Veronica Nolt's first season as co-head coach finished with an 18-7 record and trip to the Landmark Conference semifinals in 2014-15.
Nolt spent the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons as an assistant coach, before moving into the role of co-head coach along with Sherri Gorman. She took on increased responsibilities within the program and around the athletic departmant. Nolt also spent the 1994-95 season at E-town as an assistant to Yvonne Kauffman.
As the top assistant during the first two seasons of her second stint at Elizabethtown, Nolt was a part of 35 victories and two Commonwealth Conference semifinal appearances. The Blue Jays' success continued with an 18-7 record and trip Landmark Conference semifinals in Nolt's first season as co-head coach.
Nolt played a major role in the Blue Jays posting a 20-5 record in 2013-14. It was the program's first 20-win season since 2000-01. Elizabethtown also became the first Division III program, and third in all of women's college basketball, to win 1,000 games when it defeated Stevenson, 72-66, in Owings Mills, Md., Feb. 18, 2014.
During the 2012-13 season, Elizabethtown upset No. 5 Messiah, 62-57, snapping a 22-game losing streak and 11-game road losing skid to their rivals from Grantham.
Nolt has been associated with the game in multiple facets since completing her collegiate playing career at Millersville University. She spent three seasons as the girls' assistant coach at Donegal High School from 1991-94, while also leading the district's junior high program.
Nolt made a brief stop in Elizabethtown during the 1994-95 season when she helped legendary head coach Yvonne Kauffman the Blue Jays to their seventh Middle Atlantic Conference Championship. E-town finished with a 23-5 overall record and qualified for its ninth NCAA Division III Tournament in program history that season.
She made her way back to the high school ranks following a successful season at Elizabethtown. Appointed head coach at Middletown Area High School prior to the 1995-96 season, Nolt guided the Blue Raiders for four seasons. Middletown reached the District 3 Class AAA and PIAA Championships twice during her tenure. Nolt's 1997-98 team placed third in the district and advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tournament.
Nolt has placed her focus on player development through personal instruction for more than a decade. As a shooting instructor, she's developed York and Lancaster-Lebanon League, as well as district all-stars, 1,000-point scorers, and a McDonald's All-America nominee. Many of the players she has tutored have gone on to play collegiately.
In addition to the one-on-one instruction she provides, Nolt has also worked as a consultant/clinician and spoken at numerous camps.
Nolt was a two-time all-county selection and Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star while at Lebanon Catholic High School, before continuing her playing career at Millersville. With the Marauders, Nolt achieved Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete status in 1990 and 1991.
Nolt and husband, Matthew, reside in Elizabethtown with their three children. She graduated magna cum laude from Millersville in 1992 with a bachelor of science in elementary education and coaching minor. Nolt returned to the Lancaster County institution to obtain her master of education in sport management (coaching emphasis) in 2002.
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