Debbie Windett

Deborah Ann West Windett, known as Debbie Windett, is an American field hockey coach and former player from Delaware, born around 1954. At Sussex Central High School she played field hockey and basketball and won All-Henlopen Conference honors, and she then attended Bridgewater College in Virginia, where she competed in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse and received a total of 11 varsity letters. She became a coach in 1977 and has since led field hockey programs at Sussex Central, Caesar Rodney High School and St. Thomas More Academy, reaching 344 wins and a place among the top twenty winningest high school field hockey coaches in history. She has also coached lacrosse, basketball, soccer and tennis, and she was selected for induction into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2026.