Saint Michael's College Men's Lacrosse

Ivory's charges fell one win shy of the final NE-10 Championship qualifier. Three of the Purple Knights' setbacks came by two goals or fewer. Ivory served in an interim capacity during the spring of 2013, his first year as a college head coach. Following the campaign, Ivory garnered Coach of the Year honors from both the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) and the NE-10 while leading the squad to a national ranking. Under Ivory's guidance, the Purple Knights were 9-2 in the NE-10, setting a school record for league wins, and finished 11-5 to match the program's overall victories mark. Saint Michael's, which peaked at No. 9 in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national poll, advanced to its third straight NE-10 Championship semifinal round. For his efforts, Ivory was not only lauded as the region and the conference's top coach, but also shared the College's Purple Knight Coach of the Year award. Saint Michael's also broke a 26-year-old school record by putting together a nine-game winning streak, which included an 11-9 win against previously undefeated No. 2 Adelphi University on April 13. In his three seasons as an assistant at Saint Michael's, between 2009 and 2011, Ivory helped lead the Purple Knights to a 23-20 record, including a 10-6 campaign in 2011, during which the team reached the NE-10 Tournament semifinals and was 8-2 in league play. That year, Saint Michael's was also nationally ranked while at one point sitting atop the NEILA poll. After assisting the Purple Knights during the fall season in 2011, Ivory worked as the head coach of the Middlebury Union High School varsity boys' lacrosse team in the spring of 2012, guiding the Tigers to an 8-10 finish after inheriting a team that went 2-30 during the previous two years combined. Middlebury earned a postseason victory before falling in double overtime during a quarterfinal to the eventual state runner-up. Since 2010, Ivory has helped develop lacrosse players as a coach with VTribe Lacrosse, the largest club in the state. Ivory founded the Lax by the Lake men's lacrosse tournament in 2009, which annually occurs in Colchester. A certified US Lacrosse member, Ivory has gained additional experience working at Dartmouth College's East Coast Lacrosse Camp, the University of Vermont's Nike Lacrosse Camp, and as a coordinator for boys' and girls' lacrosse camps at The Field House in Shelburne. A defender during his undergraduate years, the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., native picked up 16 ground balls in 25 career contests as he helped the Purple Knights go 34-26 while making four postseason appearances. Ivory, who twice earned a spot on the Dean's List, earned a degree in history in 2008 and completed a master's degree in education at the College in 2013.