Elizabeth Rambo "Beth" Anders (born November 13, 1951 in

Norristown, Pennsylvania Norristown is a municipality with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Located along the Schuylkill River, approximately from the Philadelphia city limi ...

) is a former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

sweeper from the

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, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in

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. She attended

Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School Plymouth Whitemarsh High School is a public high school in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, US. It is part of the Colonial School District. Plymouth Whitemarsh is a public high school in the Philadelphia region, and is accredited by the Middle ...

. After the 1984 Summer Olympics she became the head coach of the USA National Women's Team. She also coached field hockey at

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia wi ...

for 30 seasons, retiring in 2012. At Old Dominion she coached more games (704) and achieved more wins (561) and NCAA titles (9) than anyone in Division I history, as well as becoming the first Division I coach to reach 500 victories in field hockey. While at Old Dominion university, Anders led the Lady Monarchs through 27 seasons at the NCAA tournament. She led that team to receive more honors or rewards than any other NCAA team in history. Since 1991, when the Lady Monarchs joined the league, under the tutelage of Anders, they played 17 times in the NCAA Final Four. She was inducted into the Ursinus College Hall of Fame for Athletics in 1986, the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007, and Old Dominion's Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anders, Beth 1951 births Living people People from Norristown, Pennsylvania American female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey Old Dominion Monarchs field hockey coaches Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women