Georgetown's Lacrosse Head Coach Dave Urick Steps Down

In addition, Urick has had 53 of his players participate in the prestigious North-South All-Star Game. All but two of the 36 Georgetown players to participate in the North-South Game played under Urick. Urick coached in the North-South All-Star Game in 1984 and 1992 and took the helm of the South squad again in 2004.

Urick-coached players have also had a major impact on the international stage. At the 2006 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships, Merrill, who was named the tournament's Outstanding Defensive Player, led the Canadian National Team to a 15-10 win over the United States in the championship game. Team USA's roster included Sweeney and Urick's son, Scott. During the summer of 2008, then-Hoya Craig Dowd was named the Most Outstanding Attackman, and Bobby Boyle helped lead the United States U-19 to the World Championship.

Urick has been inducted to four Halls of Fame for his contributions to lacrosse as a coach. The latest induction was to the Potomac Chapter of the United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame on January 22, 2005 and prior to that he was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame on July 23, 1998. On October 6, 1990, Urick was inducted into the Hobart College Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Upstate New York Lacrosse Foundation Chapter in February of 1991.

Prior to his 10 years as the mentor of the Hobart lacrosse team, Urick served eight seasons as assistant coach and helped Hobart win back-to-back NCAA Championships in 1976 and 1977. Also in 1977, Urick took the helm of the Statesmen's football team and won Coach of the Year honors in the Independent College Athletic Conference in his first season, as he guided the team to a 7-2 mark. He served as Hobart's head football coach until 1981.

A 1970 graduate of Cortland State, Urick was an All-ECAC linebacker as well as captain of both the football and lacrosse teams as a senior. He was inducted into Cortland State's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986 and was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980.

One of Urick's many honors in the lacrosse world was being selected to serve as head coach of the 1986 Team USA, which won the gold medal at the World Games in Toronto. He served as an assistant on the 1982 USA team that won the gold medal and is the current Chair of the USA Team Coaches Selection Committee. In 1980 and 1981, Urick was the recipient of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's Francis L. "Babe" Kraus Award as the Coach of the Year. Urick is a former Chairman and member of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Committee and the USILA Rules Advisory Committee.

A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately.

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