2012 Hall of Fame Inductee

AGNES "AGGIE" BIXLER (KURTZ)

Field Hockey Coach (1969-71)
Inducted in 2012

A true pioneer of women’s athletics not only at the University of Delaware but on the national level as well, Aggie had a brief but significant career with the Blue Hens as the program’s first field hockey coach. She taught physical education at UD from 1968-72 and played a key role in the formation of the Blue Hens women’s varsity sports program that quickly became nationally-recognized. She served as head coach of the first UD field hockey team in 1969 before taking a year off to compete for the U.S. Lacrosse Team. She returned in 1971 and led the UD team to a 7-1 mark. She moved on to Dartmouth where she helped form the women’s athletics program, serving as director of women’s athletics and lacrosse head coach from 1972-89. A 1962 graduate of Smith College, she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003 and is part of the inaugural Smith Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. She was also a member of the U.S. Squash Team, was a nationally-rated lacrosse umpire, and wrote several books on women’s lacrosse. She and her husband, Tom Kurtz, are retired and reside in Hanover, N.H. She has three stepchildren and nine grandchilden.