Coaches

Cay Miller - Varsity Head Coach

Coach Cay Miller played field hockey, basketball and softball at Churchill, earning all-county, all-state, and all-met honors in field hockey and all-county honors in softball. She played field hockey at Haverford College (with a semester abroad playing for the University of Melbourne club team in Australia) and twice earned all-Centennial Conference honors. In 2005, she became the first field hockey player to be inducted into the Churchill Sports Hall of Fame. She coached Churchill's JV field hockey team between 2005-2007. In 2010, she became the varsity coach. She was awarded Maryland Field Hockey Coach of the Year by the MPSSAA in 2021 and 2004, Outstanding Field Hockey Coach of the Year in February 2018 and 2022 by the Pigskin Club of Washington, DC, Jeffrey Fritz Coach of the Year in 2024, and MCPS Field Hockey Coach of the Year in 2025. She teaches English Language Development at Wheaton Woods ES, achieved National Board certification in 2013 and 2022, and was named MCPS Elementary ELD Teacher of the Year and the MCPS finalist for The Washington Post Teacher of the Year in 2021.

Sophie Arnold - JV Head Coach

Coach Sophie Arnold was a three-sport varsity captain at Lower Merion High School (field hockey, basketball and softball). She played field hockey at Vassar College and captained her senior season. She earned all- academic honors all 4 years. Sophie earned her Masters in Social Work from NYU in 2021 and is now a clinical social worker (LICSW) in the District of Columbia. Sophie spent 7 years as a foster care social worker in New York City and in D.C. and now works as Director of Programs for a child welfare workforce nonprofit, Fostering Change for Children. Sophie is an avid Philadelphia sports fan.  

Margaret Carroll - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Coach Margaret Carroll played field hockey at Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren, New Jersey. She has been a volunteer at Churchill since the 2015 season. She studied architecture at the University of Maryland and started a lifelong obsession with Terps basketball. In her spare time, she is the owner and lead designer at Margaret Carroll Interiors. She lives in Bethesda with her husband and two sons, and she waits every year for another Maryland basketball national championship.

Candy Thurman - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Coach Candy Thurman is a retired MCPS social studies teacher with 40 years of field hockey coaching experience including one 4A Maryland state championship, three WCAC championships, and numerous region and division titles. She has served in the past as the head varsity coach at Walter Johnson, Academy of the Holy Cross, and Montgomery Blair High School. She founded and coached Tazmaniacs Club in Montgomery County for twenty years and coached at Junior Olympics for five years. She was a four-year starter at American University and was recognized as MVP in 1979. She has been volunteering with Churchill field hockey since the 2019 season.

Amy Wood - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Coach Amy Wood coached the Bethesda-Chevy Chase field hockey program for nearly 20 years, winning a record 9-straight state championships between 1994-2002 and leading the program to 277 wins. She was twice named Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year and received the Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement award. Wood was inducted into the Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. She coached the Washington Wolves Club for many years. She played collegiately at the University of Connecticut. She has been volunteering with Churchill field hockey since the 2021 season.