WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Men's Lacrosse) – A former assistant coach at Lycoming College, Brendan Gorman will return to the Warriors as the men's lacrosse program's seventh head coach, Director of Athletic Mike Clark '93 announced on Monday, Jan. 18.
 
Gorman served as an assistant coach with the Warriors in 2005 under Mike Talerico in his second year of coaching before making stops as an assistant coach at RIT and head coach at Babson College and Elmira College.
 
"I am extremely grateful to President Trachte and Athletic Director Clark for giving me the opportunity to lead this group of young men," Gorman said. "I'm really excited to get back to Lyco and help keep this lacrosse program moving forward."

He takes over for Chris Scanlon, who led the Warriors for seven seasons and took the team to the MAC Commonwealth Championship game in 2019. He resigned to pursue an opportunity outside coaching.
 
"We are incredibly grateful to Coach Scanlon for the work that he put into the men's lacrosse program in the past seven years," Clark said. "His work makes the job an enviable one, and we were able to attract a solid pool of applicants in a short period of time. There is no doubt that Brendan stood out from the group – he is an established Division III coach that has worked at Lycoming before. He has made programs better everywhere he has been and he maintained a winning culture at Babson for the better part of a decade. We are excited to see him build on the great legacy of Lycoming men's lacrosse as it begins its 25^th season."
 
Gorman accumulated a 95-81 record in his first 11 years as head coach, leaving Babson in 2018 with a school-record 89 wins.
 
Gorman spent two seasons at Elmira, where the Soaring Eagles finished with the first winning record in 15 years when play stopped due to COVID-19 in 2020.
 
Babson never finished below .500 in his nine seasons as head coach and reached 10 wins on seven occasions. In addition, the Beavers finished in the top four in the conference, qualifying for the conference tournament every spring, including making five appearances in the championship game.

He was awarded Pilgrim League Co-Coach of the Year in 2011 and was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 2015, after guiding Babson to its first regular-season conference title in 25 years. He mentored nearly 50 all-conference selections, including the program's all-time points leader, Alex Patinkin, who won four consecutive All-Pilgrim League awards while amassing a record-setting 239 points (127 goals and 112 assists, 2010-13). Gorman also coached defenseman Jack O'Donoghue to United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Nike Honorable Mention All-America accolades in 2013, just the second Beaver ever to garner All-America honors.

A four-year letterwinner at Hartwick from 1999-2002, Gorman began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater in 2003 and spent one season as an assistant coach at Lycoming College. He then joined the staff at the Rochester Institute of Technology under former Lycoming coach Gene Peluso from 2006-09. During his stint with RIT, the Tigers won an Empire 8 Championship and appeared in the 2006 NCAA Division III Championship. Additionally, he helped 13 student-athletes achieve All-America status.

Gorman also boasts international experience as a player for the Burnside Lacrosse Club in Adelaide, Australia, director of youth development for the Italian National Team, and as the defensive coordinator for the Irish national team.

Off the field, Gorman has served on a variety of committees for the NCAA, USILA and Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA). He served a three-year term on the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse National Committee from 2016-18 and participated in the NCAA's Sports Science Institute Task Force on Student-Athlete Mental Health.

Gorman graduated from Hartwick in 2004 with a bachelor of arts in philosophy and is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Associations (NSCA).
 
What they are saying about Coach Gorman:
"Coach Gorman will be an excellent head coach at Lycoming College. His dedication to his student-athletes and his focus on providing a great experience while competing at the highest level have always been hallmarks of his philosophy. His track record as a head coach and his experiences on various NCAA committees speaks for itself. This will be an exciting time for Lycoming lacrosse."
- Gene Peluso, Head Men's Lacrosse Coach, Stevens Institute of Technology, former head men's lacrosse coach, Lycoming College

"I believe that Lycoming College and their men's lacrosse team is extremely fortunate to be able to add someone of Brendan Gorman's knowledge and experience to lead their program.  I have known Brendan for 15 years when we started coaching together at RIT.  He is a model example of what it means to be a servant leader and I know that he will do a great job, as he has at every stop throughout his career."
- Peter Milliman, Head Men's Lacrosse Coach, Johns Hopkins University, former assistant coach with Gorman at RIT

"Brendan Gorman is an innovative and out-of-the-box thinker who has the unique ability to intertwine heavy competitiveness coupled with an enjoyment and love of the game of lacrosse. With this hire, and new direction for the program, the college, student-athletes, and greater Lycoming community have just received a person of great integrity, a wonderful sense of humor, and most important, a mission-driven coach with the tools to succeed."
- Josh Blumenthal, Head Boys' Lacrosse Coach/Associate Director of Athletics, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, former assistant lacrosse coach at Babson College 

"Coach Gorman is a relationship builder first and foremost. His team culture and chemistry are always at the forefront to his approach as a leader, and he brings great balance with his coaching style, which creates an atmosphere of discipline, passion and fun. He is also a tireless recruiter focusing not solely on talent, but also making character a priority. All these attributes are why he is a proven winner. I look forward to watching the Warriors thrive under Coach Gorman's leadership."
- Sean Woods, Head Men's Lacrosse Coach, Colorado College, former teammate at Hartwick College