Sharon Pfluger (née Goldbrenner; born November 16, 1960) is an American women's college lacrosse and field hockey coach for The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). With 603 wins, Pfluger is the NCAA career wins leader of women's lacrosse, and her 694 field hockey wins is the third-highest total of all time among NCAA field hockey coaches. She has amassed 19 Division III National Championships between the two sports. Before becoming the head coach for TCNJ, she was an assistant for both sports at Drew University, and the head field hockey coach for Kean University and Montclair State University.
Raised in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, she attended Pompton Lakes High School, where she competed in basketball, field hockey and softball.
Pfluger was a member of the 1981 Trenton State College field hockey team that won the inaugural NCAA Division III field hockey tournament. She graduated from Trenton State with a Bachelor of Science in 1982, majoring in health and physical education.
Pfluger started her coaching career in 1982 at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, assisting with field hockey. She then became the head field hockey coach at Kean in 1983, leading the school to a 4âÂÂ8âÂÂ3 record. In 1984, she became the head at Montclair State and led the field hockey team to a 5âÂÂ11âÂÂ1. That same year she would return to Drew to assist with the lacrosse.
In 1985 she returned to her alma mater, The College of New Jersey, then known as Trenton State College, to coach the field hockey team. The next year she was assigned to coach the lacrosse team as well. Under her lead, TCNJ has consistently been one of the best Division III programs for both lacrosse and field hockey. She has won the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse national championship 11 times with one being vacated, (1987, 1988, 1991, 1992*, 1993âÂÂ1996, 2000, 2005, 2006). She has won the NCAA Division III field hockey national championship nine times, (1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2014).
In 2007, she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
In the fall of 2022, Pfluger became the first coach in NCAA history to reach 1,200 career victories while coaching two different sports.
On April 23, 2025, she became the first women's lacrosse coach to reach 600 career wins