Olin was a 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 regular season record of 14-3, including 6-0 in conference play, before finishing as league’s 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 the recipient of the OAC Freshman of the Year and OAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year awards. At year’s end, Olin was named the OAC Coach of the Year.

Prior to his tenure at Capital, he was an assistant coach at SUNY Potsdam men’s lacrosse immediately following his playing career.

As a player, he 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 three-time All-ECAC Academic team member.

“I want to first thank Jenny Graap and my Cornell Lacrosse family for the past six years and their immense support,” stated Olin. “My family and I are incredibly grateful to Coach Kwolek and the Clemson athletic community for this opportunity. The tradition of Clemson athletics, the ability to work with Allison and Madison [Carter], and to help establish Clemson Lacrosse as a national contender is a dream come true.”

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