Joe Spallina, the head coach at Stony Brook University since 2012, is an assistant coach with the U.S. women's national team.

The engineer of the nation's best turnaround in 2012 and winningest coach in program history after only three seasons, Spallina has Stony Brook competing annually for the America East title while also bursting onto the national women's lacrosse scene. Through the 2021 season he has a stellar 159-30 overall mark, a 55-2 record in America East action and eight consecutive America East titles and NCAA Tournament appearances.