Johns Hopkins University Athletics

Updated: June 2025
First Day at Johns Hopkins: June 27, 2022

Nicole Graziano joined the Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team in the summer of 2022. She came to Homewood from Arizona State, where she spent three seasons on Tim McCormack's staff. Graziano was promoted to Associate Head Coach in the fall of 2024.

Hopkins had a record-breaking season offensively. JHU finished with school single-season records in goals (272), assists (176) and points (448). The Blue Jays ranked third in the nation in assists per game (8.80). In addition, JHU ranked second in the Big Ten in points per game (22.40) and scoring offense (13.60). Hopkins went 13-7 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the third straight year.

In 2024, Hopkins finished with a 12-8 record, a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16 and #12 final ranking. The Blue Jays' 12 wins were the most in a season since 2015 while the #12 spot in the final IWLCA Coaches Poll was their best since 2007. Hopkins ranked seventh in the nation in assists (8.05) and caused turnovers (10.65) per game, as well as 16th in ground balls per game (18.45). The Blue Jays also set then school single-season records for points (419), goals (258), assists (161) and draw controls (293). 

In her first season at Homewood, Johns Hopkins went 9-9 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016. The Blue Jays ranked 19th in the nation in assists (6.72), 21st in ground balls (18.06) and 31st in points per game (19.28).

During Graziano's time in Tempe, the Sun Devils went 26-17 with back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2021 and 2022. Arizona State also made its first-ever appearance in the Pac-12 Championship game in 2022.

Graziano helped turn around the Arizona State offense. In the year prior to her arrival in Tempe, the Sun Devils ranked 96^th in the nation with 9.89 goals per game. In her first season, a COVID-shortened 2020 season, ASU ranked 12^th in the nation with 16.38 goals per game. Arizona State led the Pac-12 in scoring in 2020 and 2021 (16.44 goals per game) and ranked third in 2022 (13.21).
 
Graziano arrived at Arizona State after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Rutgers. During her tenure with the Scarlet Knights, she assisted in all areas of program and worked specifically with the draw specialists and offensive personnel.
 
Graziano capped an impressive career at Florida when she was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award in 2016. The Big East Midfielder of the Year, she also earned First Team IWLCA All-America honors after leading the Gators to an 18-2 record and a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Graziano played in 84 games and her name is all over the Florida record book. She ranks 14^th in career points (158), 13^th in goals (107), 11^th in assists (51), eighth in draws (112), 10^th in caused turnovers (53) and is tied for third in games played.
 
Graziano graduated from Florida in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and her master's degree in management in 2016.