SUNY Binghamton University Men's Lacrosse

The winningest coach in program history, Kevin McKeown (pronounced muh-CUE-in) enters his 10th full season at the helm of the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team in 2026. McKeown, who was named the head coach on July 18, 2016, has been selected as the America East Coach of the Year twice during his tenure (2017, 22) after previously becoming the first men's lacrosse player at Binghamton to earn All-America honors in 2004.  Led by an explosive, record-setting offense, his 2023 team produced their most wins in six seasons and tied for second among eight in the America East standings. In the tournament semifinals, BU pumped in a program-record 11 goals but came up one short against eventual champion Bryant. Binghamton had the top two point producers in the conference in senior midfielder Thomas Greenblatt and sophomore attack Matthew Keegan. Greenblatt was named All-American by three different organizations after tallying a program-record 35 assists. He added 23 goals and was the America East Offensive Player of the Year and a first team all-conference selection. Greenblatt finished the season ranked eighth in the NCAA in assists per game (2.50). Keegan led the conference with 47 goals - one off the school record. He topped the America East in goals and points per game and ranked seventh in the nation in goals per game (3.37). Redshirt freshman Connor Winters joined Greenblatt and Keegan on the America East first team and ranked seventh in the nation in saves per game (13.86) and 10th in save percentage (.542). He recorded a program-record 194 saves. Senior faceoff specialist Matthew DeSouza ranked ninth in the nation with a 62% success rate. In all, BU had five all-conference selections. One of the team's most compelling wins was a 15-14 slugfest over nine-time America East champion Albany on Senior Day. Of the team's five losses, three were by two or fewer goals. In 2022,  McKeown's Bearcats earned the No. 2 seed for the  America East men's lacrosse tournament after being picked fifth out of seven teams in the preseason poll. The team produced back-to-back wins over fellow tournament teams UAlbany (18-10) and UMBC (12-8), while having seven of its players receive America East all-conference honors. McKeown's 2017 squad set a program record for wins in a season (11) and advanced to the America East championship game for just the second time in Binghamton lacrosse history. The Bearcats finished the season ranked eighth in the country in scoring defense (8.19 GAA) and fourth in man down defense (.789). In addition, McKeown was named America East Coach of the Year while two members of the 2017 team were named USILA Honorable Mention All-Americans and three were named to the America East First-Team. Prior to his arrival at Binghamton, McKeown was the defensive coordinator at Bellarmine University for two seasons. At Bellarmine, he helped the Knights secure their first-ever postseason berth in his final season. Previously, he served as an interim head coach at Binghamton for the 2011 season, leading the Bearcats to the America East tournament. McKeown worked as the defensive coordinator and goalie coach at BU from 2008-2011. In 2013, he was the defensive coordinator at Siena and coached an All-MAC defensemen and tutored a goalkeeper who played in the 2013 USILA North-South game. The native of Brewster, New York, is one of the most decorated athletes in Binghamton lacrosse history. He earned USILA All-America honors in 2004 as the anchor for one of the top defenses in the nation. That season, Binghamton allowed no more than eight goals in conference play and won its first America East regular season championship in program history. He went on to take all-conference awards three times in his career and picked up Scholar All-America connotation in 2006. He was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014. After getting a masters degree at Elmira College in 2008, McKeown returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach. He eventually took over the program during the 2011 campaign, and guided a team picked to finish last in the preseason poll to a second-pace finish in the regular season.  

Brandon Myron begins his third season with the Bearcats in 2025. In his first season with the team in 2023, Myron helped the Bearcats win nine games. The team also finished the year with five all-conference selections and one All-American.  A former goalie and captain of the Castleton men's lacrosse team, Myron comes from SUNY Postdam, where he served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Myron served as an assistant coach at Keiser University in Florida from January 2021 to May 2021. As a player, Myron served as a team captain in 2018 and 2019, and is the all-time saves leader in school history (478). Throughout his career Myron was named team MVP, 2nd Team All-NAC, NAC All Tournament Team, 2x NAC Defensive Player of the Week in 2017. In 2018 he was selected as NAC Defensive Player of the week three times and Hero Sports Hero of the Week. In his final season, he earned LEC Goalie of the Week and NEILA Senior All-Academic. A graduate of Castleton, Myron holds a bachelor's in sports management and later earned his master's in management from SUNY Postdam.

Bringing with him an expertise that helped develop one of the top offenses in the country, Nik Clinton enters his first season as an assistant coach on the Binghamton men's lacrosse team in 2026.   Clinton arrives in the Southern Tier after spending the last three seasons at the Virginia Military Institute as an assistant coach, including the final two as both the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. While Clinton was at VMI, the Keydets became one of the top-performing offenses in all of college lacrosse. In 2025, VMI ranked second in the country in scoring offense at 14.64 goals per game and third in shot percentage at .325. The Keydets also set the school record for goals in a season (205) en route to winning a program-record 10 games, the most VMI had in 37 years. With Clinton’s guidance, Luke Rusterucci ranked third in the country in points per game (5.29) and was chosen for the USILA Senior All-Star Game.   2025 was the culmination of three years of development with Clinton on the sidelines. In Clinton’s first season in 2023, he assisted with an offense that scored its most goals in 26 years (155) and coached a faceoff unit that saw its faceoff percentage improve by 10 percent from the prior season. In 2024, after becoming offensive coordinator, Clinton helped the Keydets finish tied for 28th in the country in scoring offense at 12.20 goals per game. Rusterucci ranked 15th in the country in points per game that year at 4.53. Clinton also continued to oversee the develop of the faceoff unit, with Jack Rogers winning 53.9 percent of his faceoffs that season.   Before joining VMI, Clinton worked as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, from 2020-22. In 2022, he helped the Bonnies take home the MAAC regular season championship and win a program-record 11 games. During his time on the coaching staff, Clinton coached faceoffs and wing play, managed substitutions and helped an offense that led the MAAC in goals per game in 2022 at 10.73. He also helped Trent Grainger finish third in the country among freshmen in faceoff percentage that season at 52.9 percent.   Clinton, a native of Loveland, Colo., transferred to St. Bonaventure for its first season as a Division I program in 2019 after playing his first two collegiate seasons at Adams State. While at Adams State from 2016-17, Clinton scored 11 goals, recorded 16 assists, collected 23 ground balls and caused three turnovers in 25 games with the Grizzlies.   In two seasons as a player with St. Bonaventure from 2019-20, Clinton helped relaunch the program, as the attack/midfielder scored one goal, recorded two assists and collected four ground balls in 16 games played. For his work with the St. Bonaventure Department of Athletics, Clinton received the Brian Moretti Service Award in 2020. Clinton ultimately graduated from St. Bonaventure in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in sports studies with an emphasis in sport management, along with a minor in business administration.  

Cooper joined the men's lacrosse staff in September 2016. Cooper spent the 2016 season at John Carroll University, guiding his team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. He earned Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Coach of the Year honors as he led the Blue Streaks to the OAC regular season and tournament titles.   Before being hired at John Carroll, Cooper was an assistant at BU for the fall of 2015. He primarily with the offense and goalies in his time at Binghamton. Cooper has previously coached at Princeton and Denison. He graduated from Central Michigan University in 2013.