Updated: January 2025
First Day at Johns Hopkins: January 30, 2017
Jane Wells became the fifth head coach of the Johns Hopkins field hockey program on January 12, 2017 and quickly turned the program into a national title contender.
In Wells' first season at Homewood, Hopkins went 14-5 - the Blue Jays' most wins since 2008 and tied for the most by a first-year coach. The following year (2018) was the most successful in program history. Hopkins won a school-record 19 games and made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Semifinals. Prior to its stunning NCAA run, which included an overtime win at top-ranked and previously unbeaten Messiah, Hopkins won its third Centennial Conference Tournament title and the first since 2003.Â
In 2019, Hopkins once again won 19 games, won the Centennial Conference title and made it to the NCAA Final Four. The 2021 season saw the Blue Jays win a school-record 22 games while winning the conference title and advancing to the national championship game for the first time in program history.
In 2022, Hopkins once again won the Centennial Conference title and made its second appearance in the national title game. JHU finished the season with a 19-4 record. The next year, Hopkins again made the national title game after winning the conference championship. The Blue Jays finished the season with a 21-2 record, the team's second 20-win season.
The Blue Jays won their sixth consecutive Centennial Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2024. Hopkins finished with a 19-4 record, including a 9-1 mark in the Centennial Conference.Â
In seven seasons at Homewood, Wells has guided Hopkins to a 133-22 record and won seven Centennial Conference regular season titles. JHU has won six straight Centennial Conference Tournament titles, made five trips to the NCAA Final Four and finished as the national runner-up in 2021, 2022 and 2023. She has coached 33 All-Centennial Conference selections, five Centennial Conference Players of the Year, four NFHCA Regional Players of the Year and 15 NFHCA All-Americans.Â
Wells came to Baltimore after a 12-year stint as the head coach at Rhodes College. During her tenure with the Lynx, Wells went 152-70 (.685), including a 73-15 (.829) mark in conference play. She led Rhodes to 10 conference (SCAC and SAA) regular season titles, eight conference tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. She was named the conference coach of the year four times and the NFHCA Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year twice.
In 12 years at Rhodes, Wells coached 51 all-conference selections, 12 conference players of the year, 45 NFHCA All-Great Lakes and six NFHCA All-America honorees. Her teams won 10 or more games in 11 of her 12 seasons, including a school-record 17 wins in 2010.
Wells is a 2003 graduate of Rhodes, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She was a four-year member of the field hockey and softball teams, captained both teams as a senior and served on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Wells was an all-conference and NFHCA Academic Squad selection in her career.
After graduation, Wells returned to her alma mater and served as an assistant coach for both the field hockey and softball programs. She was named the head field hockey coach in 2005 and in 2011 added Coordinator of Facilities for Athletics to her duties. Wells has also served as the Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) since 2014.
