Brush, Moore Named to Fisher's First Coaching Staff
7/8/2025 12:18:00 PM | Field Hockey
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan field hockey head coach Kristi Gannon Fisher announced Tuesday (July 8) the addition of Clare Brush and Erin Moore as U-M assistant coaches.
The duo joins fellow assistant coach Ryan Langford, who enters his 17th season with U-M field hockey, to complete Fisher's first coaching staff since rising to the helm of the program.
"We are thrilled to have Clare back with the program after a few years away," said Gannon Fisher. "As a two-time captain for our team, she brings a wealth of leadership and field hockey knowledge to our coaching staff. Clare is an Ann Arbor native and knows what it means to be a Wolverine on the field, in the classroom and in the community. I'm excited to work with Clare and to see her influence on the team from the staff side of things after her impactful career as a Michigan student-athlete."
"I'm very excited to join the Michigan field hockey staff," said Brush. "I know what it takes to win championships at Michigan as an athlete, and I am looking forward to contributing to the culture of excellence as part of the coaching staff."
Brush spent five seasons as a Michigan student-athlete (2016-20), twice serving as a Wolverine team captain and the team's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2019, '20). She appeared in 64 games in maize and blue, starting 34 in the backfield over her final two seasons, and contributed to a defensive unit that allowed just 1.16 goals, 7.83 shots and 3.99 corners per game over a five-year span. During her tenure, Michigan captured three Big Ten regular-season titles and two tournament titles and twice advanced to the NCAA Final Four, earning national runner-up honors in the spring season of 2021.
A four-time NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Brush earned her bachelor's degree in economics, with a minor in sustainability, in 2020 and added a Masters of Management from the Ross School of Business in 2021.
An Ann Arbor native and Pioneer High School graduate, Brush was the 2015 MLive Michigan Field Hockey Player of the Year and a two-time All-State selection and helped lead the Pioneers to three state championships. She started playing field hockey in middle school with Pinnacle Field Hockey Club under former Michigan head coach Nancy Cox and has herself helped coach field hockey with Pinnacle over the last eight years.
Brush is currently the chairperson of Great Lakes Regional Field Hockey, a non-profit organization first established in 2019 to serve and support the growth of field hockey at the local level throughout the Great Lakes Region of the Midwest. She has been a field hockey umpire since 2021 and was elevated to NCAA Division I and Division III games last fall. Off the field, she has spent the last four years working in sales and account management for American Axle and Manufacturing in Detroit.
"Erin brings a range of experience to our staff as a goalkeeper specialist," said Gannon Fisher. "Her enthusiasm and passion for coaching is contagious, and I am thrilled to have her join our program. Erin's on-field strengths as a technical coach and off-field strengths as a highly organized and motivated collaborator will be invaluable as we move into this new era of Michigan field hockey."
"I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to Kristi and the University of Michigan for the incredible opportunity to be a part of the U-M field hockey program," said Moore. "I also want to thank everyone who was a part of the journey to get here. Team 53 is going to be a memorable team, and I am thrilled to be joining the family. I eagerly anticipate the 2025 season alongside such a talented group of players and staff."
Moore comes to Michigan with five years of collegiate coaching experience and an additional 11 years coaching and developing middle and high-school-aged athletes. She spent last season as an assistant at the University of Delaware, where she worked directly with goalkeeper Cecile van Eijck, who started all 22 games and posted five shutouts, a 1.37 goals-against average and a .758 save percentage. She helped the Blue Hens capture the 2024 CAA Tournament title and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
She participated in the "NFHCA to the Olympics Coach Tour" program last summer with stops in the Netherlands, Belgium and at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Prior to Delaware, Moore spent four seasons at Bentley University (2020-24), where she helped lead the Falcons program to three consecutive winning seasons. She was an integral part of the Falcons' run to the 2021 NCAA Tournament, the first for Bentley field hockey since 2012. In 2023, she coached goalkeeper Mia Trottie to NFHCA All-America and Northeast 10 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year honors.
Moore holds her Level 2 Certification from USA Field Hockey and is FIH Level 1 Certified. A 2023 participant of the NCAA Women's Coaching Academy, she has been involved as a goalkeepers coach with numerous camps and clinics across the East Coast, including Saint Michael College and the 3 Step Sports, Beyond Sticks, and Nike Field Hockey Camps organizations.
Moore was a four-year letterwinner as a goalkeeper for Regis College in Weston, Mass., where she helped the team to a 2016 New England Collegiate Conference championship. Originally from Rosedale, Md., Moore earned a bachelor's degree in public health with a minor in biology in 2019. She added a Certificate in Foundations of Global Sport Management through NYU in 2023 and is currently pursuing an MBA with a concentration in leadership.
