Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at #2 Virginia on October 3, 2025 at 5 p.m.
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5 p.m.
Field Hockey
at #2 Virginia
Duke Athletics Hall of Fame
Jacki Silar
- Induction:
- 2022
Jacki Silar spent four decades at Duke as both a coach and administrator from 1979-2020, before retiring from her Senior Associate Director of Athletics position on June 30, 2020. Silar was the first Senior Woman Administrator in Duke Athletics history, holding the post since its inception in 1995. She served as an assistant women's basketball coach for 14 seasons with head coach Debbie Leonard (1980-92). Duke's first full-time assistant coach for women's basketball, Silar and Leonard teamed together to produce four nationally-ranked teams, including a No. 7 ranking in 1992, and the program's first NCAA Tournament bid in 1992. She spent 15 seasons as Duke's head field hockey coach (1981-95), where she was tabbed ACC Coach of the Year twice (1990, 1992). She transitioned into athletics administration where she served Duke, the ACC and NCAA in a variety of capacities. Notably, she was a member of the NCAA Field Hockey committee and NCAA Women's Basketball committee, including the chair in 2008-09.Â
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