Chardonnay Hope joins the Haverford Field Hockey coaching staff for the 2021 season. Hope was the recipient of Haverford's Tara VanDerveer Fund for the Advancement of Women in Coaching Grant from the Women's Sports Foundation.

Prior to joining Haverford, Hope served as an assistant coach at Widener for the 2020 season, where she helped guide the squad through a pandemic-altered 2020 season with an emphasis on goalkeeper coaching. She has also had stints as an assistant coach for Washington College during the 2019-20 campaign, and on the club circuit with the Delaware Sharks Field Hockey Club. Hope got her start in coaching on the staff at Mansfield University in 2018. 

A two-time team captain for the Golden Bears, Hope had a standout career as a goalkeeper at Kutztown University, earning First Team All-PSAC and Second Team NFHCA All-American honors as a senior. She finished her career with 23 wins, 214 total saves and a 1.45 goals-against average, good for third all-time in school history.

Hope graduated from Kutztown with a degree in Criminal Justice in 2018, and earned a Masters in Management with a concentration in Organizational Leadership from Wilmington (Del.) University in 2021. In addition to her coaching duties, the Delaware native has worked in Family Service Assistance with the State of Delaware Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.