Marietta College Men's Lacrosse

Nathan Grover begins his first season as Marietta’s head men’s lacrosse coach in 2025-26.   Grover comes to Marietta after two seasons as the assistant coach at Malone. The Pioneers won five games last spring, just the program’s third year in existence. In 2024, Grover helped lead Malone to eight wins and an appearance in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament.   Grover also has three years experience coaching with the Burning River Travel Lacrosse team, headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio. In addition, he assisted with the boy’s lacrosse team at his high school alma mater, North Canton Hoover.   Grover was a four-year letterman for the Pioneers as a face-off specialist. He was named All-Ohio Athletic Conference three times, including a first-team selection his junior year. He led the OAC with 203 face-offs won, breaking his single season record set the year prior.   A native of North Canton, Ohio, Grover graduated from Marietta with a bachelor's degree in Sport Management in May of 2023.  He completed his MBA from Malone University in 2025.

Eli Ciotti begins his first season as assistant coach for the Marietta College men's lacrosse team in 2026-27. Ciotti comes to Marietta with a strong background in collegiate and international lacrosse. Most recently, he served as the assistant coach at Point Park University, helping guide them to three victories in their inaugural season. Prior to that, he was a graduate assistant coach at Malone University.   He is very familiar with the Ohio Athletic Conference, having been a standout player at the University of Mount Union. During his four seasons there, he was a four-time Academic All-OAC honoree and finished sixth on the Purple Raiders' all-time points list with 91 goals and 41 assists.   Ciotti capped his collegiate career as a graduate senior at Malone, where he scored 40 goals and helped lead the team to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference playoffs in only its second year of existence.   Since August 2024, Ciotti has also been played with the Italian National Lacrosse Team, winners of the 2026 Heritage Cup.   Originally from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Ciotti earned a bachelor's degree from Mount Union in May 2023, majoring in Integrated Media and French. He completed his MBA at Malone University in 2025.