 While at West Chester, Timchal was also a member of the Tennis and Track and Field teams.After graduating college, Timchal got her first coaching job at Unionville High School, where she was a member of the coaching staff for the lacrosse, field hockey and basketball teams.In 1979, after coaching for two years at Unionville, Timchal began her college coaching career at The University of Pennsylvania, where she was an assistant for the lacrosse and field hockey teams.