American University

Nate Franks begins his fourth season as an assistant coach at American after graduating from Princeton University in 2007.
 
While at Princeton, Franks worked as the team manager and videographer for three seasons (2003-05) before becoming the student assistant in 2006. Franks worked primarily with the goalies and the defensive unit each of the four years he was at Princeton.
 
While working with the Tigers, Princeton field hockey captured three Ivy League Championships and posted a 26-2 conference record. The squad earned three NCAA Tournament berths, advancing to the Elite Eight in 2006 after upsetting Old Dominion in the first round.
 
A competitor in the sport himself, Franks was a member of the United States National Team practice squad in the summer of 2002. He currently plays halfback for the Clontarf Hockey Club Men’s First XI in Dublin, Ireland, and is the only American ever to play for the club. In the spring of 2009 his Clontarf team won promotion to Leinster Division 1 after finishing with a 15-0-1 league record. Franks is also still active in the US Field Hockey Association Men’s High Performance Program, finishing second with the Mid-Atlantic team at the 2009 Men’s National Championships.
 
Franks received his USFHA Level II Coaching Certification in June of 2008. He currently resides in Washington, D.C. and Dublin, Ireland.