Guilford College Men's Lacrosse

Bates started his coaching career at Taylor as an undergraduate and served as the Indiana schools head lacrosse coach from 2000-04. After earning his bachelors degree in sport management in 2005, Bates spent two years as an assistant athletic director at Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis, where he worked as head boys lacrosse coach for two seasons. He earned the 2007 Indiana High School Lacrosse Association Coach of the Year Award. A Cincinnatus, N.Y., native, Bates returned east and joined the Messiah College mens lacrosse staff in 2007. He spent one season on the Falcons sidelines and helped the team to the 2008 Middle Atlantic Conference title game. Bates worked at his high school alma mater, Skaneateles (N.Y.) High School, from 2008-10 assisting both the football and boys lacrosse teams. He also served as Messiahs recruiting coordinator in 2009 and 2010.

Carmean spent the previous 11 seasons as the head mens lacrosse coach at Amherst College where he guided the Lord Jeffs to an 82-76 record. He coached three All-Americans and 25 All-New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) selections in his tenure, including two-time league Player of the Year Derek Cherney. Carmean co-founded the Elite 180 Recruiting Camp and Fall Combine in 2005. The Elite 180 program is geared towards potential student-athletes interested in playing lacrosse at some of the nations most prestigious colleges and universities. Carmean parlayed a prolific scholastic career at Ithaca (N.Y.) High School into a lacrosse scholarship at the University of Massachusetts. The attackman led the Minutemens scorers in each of his three seasons and played in two NCAA Tournaments for legendary coach Dick Garber. Carmean earned an honorable mention All-America selection from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in 1985 before securing second-team laurels in 1986 and first-team recognition in 1987. He scored 186 career points (88 goals, 98 assists), which still stand among the Minutemens all-time leaders, and graduated in 1988 with a degree in English. In addition to coaching, Carmean enjoyed an 11-season professional lacrosse career that included five All-Pro seasons. He helped the Boston Blazers to three Major Indoor Lacrosse League Championships Series and also played with the New York Saints and Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. Carmean served as a team captain five times and won six team Most Valuable Player Awards. In 2001, he suited up for the Bridgeport Barrage of Major League Lacrosse. He stays active in the professional ranks, finishing up his second season as offensive coordinator for the Charlotte Hounds, runners up in the 2013 Major League Lacrosse playoffs.

Brownlee enters his second season with the Quakers after joining the program in January 2016. The second-year coach graduated with a degree in sociology in December 2015 and completed his lacrosse career at the State University of New York at Cortland. Brownlee played three seasons for the nationally ranked Red Dragons, who posted a 57-6 record in his years seasons on coach Steve Beville's club. Brownlee helped SUNY Cortland to three State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) championships and a 2012 NCAA Championship appearance.