Mount St. Mary's University Men's Lacrosse

Gravante, who has been at the helm of the Mount men's lacrosse program since 1995, has built the Mount into an annual contender in the Northeast Conference. He led the Mount to back-to-back conference championships in 2010 and 2011.  In 2011, the Mount won the first-ever Northeast Conference Championship in the league's inaugural season.  The previous year, Gravante guided the Mount to a school-record in wins, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title, and the school's second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Mount won the NEC regular season title in 2011, earning the right to host the NEC Tournament.  There, the Mount earned wins over Bryant and Quinnipiac to take the inaugural NEC title.  Gravante was named the NEC Coach of the Year for the second season in a row. In 2010 the Mount defeated Siena, 7-6, on a last-second goal to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title in the school's final season in the conference.  With the win, the Mount advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to No. 1 seed Virginia in the First Round.  The Mount finished the 2010 season with a 12-5 record, breaking the school record for wins in a season.  Gravante was named the MAAC's Coach of the Year, the fourth time he has earned the award.  The NEC also handed out postseason awards in 2010 in advance of the league's first year with Gravante earning the NEC's Coach of the Year award as well. Gravante saw his teams enjoy unprecedented success in the MAAC, advancing to the MAAC Championship game in six of the 11 seasons it has been held, winning the title in both 2003 and 2010. In 2003, Gravante earned his third MAAC Coach of the Year award after guiding the Mount to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance after a win over Saint Joseph's in the MAAC Championship game.  With Gravante at the helm, the Mount posted an impressive 83-28 record in MAAC regular season games. Gravante was forced to sit out the 2005 season to concentrate on his health, but returned to the sidelines in 2006 and promptly led the Mount to the MAAC title game. In 1999, Gravante guided the Mountaineers to the MAAC regular season title, sweeping the conference slate, and a school-record 11 wins, earning MAAC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in three years. In 1997, he led his charges to the program's first winning season since 1991. Gravante was named the recipient of the Howdy Myers Man-of-the-Year Award by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in July 2002.  He joined former coaching legends Bob Scott of Johns Hopkins and Carl Runk of Towson as one of 15 to be honored as the USILA's Man of the Year since 1988.  Gravante has been the head coach of in the USILA North-South Senior All-Star game on two occasions (2003 and 2010). As a player at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., Gravante helped lead the Statesmen to the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth of 12 straight Division III titles won by the Upstate New York powerhouse. For over 10 years, he held Division III tournament records for goals in a game (seven) and goals in the tournament (17). Gravante graduated from Hobart in 1988 with a degree in economics.  He was inducted into Hobart's Hall of Fame in 2006.  After graduation, Gravante proceeded to work at General Electric in Syracuse in manufacturing test engineering.  Following his term at GE, he owned and operated a fitness center in his hometown of Camillus, N.Y. When offered the opportunity to pursue his MBA degree and coach lacrosse, he decided to return to the game as assistant coach at Mount St. Mary's for the 1993 season. Upon the resignation of A.J. Russo, he was promoted to head coach. In fall of 1995, he was promoted to full-time status. Gravante lives in Frederick with his wife Nicole and two children . In May of 1998, he received his Master of Business Administration degree with honors from Mount St. Mary's. The Gravante File Year      Overall/MAAC    Notes 1995      3-11 1996      7-9 /5-2        ECAC Bid 1997      9-7/7-1         ECAC Bid 1998      7-10/6-1        ECAC Bid 1999      11-5/8-0        MAAC Champion, ECAC Bid 2000      8-8/8-1         MAAC Tournament 2001      11-6/8-1        MAAC Tournament Champion 2002      6-11/6-2        MAAC Tournament 2003      10-8/7-1        MAAC Tournament Champion, NCAA Bid 2004      5-8/5-3    2005      Missed Season due to Health Reasons 2006      7-9/6-2         MAAC Tournament 2007      4-10/4-4 2008      2-12/2-6 2009      5-10/5-3        MAAC Tournament 2010      12-5/7-1        MAAC Tournament Champion, NCAA Bid 2011      9-6/4-1         NEC Tournament Champion 2012      6-9/2-3         NEC Tournament 2013      6-9/2-3 2014      1-15/1-5 2015      5-10/2-4        NEC Tournament TOTAL:    134-179

Chris Ryan was named the sixth coach in men's lacrosse history in July 2023.  Ryan comes to Emmitsburg after a storied career with Mercyhurst University. At the helm of the Lakers' program since 2000, Ryan has led Mercyhurst to an impressive run over the past two decades. His teams went 268-69 and took home the Division II national championship in 2011, defeating Adelphi to take home the hardware. This past season, he helped lead the Lakers to the D-II national title game, using an upset of #1 Le Moyne in the semifinals to achieve the feat. Mercyhurst finished the year with a mark of 16-3, won its third Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championship (GMAC) in four seasons, and advanced to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament. Mercyhurst won nine conference championships in his tenure, winning titles in the NYAC, East Coast Conference, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and GMAC during Ryan's tenure. This helped the team punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament 12 times, making at least the semifinals on nine occasions. In addition to his time on Mercyhurst's campus, he works on the staff of the Waterdogs, a Premier Lacrosse League squad.    A member of various committees during his coaching career, he serves at present on the USILA Division II All-American committee, holding the post since 2019. Further administrative accomplishments include representation for Division II to the USILA from 2006-11, and the NCAA Division II Regional Advisory Committee from 2006-08.   Originally from Rochester, New York, Ryan earned recruitment out of Irondequoit High School to Monroe Community College in the same city. After two seasons there, he competed for the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets out of Ashland, Virginia, graduating from the school in 1998. THE RYAN FILE    Season Record Confernce Notes 2001 9-3 - 2002 8-6 - 2003 11-3 - NCAA Semifinals 2004 11-2 - NCAA Semifinals 2005 11-3 - 2006 12-3 - NCAA Semifinals 2007 13-2 - NCAA Runner-Up 2008 9-4 - 2009 11-3 4-2 2010 13-1 9-1 2011 14-2 8-2 NCAA D-II Champions 2012 13-1 10-0 NCAA Semifinals 2013 18-1 7-0 NCAA Runner-Up 2014 12-4 6-1 NCAA Quarterfinals 2015 8-6 5-2 ECAC Semifinals 2016 15-3 7-1 NCAA Opening Round 2017 12-3 6-0 GMAC Tournament 2018 11-5 5-2 GMAC Tournament 2019 13-4 5-1 GMAC Champions, NCAA Opening Round 2020 5-0     Ranked No. 2 in the country (COVID-19 shortened year)          2021     12-2 6-0 NCAA Semifinals, G-MAC Regular Season and Tournament  Champ 2022 11-5 6-0 NCAA Opening Round 2023 16-3 6-1 NCAA National Champion Runner-Up Total 268-69 90-13 at Mercyhurst 2024 1-14 1-8 2025 4-10 2-6 Total 5-24 3-14 at Mount St. Mary's Career 273-93 93-27

McIntee completed his first season as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator for the Mount St. Marys mens lacrosse program in 2015. McIntee, who has played and coached at the international level, comes to the Mount after serving as an assistant coach at Dartmouth during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Prior to his two-year stint in Hanover, N.H., McIntee spent 15 seasons as the head coach of Manhattan College, setting a program record with 93 career wins. One of the Mounts rivals while the two teams competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Manhattan put together a 93-136 record with McIntee at the helm from 1998-2012. Under McIntees guidance, the Jaspers qualified for the four-team MAAC Tournament seven times (2000, 2002, 2004-05 and 2008-10). He earned MAAC Coach of the Year honors in 2000 and 2002, and won Co-Coach of the Year in 2005. The 2002 season proved to be a banner year in McIntees career. He led Manhattan to its first-ever MAAC Championship and berth in the NCAA Tournament after helping put together the programs first undefeated conference record (9-0). McIntee guided Manhattan to a school-record 11 victories on the season. In the summer of 2002, McIntee was selected as a coach for Team Ireland at the World Games, where he served as offensive coordinator and man-up coach. The Irish team went 6-2 with key victories over Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Italy. Prior to taking the position at Manhattan, McIntee was an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at St. Johns University from 1993-96. McIntee was a three-time NCAA All-American midfielder for the lacrosse team at C.W. Post (now known as LIU Post). Upon graduation, he played for Team USA in the 1990 World Championships. His playing continued as he starred in the professional ranks as a captain of the New York Saints of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. In seven seasons with the Saints (1990-97), McIntee recorded 97 points (46 goals, 51 assists), which ranks him among the all-time leading scorers in franchise history. He also coached the boys' lacrosse team at Syosset High School in 1996 and 1997, and coached East Islip High School from 1994-1997. McIntee was inducted into the Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012, and he is a member of the C.W. Post Hall of Fame for both lacrosse and football. 

Ryan O'Hagan rejoined Head Coach Chris Ryan as a member of the Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse staff ahead of the 2024 season.  O'Hagan was a part of Ryan's staff since 2018, serving as Associate Head Coach since 2021. He has served as a full-time member of the Lakers' coaching staff since 2018, joining Ryan's staff as an assistant coach before moving to the associate role in 2021. This was his second stint with the team after a graduate assistantship from 2014-16. Mercyhurst went 57-14 with 23 conference wins during O'Hagan's full-time stay in Erie, making every NCAA tournament from 2019 to 2023.   In the last two seasons alone, Mercyhurst has coached 16 USILA All-Americans, 17 All-Regional honorees and 24 Great Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference selections. Within the GMAC, the Lakers also had the Offensive, Defensive, and Specialist Players of the Year for 2023.   During his graduate assistant stay, O'Hagan assisted with the defense and ran the box. In this first tenure the Lakers finished second in NCAA Division II scoring defense for both 2015 and 2016.   Prior coaching experience also includes two seasons at Colby College in Maine, five years with Performax Sports, and two seasons at Iona Preparatory School. With the Colby Mules, he worked with the defense and served as recruiting coordinator, helping the team double its win total from year one to two.   O'Hagan is a 2012 graduate of Canisius College, starting three years for the Golden Griffins and earning All-MAAC First Team honors in his senior season. For his undergraduate career, he posted 80 ground balls and 51 caused turnovers across 42 games, adding an assist in his ultimate year. While at Mercyhurst, he earned a Master's in Organizational Leadership.  

Former Dartmouth assistant coach and defensive coordinator Matthew Dugan will joined head coach Chris Ryan as a member of the Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse staff ahead of the 2024 season.   A lengthy resume, Dugan has seen experience all over the East Coast including being a former four-year Division I lacrosse player for Marist. A lifelong passion of sports and a dedicated student of the game, Dugan has assisted coaches at the University of Tampa, Bucknell, and Dartmouth.   In his last season with Dartmouth, Dugan assisted in the team's success posting an above .500 winning percentage, their first since 2008. As defensive coordinator in 2019 for Dartmouth, Dugan created and implemented successful game plans and scouting reports that helped his team achieve allowing roughly eight goals per game. Per the academic side, he holds his teams to a high standard as his focus is to mold young athletes into responsible young men on and off the field.   He assisted in Bucknell University's 2018 regular season Patriot League champion campaign along with assisting the University of Tampa in 2015, 2016, and 2017 to NCAA tournament appearances with the 2016 and 2017 teams reaching the semifinals.   Matthew is a 2013 graduate from Marist College, starting four years for the Red Fox earning a varsity letter all four years. During his senior year he started all 14 games as the primary-face-off man winning 140 of 253 draws, posted a team high 75 ground balls which ranked third in the MAAC at the time, and won more than 10 face-offs during a game seven different times. Dugan earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Finance in May, 2013.   Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse begins competition in February of 2024.

2017 graduate from Queen's University of Charlotte with a degree in Business Administration. Began college playing career at Roanoke College in 2013-2014 season before transferring going into the 2014-2015 season. Was a 3 year letter winner while at Queen's also was a 3 time South Atlantic Conference selection, 3 time all tournament team selection, intercon athlete of the month, 2017 USILA Honorable mention All American, and 2017 USILA North South Game Participant. As a face-off Midfielder ranked top 5 in all of NCAA in face-off win percentage and ground balls per game all 3 years at Queen's. Graduated as the top face-off win percentages in program history. Summer of 2018 played for the Florida Launch in the first half of the season before being traded to the Chesapeake Bayhakwks for the remainder of the season.