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Dan Sheehan, the only coach at Le Moyne College to lead his
team to a national championship, has served as the men's lacrosse
head coach for nine seasons. One of the nation's most successful
lacrosse coaches, he enters his 10th season with a 112-28
(.800) overall mark. Since the turn of the century, Sheehan's
Dolphins are 100-11 (.901).
Coach Sheehan instructs campers on the
important points of team offense.
Instruction in all areas of the game is a priority at
camp. |
The 1995 Ithaca College graduate has guided Le Moyne to five
consecutive NCAA tournament berths - its only trips to the
national tournament in program history. Sheehan, a six-time
Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year and 2000 USILA Division
II Coach of the Year, also serves as an Assistant Athletic
Director at Le Moyne.
In 2006, he guided the Dolphins to a program record 18 wins
and its second national championship. Le Moyne was ranked
first in every poll, led the nation in goals against average
for the sixth consecutive season and landed eight players
on the USILA All-America team en route to its second perfect
season in three years. The Dolphins downed Dowling 12-5 in
front of 23,990 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia
for their second national championship.
In 2005, Sheehan led the Dolphins to a 14-1 overall mark
and 10-0 Northeast-10 Conference record. Le Moyne's vaunted
defense allowed an unprecedented 3.27 goals per game. A program-record
seven Dolphins were named to the USILA All-America teams,
including national player of the year Travis Tarr.
An 11-10 double overtime triumph over Limestone in front
of 19,202 at M&T Bank Stadium in the NCAA Division II
Championship capped off a perfect 2004 season. Le Moyne trailed
10-9 with nine seconds remaining, but out of a timeout Brandon
Spillett rushed the cage and scored to send the game into
overtime. The Dolphins dodged several Limestone chances in
the extra sessions, but Spillett netted the decisive goal
in the second overtime. The Dolphins raced through the regular
season unbeaten, hosted the Northeast-10 Conference Championship
as the regular season titelist for the fifth consecutive time,
topped Bryant 7-6 for their fourth straight league crown and
edged N.Y. Tech 7-5 to advance to the national championship
game.
In 2003, Sheehan was named the NE-10 Conference Coach of
the Year for the fourth consecutive time. The 2003 squad opened
the season with a dramatic victory at defending national champion
Limestone and proceeded to rattle off 14 consecutive victories.
Le Moyne was ranked atop every USILA Division II regular season
coaches poll as the Dolphins won a school-record 14 games.
Eventual national champion N.Y. Tech spoiled the unblemished
season 12-11 at Le Moyne in the national semifinals. Statistically,
Le Moyne topped the NCAA Division II in defense, allowing
just 5.33 goals per outing.
In 2002, Sheehan guided the Dolphins to new heights, becoming
the first men's lacrosse coach to lead Le Moyne into the NCAA
tournament and the first to gain the nation's No. 1 ranking.
Le Moyne topped the national statistics in scoring offense,
scoring defense and margin of victory (11 goals per game).
In 2001, Sheehan led Le Moyne to a 12-3 record and the second
Northeast-10 Conference Championship in program history. Le
Moyne topped the national statistics in goals allowed per-game
and man-down. Sheehan was named the 360Lacrosse.com Division
II Coach of the Year and Northeast-10 Conference Coach of
the Year.
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association named
Sheehan its 2000 Division II Morris Touchtone National Coach
of the Year. He also earned the conference coach of the year
award for the first time. At the time, the 13-3 overall mark
equaled the best of all-time and the 8-0 conference regular
season mark set off a string of seven consecutive unbeaten
seasons that currently totals 70 straight league games.
A 1991 graduate of nearby lacrosse powerhouse West Genesee
High School, Sheehan resides in Camillus with his wife Kate,
a 1995 Le Moyne College graduate, their two sons Kevin and
Ryan and daughter Margaret. |
