Slippery Rock University Athletics

Maribeth Chesterfield (formerly Maribeth Brozena) joined the Slippery Rock field hockey staff in July of 2011 as an assistant coach.

Chesterfield came to Slippery Rock after serving as head coach of the Wyoming Area High School field hockey team for the past two seasons. She compiled an overall record of 18-15-1 while at WAHS. Her 18 victories were the most wins in a two-year span in school history. The Warriors earned berths into the Wyoming Valley Conference playoffs in both seasons under Chesterfield.

Along with her experience coaching at the high school level, Chesterfield has also been an assistant coach with the Pennsylvania section of the United States Field Hockey Association’s Futures program (2005-10) and the KaPow Field Hockey Klub (2009-10). In the summers, Chesterfield has worked at both the Bloomsburg University Field Hockey Camp and the Competitors Edge Field Hockey Camp.

Prior to earning a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Bloomsburg University, Chesterfield completed an internship as a member of the University of North Carolina’s strength and conditioning staff during the fall semester of 2007.

As a player, Chesterfield starred at Bloomsburg from 2003-06. In addition to earning All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference honors three times, she was also a two-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFCA) first team All-America selection, earning the honor in both her junior and senior seasons.

Chesterfield was a three-year starter for the Huskies and a member of three national championship teams. She started 70 of 78 games played and totaled 49 points on 16 goals and 17 assists. Off the field, she was a two-time Bloomsburg University Scholar-Athlete.

After completing her undergraduate degree in 2007, Chesterfield went on to earn a master’s degree in elementary education from Bloomsburg in 2009.

Chesterfield holds a USA Level I field hockey coaching accreditation and is a member of the NFCA, the Pennsylvania State Field Hockey Coaches Association and the United States Field Hockey Association.

In 2013 she married husband Mike Chesterfield, who is a certified athletic trainer at Clarion University.