Steve Marovich, Carthage Sports Information



KENOSHA, Wis. -- Carthage College Director of Athletics Robert Bonn has announced the hiring of C.J. Cuneo as the Lady Reds’ new head women’s lacrosse coach. Cuneo replaces Dennis Cox II, who resigned following the 2014 season.



Cuneo served as an assistant coach Adrian College in 2012 and in the same capacity at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2014. A native of East Northport, N.Y., she attended Binghamton University and played lacrosse for the NCAA Division I Bearcats from in 2005 and 2006 and was named to the America East Conference Academic Honor Roll. She graduated in 2008 with a bachelor’s in economics and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Richmond in 2011. Cuneo, Carthage’s second attorney/coach, is licensed to practice law in the states of Maryland and Virginia. J. Arthur Baird, a Carthage coach and athletic director from 1907 to 1916 and later a Hancock County judge, was the school’s only other attorney/coach.



“C.J. has a great background for women’s lacrosse coaching success at Carthage,” says Bonn. “She is very intelligent, has collegiate playing experience, collegiate coaching experience and a passion for coaching lacrosse. We are excited to have her on our coaching team.”



The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2012-13 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,400 academic all-conference recipients, 15 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans, 30 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, 68 all-Americans and one national championship team.