Lacrosse People in the News

Saint Anselm College Director of Athletics Dr. Kelly Higgins announced Monday that women's lacrosse head coach Holly Drown has resigned her post to pursue other avenues in her career, effective June 28. More

John Christmas has accepted a position on the Board of the Brooklyn Lacrosse Club. John is a visionary in the confluence of lacrosse and social awareness. More

The contract of Duke head men's lacrosse coach John Danowski has been extended through the 2018 season, announced by the school's Vice President and Director of Athletics Kevin White on Friday. More

Birmingham-Southern has hired Casey Kear as head coach of its men's lacrosse program, Athletic Director Joe Dean, Jr., announced today. Kear has been an assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall More

Binghamton University Director of Athletics Patrick Elliott announced on Tuesday that Stephanie Allen has been named the University's head women's lacrosse coach. Allen served as the interim coach for the 2013 season and has been with the Bearcats program for six years. More

C.J. Durham has been hired as the first head coach of Hanover College's women's lacrosse program. More

Shenandoah University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Doug Zipp announced Tuesday that Mike Kruger has resigned as head men's lacrosse coach. More

The NLL's Buffalo Bandits today announced that the team has opted not to renew the contract of head coach Darris Kilgour for next season. The team will begin its search for a new head coach immediately. More

Attackman Randy Staats and goalie Warren Hill of national champion Onondaga Community College have been chosen as players of the year by the NJCAA Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association. More

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Kelly Myers (Georgetown Visitation) was named the winner of the prestigious Heather Leigh Albert Schoolgirl Award as the top player at the National Tournament. More

Brendan Buckley (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) is one of the most decorated Army lacrosse defensemen in program history and, on Friday morning, he added one of the most prestigious awards in the nation to his sparkling resume: Buckley was named the 2013 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I lacrosse. More

Austin Fisher of Colorado State and Steve Johnson of St. John's were named as the recipients of the Godekeraw Award as the top player in their respective divisions of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). More

Charlotte Country Day School head coach Brad Touma won the 400th game of his career on Tuesday, May 7th, when his Bucs defeated Cannon School, 12-9. More

Georgetown Prep head coach Kevin Giblin won the 400th game of his career on Thursday, April 25, when his Hoyas defeated Episcopal High School (Va.), 12-2. More

Three US Lacrosse member coaches are among the 20 winners of the Positive Coaching Alliance's (PCA) Double-Goal Coach Awards. The winners were Alexa Caldwell, a girls' youth coach with the Asheville School in Asheville, N.C.; David Vollmer, boys' coach at Lamar High School in Houston, Texas; and Darren Lawlor, boys' coach at Pacific Ridge High School in Carlsbad, California. More

US Lacrosse announced that Mike Avenali with PCLOA in California and Scott Fiorentino with CNYLOA each received a $2,500 Scott Boyle Memorial Observers Program grant. Holly Souza with MLUA and Patricia Takahashi with NCWLUA each received an inaugural $2,500 Susie Ganzenmuller Observers Program grant. More

Kip Taviano, an attackman at The Haverford School was killed on Tuesday when he lost control of his car on Smithbridge Road in Concord Township and swerved into the path of an oncoming vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. More

Section Five lacrosse lost a great supporter and friend with the passing of life-long lacrosse enthusiast Bruce R. Teague, Sr. Bruce played lacrosse at Geneva High School and was on a national championship team at Cornell University. More