Gail Wallach is in her seventh year at the helm of UAH women's lacrosse, after guiding the Chargers to a combined record of 74-22 and two GSC Championships since the program’s inaugural season in 2016.
In her time with the Chargers, Wallach has coached one Alabama Sports Writers Association Small College Athlete of the Year, one GSC Top Ten Award winner, three GSC Players of the Year and 22 All-GSC performers as well as leading the nation in team scoring in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
UAH achieved its second straight GSC Championship in the 2021 season with a 17-6 win over Young Harris in Huntsville on April 25, which gave the squad a 12-3 overall record that included a 3-1 mark in league games. Wallach boasted five All-GSC honorees on the roster, including Cara Brown, Hailey Gallant, Katie Gerber, Karissa Glover, and Darby Smith,
Wallach and the Chargers experienced the most successful season in program history during the 2019 season, as the squad posted a record of 16-3 which culminated with the program's first-ever GSC Championship to wrap up the season. Nicole Federovitch capped off an incredible career, earning GSC Player of the Year, ASWA Small College Athlete of the Year and GSC Top Ten honors.
The Chargers enjoyed another strong season in 2018 under Wallach’s direction in which the program reached the GSC invitational final for the third season in a row while also pacing the conference and nation in scoring. UAH was again led by Federovitch as GSC Player of the Year, and was joined as an All-GSC honoree by teammates Ava Boethig, Leslie Allen Brown, Alanna Carvalho, and Kinta Schott.
Wallach continued to see growth in the program's second year of play in the 2017 campaign, as UAH notched a total of five All-GSC honorees including GSC Player of the Year Federovitch and GSC Freshman of the Year Jenna Carr. The Chargers reached the GSC Invitational Championship game for the second straight season and finished as GSC Co-Regular Season Champions with a 14-5 overall record and a 7-1 mark within the league.
In her first year guiding the UAH women's lacrosse program, Wallach helped UAH produce a highly successful inugural campaign as she notched three All-GSC honorees in Federovitch, Natalie Pachinger and Megan Hartnett, while leading the team to the GSC Invitational Championship game. The Chargers finished 14-4 overall in the inaugural campaign.
Wallach previously served as the head coach at Emmanuel College in Franklin Spring, Georgia, and, in her two years there, she coached one All-American and four all-conference honorees.
She has also made stops in her career as head women's basketball coach at Rutgers University-Camden, Drew University and Washington College. Wallach mentored 17 all-conference selections during her basketball coaching career.
Before taking over the head coaching duties at Washington, Wallach also served as an assistant coach for the women's basketball and lacrosse programs.
Wallach was a three-sport star at Kean University prior to her coaching career where she remains in the program's top five in ground balls. She was also talented on the hardwood, earning All-American status as a basketball player, and she owns the single-season program record for scoring average with 24.7 points per game. She totaled 1,679 points during her basketball career. Along with basketball and lacrosse, Wallach lettered in field hockey in her time at Kean.
Wallach graduated with a bachelor of arts from Kean following her four years as a student-athlete, and has gone on to earn her MBA from the University of Phoenix.
