Anne Harrington was named Head Coach of Spider Women's Lacrosse in May of 2022 after spending six years on the Spiders’ staff, including the 2022 season as interim head coach. During her time at Richmond, the Spiders have recorded a 108-30 (.783 winning percent) mark that includes a 51-9 (.850) record in Atlantic 10 Conference play. She has been part of the program that has won four regular season A-10 titles and made four NCAA Tournament appearances in 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024. Harrington led the Spiders to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament in 2024 as her squad earned the automatic bid after winning another Atlantic 10 title in 2024. She ended her 2024 season ranked as the No. 11 Division I Women’s Lacrosse head coach in the country based off of active win percentage.

In 2024, Harrington led the Spiders to a 13-6 finish after winning the programs second consecutive Atlantic 10 title and earning another automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The 2024 RVA Sports Awards Coach of the Year Finalist claimed her fourth conference championship during her time at Richmond. Through her Spider years, Harrington at this point has been a part of more than half of the program’s postseason successes with conference championships and NCAA Tournament trips.

The 2024 postseason began with the Spiders at the No. 2 seed for the third consecutive year in the Atlantic 10 Championships. The Spiders fought through the conference tournament, defeating UMass once again in the championship game to claim the Atlantic 10 title for another year under Harrington’s helm. Following the success in the conference tournament, Harrington led her squad to the first round of the NCAA tournament where the Spiders faced the No. 8 nationally ranked program of Penn in Philadelphia, Pa.

Many Spiders earned accolades under Harrington's 2024 season. Grace Muldoon went on to claim the Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year award, Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Player award and USA Lacrosse All-American honors after strong performances through the conference tournament. Muldoon was listed to the All-Tournament team along with Charlotte Edwards, Colleen Quinn and Abby Francioli. The Atlantic 10 All-Conference First-Team consisted of Grace Muldoon (midfield) and Colleen Quinn (attack). Maggie Jordan (midfield) and Hannah Custer (defense) were named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second-Team. Abby Francioli (goalkeeper) was named to the All-Conference Rookie Team after an impressive freshman campaign. Colleen Quinn and Becca Sturtz were recognized as Atlantic 10 All-Academic members.

Harrington led the Spiders to 17 victories in 2023, the most for the Spiders since 2019. Richmond finished the regular season ranked No. 14 in the Inside Lacrosse/IWLCA Division I poll. She led the Spiders to the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament where the Spiders claimed the title for the third time in program history with Harrington on staff. Following her success in the conference postseason, Harrington marched her squad to Chapel Hill, NC. where Richmond defeated Marquette in the programs first ever NCAA Tournament victory.

Multiple Spiders earned accolades following the team's record-setting season. Lindsey Frank went on to claim the Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Player award, All-Tournament Honors, First-Team All-Conference honors, USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honors, IWLCA All-American Honors and IWLCA All-Region Honors. Another standout student-athlete in the 2023 season under Harrington was Arden Tierney. Tierney went on to claim Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year Honors, First Team All-Conference Honors, All-Academic Honors, All-Tournament Honors, USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honors, IWLCA All-Region Honors, IWLCA All-American Honors and CSC Academic All-District Honors. Sophia DiCenso, the 2022 Midfielder of the Year, also flourished from Harrington’s lead as she claimed First-Team All-Conference Honors, All-Tournament Honors and All-Region Second-Team Honors.

Harrington's Spiders shattered the record books in the 2023 season as they finished the year as No. 1 in the nation for draw controls per games (18.71), the No. 2 scoring offense in the nation (16.52), No. 3 in the nation for points per game (24.00) and No. 3 in draw control percentage (.617). With 17 wins on the year, the 2023 group of Spiders matched the numbers for most wins in program history, achieved the most points in program history (504), scored the most goals in program history (347), achieved the most assists in program history (157), claimed the most draw controls in program history (392) and had the most draw controls in a single game (30). Along with these accomplishments, this group took home 5 Atlantic 10 Conference weekly awards.

The Spiders ended their year with positive numbers at home, on the road and at neutral sites. With a 6-2 record at Robins Stadium, this Richmond group highlighted their competition at home with the win over the No. 7/10 ranked Cavaliers of UVA in double overtime. On the road, Harrington led the Spiders to an 8-2 record, including significant conference wins against Davidson and Saint Joseph’s. With a perfect 3-0 finale on neutral fields, the Spiders won the Atlantic 10 conference title on VCU’s campus and won their first NCAA competition in program history.

In 2019, the Spiders set a new program record with 17 wins while winning their second-straight Atlantic 10 Championship title with a 19-18 comeback in in overtime over UMass. The team competed in its second-straight NCAA Tournament and fifth all-time to finish the year at 17-4 overall. Five student-athletes earned first or second team All-Conference honors, led by two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year Julie Ball, who became the first student-athlete in A-10 history to earn the honor more than once. The Spiders boasted one All-Rookie Team and three All-Academic Team honorees, while Ball also earned IWLCA Second Team All-Region honors for the second-straight season.

In just her second season with the Spiders, the 2018 squad tied a program-best record of 16-4 overall, finished in a tie for first in the Atlantic 10 Regular Season, and took the 2018 A-10 Tournament Title with a 12-11 overtime win over UMass. The squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007, while eight student-athletes earned All-Conference honors, including A-10 Offensive Player of the Year Kim Egizi and A-10 Defensive Player of the Year Julie Ball. Egizi and Ball also earned IWLCA Second Team All-Region honors for their efforts.

Harrington helped lead the 2017 squad to a 14-6 overall record and a runner-up finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship. Nine student-athletes earned All-Conference honors on the year, including A-10 Rookie of the Year Sam Geiersbach, and First Team honorees Kim Egizi and goalie Megan Gianforte.

With the guidance of Harrington, Gianforte became the first rookie to be named the conference's top goalie since 2006, compiling a .499 save percentage and a 9.48 goals against average. Defender Leslie Espenschied was honored as a member of the A-10 Second Team.

A former student-athlete at William & Mary, Harrington played four seasons of lacrosse in the midfield for the Tribe before entering the coaching world.

A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Harrington joined the Spiders after spending two years serving as the Annual Giving Assistant at the University of Virginia for the Virginia Athletics Foundation.

Harrington began her coaching career in England, where she worked for two years as a high school teacher and head of lacrosse for the English Lacrosse Association in England.

Following her time abroad, she was the First Assistant Coach at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania for two seasons before taking the role of First Assistant Coach at the University of Connecticut for one season.

She graduated from William & Mary in 2007 with a degree in Kinesiology before receiving her master's degree in Education from UVA in 2014.

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