Colgate University Men's Lacrosse

Colgate Men's Lacrosse Instagram Matt Karweck accepted the reins as the Colgate men's lacrosse head coach in July 2018. During the 2024 season, Colgate posted an 8-7 record, clinching a berth into the Patriot League Tournament. The Raiders earned two wins over top-10 opponents, defeating No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Army. Colgate had four All-Patriot League selections, and Matt LaCombe earned Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year. Three players were also named All-American Honorable Mention.  Karweck arrived after eight years as an assistant coach in the Division I ranks, including the previous six seasons at Notre Dame.   Karweck, who also played his collegiate lacrosse at Notre Dame, helped the Fighting Irish to their second Atlantic Coast Conference title in 2018 with a 17-7 championship-game triumph at Virginia. The Irish were matched only by Syracuse in ACC tournament success since Notre Dame joined the league, as both teams now have two championships in the five-year span.   The Irish reached three finals in five appearances.   During his six seasons back at Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish compiled a 64-30 record, earned six NCAA tournament bids, including a title-game appearance in 2014, captured the 2014 and 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, and reclaimed the regular season ACC title in 2015 and 2016.   The Irish reached at least the NCAA quarterfinals in five of the six seasons Karweck served under head coach Kevin Corrigan.   Over his final six years with the Irish, the Notre Dame program produced 27 All-America honorees and 25 All-ACC selections. The Fighting Irish also had 10 players drafted into Major League Lacrosse.  Karweck came to Notre Dame from Merrimack, where he spent one season as an assistant coach/offensive coordinator at the NCAA Division II school. The Warriors posted a 13-3 record in 2012 and reached the title game of the Northeast-10 Conference tournament. They also were ranked fifth nationally during the season and produced three All-Americans, including the player of the year. Prior to his stint at Merrimack, Karweck was an assistant coach at the Detroit-Mercy for one season. He was the offensive coordinator for the Titans during the 2011 campaign and helped the second-year program improve by three wins from its first season of NCAA Division I play to its second. Detroit also earned its initial berth into the MAAC tournament and advanced to the title game.  Karweck was the head coach of Indiana University's club lacrosse program from 2007-10. The squad competed in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA).   He led Indiana to 25 wins in three seasons and was named the 2009 Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference Coach of the Year. While at Indiana, he earned a Master of Science degree in kinesiology and owned and ran Overtime Lacrosse, a summer camp program.  Karweck earned four letters (2003-06) and tallied 60 goals and 30 assists in 52 games during his playing career at Notre Dame. He received first team all-Great Western Lacrosse League honors as a senior after copping second-team accolades during his junior campaign. He graduated with a degree in psychology from Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters.  After graduating from Notre Dame, Karweck competed professionally in England for one season with the Sheffield Steelers in the English Lacrosse Premiership. The Steelers captured the 2006 Bath Eights Tournament Championship. While in England, he also served as a men's lacrosse coach at Sheffield University, and taught lacrosse in the surrounding area for the English Lacrosse Association.  Karweck returned to the United States and played two seasons for the Chicago Machine in Major League Lacrosse.    He and his wife, Dr. Andrea Karweck, a 2005 graduate of Notre Dame, have two sons, Kane and Maddox.

Coaching Experience Assistant Coach, Colgate University (2023-pr.) Assistant Coach, Boston University (2018-23) Head Coach, Holy Cross (2014-18) Offensive Coordinator, University of Pennsylvania (2014) Offensive Coordinator, University of Michigan (2011-12) Offensive Coordinator, Bucknell University (2008-10) Offensive Coordinator, University of North Carolina (2007-08) Assistant Coach, University of Pennsylvania (2006) Assistant Coach, University of Delaware (2005) Assistant Coach, Limestone College (2003-04) Assistant Coach, SUNY Geneseo (2002) Playing Experience University of North Carolina (1998-2001) Education B.A., Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, University of North Carolina (2001) At Colgate Judd Lattimore joined the Raiders’ lacrosse staff as an assistant coach in July 2023.  Lattimore comes to Colgate with more than two decades of collegiate coaching experience, most recently at Boston University, where he served as an assistant coach.   During his first season with the Raiders in 2024, Lattimore helped Colgate post an 8-7 record, including two wins over top-10 nationally ranked opponents. The team also reached the Patriot League quarterfinals. The Raiders earned three All-American honorable mentions selections, the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year, and four All-Patriot League selections.  Before Colgate As the Terriers’ defensive coordinator, he helped BU win back-to-back Patriot League regular season titles in 2022 and 2023. He also helped Boston University claim the Patriot League tournament championship in 2022, marking the first time the program won both the regular season and tournament.  Under Lattimore's guidance, BU boasted the 17th-ranked defense in the country in 2022, holding opponents to an average of 10.65 goals per game. BU led the nation in caused turnovers per game (12.06) and ranked fifth in the country in ground balls per game (36.35). He coached the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, with both also earning All-American honors. Lattimore was instrumental in the success of the Terriers' faceoff unit during his first three years with the program. In 2020, the Terriers were 13th in the NCAA as a unit in faceoff percentage.   He arrived at Boston University after four years as the head coach at Holy Cross. He led the Crusaders to a pair of Patriot League postseason appearances in 2016 and 2017, including an upset victory at Navy in the 2017 quarterfinals which was the program’s first-ever postseason win. Under Lattimore’s leadership, Holy Cross earned a national ranking for the first time in school history.   Prior to his stint in Worcester, Lattimore was the offensive coordinator at Penn for two seasons. He helped lead the Quakers to the 2013 Ivy League championship, its first conference title in over 35 years.   Lattimore helped start the lacrosse program at Michigan in 2011 and 2012 as the program’s first offensive coordinator. He was instrumental in elevating the club roster to Division I.   Before that, he was the offensive coordinator at Bucknell for three seasons, including the 2011 campaign in which the Bison claimed their only Patriot League championship and won a program-record 14 games.   Lattimore returned to his alma mater to coach the offense at North Carolina for two seasons (2007-08). The Tar Heels had the 11th-ranked offense in the country in 2007 and finished the 2008 season ranked fourth in the nation. Before his time at UNC, Lattimore was on the Penn staff in 2006 and the Delaware staff in 2005. He began his coaching career at Geneseo State in 2002 as an assistant before moving to Limestone for two seasons in 2003 and 2004.   As a player, Lattimore was a two-year starter for the Tar Heels. Inside Lacrosse selected Lattimore as a preseason All-American in 2000. He graduated from UNC in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication.