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Nicole Flores enters her first season at Stanford in 2019-20, and serves as the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator for the Cardinal. 

Flores came to The Farm after two seasons as an assistant under head coach Danielle Spencer at Dartmouth. While with the Big Green, Flores was part of a lacrosse revival in Hanover. 
 
In her first season with the team, the Big Green went 11-5 and made the Ivy League Tournament for the first time in five seasons, and the following year, she helped guide Dartmouth to an Ivy League title and its first NCAA Tournament appearance in six years. 
 
Prior to her stint with the Big Green, she was a member of the coaching staff at Trinity. In her one season, the Bantams reached the Division III national semifinals.
 
The Branford, Connecticut, native’s time at Trinity followed a stint at Bowdoin College, where she worked from 2014-16. During her time with the Polar Bears, she was part of a staff that helped lead the program to the 2015 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Game as well as to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16.
 
Previous coaching experience also came from time at Union (2011-14) and Eastern Connecticut (2009-11) following the completion of her collegiate playing career at Springfield in 2009. While a student-athlete with the Pride, she was a first-team all-conference player and team captain as a senior.