Allison Comito enters her third season as head women's lacrosse coach in 2008. The reigning America East Coach of the Year in just her second season, Comito has guided the Seawolves to 22 wins over two seasons which is more than the previous three seasons combined. The 2007 season was marked by unprecedented success as the team went 13-4 and won the conference's regular season championship. Under Comito's guidance, seven players were named to all-America East honors including Kaitlin Leggio `09 selection as the Player of the Year.

In 2006, Comito reshaped the Seawolves as interim head coach, going 9-9 in her first season and in doing so, guided Leggio to America East Rookie of the Year, a first in the program's history.

Prior to joining Stony Brook, Comito spent three years as a teaching assistant at the North Shore Middle School in Glen Head, N.Y., while serving as the as varsity girls assistant coach.

As a player, Comito enjoyed a standout career at the University of Maryland as one of its best players in school history. Comito amassed 176 goals and 89 assists in her four years at Maryland and is fourth all-time in goals scored. A two-time first-team All-America and three-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, Comito was part of four consecutive national championships at Maryland as a three-year starter playing along with lacrosse greats Quinn Carney, Christie Jenkins and Jen Adams, arguably the best women's lacrosse player ever. As a senior, she scored the game-winning goal with eight seconds left in double overtime to give the Terrapins a 14-13 win over Georgetown in front of 7,000 fans at Johns Hopkins.

Prior to graduating from Maryland in July of 2002 with a degree in sociology, Comito served as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, creating offensive plays, one-on-one sessions with players and coordinating team travel.