Rachel Hillhouse begins her first season as a volunteer assistant coach with the RIT women’s lacrosse program in 2025.
Since 2022, Hillhouse has worked with USA Lacrosse in the National Team Development Program evaluating for Team USA Select ID Clinics. From 2015-2024 Hillhouse worked with the Coaches Education Program with USA Lacrosse presenting and developing curriculum. In 2023, Hillhouse served as a Team Facilitator for Season 3 of Athletes Unlimited.
Locally, Hillhouse works with Aces Elite Lacrosse, is the Board President of Greater Rochester Lacrosse and represents Upstate New York as a coach in the All-America Tournament.
Hillhouse was the Head Coach of the T.C. Roberson High School (Asheville, NC) varsity girls lacrosse team from 2018-2020; the first program for girls’ lacrosse in Western North Carolina. From 2015-2020 she founded and directed a club program, Asheville Edge Lacrosse, to grow the game in WNC.
Hillhouse received a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Wellness Promotion from the University of North Carolina-Asheville in 2016.
Hillhouse works at the University of Rochester as an Academic Administrator in the Research Education and Career Development department.
