Bio

Lauren Lukis begins her first season as an assistant coach with Bryant Women's Soccer in 2023.

Lukis arrives in Smithfield after spending the last twenty years in Division II as the head coach at Bentley University. While at Bentley, she led the Falcons to four Northeast 10 conference playoffs over her last six seasons as well as the program's first NCAA tournament appearance in 2019. From 2016-2022, Lukis' squads won at least seven games each season and reached double digits in 2019, in which they won ten games.

"I'm very pleased to welcome Lauren to Bryant and our program," Biggs said. "She stood out from the start of the interview process, and I feel very fortunate that she has joined our staff.  Lauren brings great experience as both a player and coach, and I believe her talents and approach will be a great asset to the development of both individual players and the team."

Before becoming the head coach at Bentley, Lukis was an assistant coach at Brandeis University for two seasons (2001-2002) and for one season before that at UMass-Lowell (2000). 

During her playing career, Lukis was a starting midfielder at Bentley for her first two collegiate seasons. She then finished out her college career at Clark University, helping them to become the number three ranked team in Division III and a league championship in 1998.

After college, Lukis went on to play in the Eastern Massachusetts Division I Women's Soccer League and joined the Rhode Island Rays of the W-League for six seasons. She was also captain of the Massachusetts Regional Select Team, where she helped the team win four regional championships.

Lukis earned a degree in psychology from Clark University, graduating in 1999. She also holds a national coaching diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.