Middlebury College Men's Lacrosse

Dave Campbell ‘00 took over the reins of the men’s lacrosse program in the spring of 2007.  AT MIDDLEBURY Coaching Record 2007 NESCAC Championship Assistant coach during the 2001 NCAA Championship run 8x NESCAC Championship appearances 16x NESCAC Tournament appearances 13x NESCAC Semifinal appearances 10x NCAA Tournament appearances 5x NCAA Quarterfinal appearances 2x NESCAC Player of the Year honorees (2008, 2009) 1x NESCAC Rookie of the Year (2013) 15x All-Americans 1x CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America selection Numerous USILA Scholar All-Americans AWARDS & HONORS 2009 NESCAC Coach of the Year 2019 Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee  COACHING RESUME Head men’s lacrosse coach - Middlebury College (2007-present) Head men’s lacrosse coach - Connecticut College (2004-2007) Assistant men’s lacrosse coach - University of Notre Dame (2002-2004) Assistant men’s lacrosse coach - Middlebury College (2001-2002) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree - Economics with American History minor - Middlebury College - 2000 ATHLETIC CAREER Middlebury College (1996-2000) 2x All-American 2x All-NESCAC selection 2x Team Most Valuable Player Goalie and team captain for first NCAA Championship in program history (2000) Played in the North/South game during his senior year and was a team captain Graduated with a 7.83 goals against average, third on Middlebury’s career list New Canaan High School (1992-1996) 1996 Connecticut Player of the Year  1996 MVP of the Connecticut State Championship game and captain of the New Canaan High School team that won the state title  1996 First-Team All-FCIAC, First-Team All-State and high school All-American  Played in the Connecticut North-South Senior All-Star game The full history for the Middlebury men’s lacrosse program can be found here.

Evan Lombardo joined the men's lacrosse program as an assistant coach in August of 2024.   AT MIDDLEBURY Coached one All-American selection Coached three All-NESCAC selections AWARDS & HONORS 2022 ODAC Coaching Staff of the Year 2021 USILA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year COACHING RESUME Assistant men’s lacrosse coach - Middlebury College (2024-present) Assistant men’s lacrosse coach - Lehigh University (2023-2024) Assistant volunteer men’s lacrosse coach - Dartmouth College (2022-2023) Graduate assistant men’s lacrosse coach - University of Lynchburg (2019-2022) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor of Science Degree - Interdisciplinary Studies - University of Lynchburg - 2019 Masters of Education Leadership - Higher Education Focus - University of Lynchburg - 2022 ATHLETIC CAREER University of Lynchburg (2015-2019) Four-year member of the Lynchburg men's lacrosse program 2019 USILA Scholar All-American 2x All-American (2017, 2018) 3x All-ODAC selection (2017, 2018, 2019) 2019 Lynchburg 1% Better Award Recipient Given to a senior student-athlete who exemplifies the leadership qualities to advance the athletic department, their program and their team daily Scored 210 career goals and tallied 261 career points at Lynchburg, ranking second and third in program history, respectively The full history of the Middlebury men’s lacrosse program can be found here.

Gus Brakeley joined the athletics staff as an assistant football and men’s lacrosse coach in 2009.    Brakeley’s football bio can be found here.    AT MIDDLEBURY 6x NESCAC Runner-up finishes  13x All-Americans 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American honoree COACHING RESUME Assistant football coach - Middlebury College (2009-present) Assistant men’s lacrosse coach - Middlebury College (2009-present) Assistant football and men’s lacrosse coach - Middlebury Union High School - (2006-2009) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Master’s Degree - Political Science & Government - University of Canterbury (New Zealand) - 2006 Bachelor’s Degree - Political Science - University of Canterbury (New Zealand) - 2003 ATHLETIC CAREER VT/NH All-Star Lacrosse Game (1998) The full history for the Middlebury men’s lacrosse program can be found here.