SUNY - Cortland Men's Lacrosse

Beville begins his 11th season as Cortland's men's lacrosse head coach in 2017. He has led the Red Dragons to the NCAA Division III championship game four times, with a national title victory in 2009, and also guided Cortland to the national semifinals in both 2013 and 2010, the quarterfinals in 2011, 2014 and 2015, and the second round in 2016. Beville's record in 10 seasons at Cortland is an impressive 172-33 (.839). He guided the Red Dragons to undefeated regular-season records in both 2012 (21-1 overall) and 2013 (19-1 overall), as well as a 19-2 overall record during Cortland's 2009 national championship season. He was selected as the 2009 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III National Coach of the Year after his team won four NCAA tournament games, capped by a 9-7 victory over Gettysburg in the national title game in Foxborough, Mass. In Beville's 10 years, Cortland has won nine State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) titles (2008-16) and has made 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Beville has been named SUNYAC Coach of the Year four times (2008, 2010, 2012, 2015). The Red Dragons broke the school record for wins in a season with their 19 victories in 2009, then broke the mark again with their 21 wins in 2012. Cortland advanced to the NCAA championship game in 2012 before losing to Salisbury in a battle of unbeaten teams in Foxborough. In 2013, Cortland finished 19-1, with its lone loss an overtime home setback to RIT in the national semifinals. The Red Dragons advanced to the national quarterfinals in both 2014 (17-4 record) and 2015 (16-5 record), with two NCAA playoff wins each season, and won an NCAA game in 2016 before falling in the second round. Beville led Cortland to the national finals in his first two seasons in 2007 and 2008. The 2007 squad, which finished 15-6, earned an NCAA at-large berth and won three NCAA road games before losing to Salisbury in the finals in Baltimore. The 2008 team finished 18-2 and won three NCAA games at home. The Red Dragons lost to Salisbury in the finals in Foxborough. In 2010, Cortland finished 17-3, including NCAA wins versus Keene State and RIT before losing by a goal to eventual national champion Tufts in the semifinals. In 2011, Cortland finished 16-3 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals with a second-round win over Stevens Institute before falling to Tufts by a goal. Beville's players have earned 59 All-America honors at Cortland. Among those were 2010 Div. III National Player of the Year and 2011 Div. III Midfielder of the Year Chris DeLuca, 2010 Div. III Specialty Player of the Year Tom Burke (short-stick defensive midfielder), 2008 Div. III National Attackman of the Year Ryan Heath, who was drafted by the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse, and 2008 Div. III Specialty Player of the Year Josh Cittadino (faceoff specialist). Beville is Cortland's career victory leader with his 172 wins. He brought 18 years of head coaching experience to Cortland, including eight seasons at Division I Vermont. His overall coaching record of 320-144 includes a 100-49 mark in 10 seasons at Colorado College. His Colorado College teams were ranked in the top 25 of Division III seven times and defeated Division I rival Air Force three times. They also had a 100 percent graduation rate and featured the first three All-Americans in school history. During the 2015 season, Beville became the 14th NCAA coach in all divisions, and the fourth in Division III, to reach the career 300-win mark. The Iroquois Nationals men's lacrosse team named Beville as its head coach for the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships in Denver in July 2014. He led the team to its first-ever medal with a bronze finish at the 38-nation event. Beville also served as an assistant coach on the 2012 Iroquois Nationals U19 (under-19) squad that won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Finland. During that tournament, the team upset Team USA for its first-ever win versus an American team in international competition. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Beville graduated from West Genesee High School in 1981 and went on to enjoy a highly successful playing career at Washington College in Maryland. He was a two-time Division III National Defenseman of the Year and played in three Division III national championship games. Beville served as an assistant coach at Washington College in 1986 and 1987 and the team reached the national title contest in 1986. He was inducted into the schools Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. During his tenure at Vermont, Beville served on the Division I All-America selection committee (nine years total) and the NCAA playoff advisory committee, and was a voter on the national Division I poll. He was also a member of the U.S. National Team selection committee in 1998 and 2002. Beville coached in the North-South Senior All-Star Game in both 1997 and 2004, served six years on the Division III All-America selection committee and was a member of the Division III national championship advisory committee in 1997 and 1998. Beville is a 2010 inductee into the U.S. Lacrosse Upstate New York Hall of Fame. Steve Beville Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Steve Beville begins his 11th season as Cortland's men's lacrosse head coach in 2017. He has led the Red Dragons to the NCAA Division III championship game four times, with a national title victory in 2009, and also guided Cortland to the national semifinals in both 2013 and 2010, the quarterfinals in 2011, 2014 and 2015, and the second round in 2016. Beville's record in 10 seasons at Cortland is an impressive 172-33 (.839). He guided the Red Dragons to undefeated regular-season records in both 2012 (21-1 overall) and 2013 (19-1 overall), as well as a 19-2 overall record during Cortland's 2009 national championship season. He was selected as the 2009 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III National Coach of the Year after his team won four NCAA tournament games, capped by a 9-7 victory over Gettysburg in the national title game in Foxborough, Mass. In Beville's 10 years, Cortland has won nine State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) titles (2008-16) and has made 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Beville has been named SUNYAC Coach of the Year four times (2008, 2010, 2012, 2015). The Red Dragons broke the school record for wins in a season with their 19 victories in 2009, then broke the mark again with their 21 wins in 2012. Cortland advanced to the NCAA championship game in 2012 before losing to Salisbury in a battle of unbeaten teams in Foxborough. In 2013, Cortland finished 19-1, with its lone loss an overtime home setback to RIT in the national semifinals. The Red Dragons advanced to the national quarterfinals in both 2014 (17-4 record) and 2015 (16-5 record), with two NCAA playoff wins each season, and won an NCAA game in 2016 before falling in the second round. Beville led Cortland to the national finals in his first two seasons in 2007 and 2008. The 2007 squad, which finished 15-6, earned an NCAA at-large berth and won three NCAA road games before losing to Salisbury in the finals in Baltimore. The 2008 team finished 18-2 and won three NCAA games at home. The Red Dragons lost to Salisbury in the finals in Foxborough. In 2010, Cortland finished 17-3, including NCAA wins versus Keene State and RIT before losing by a goal to eventual national champion Tufts in the semifinals. In 2011, Cortland finished 16-3 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals with a second-round win over Stevens Institute before falling to Tufts by a goal. Beville's players have earned 59 All-America honors at Cortland. Among those were 2010 Div. III National Player of the Year and 2011 Div. III Midfielder of the Year Chris DeLuca, 2010 Div. III Specialty Player of the Year Tom Burke (short-stick defensive midfielder), 2008 Div. III National Attackman of the Year Ryan Heath, who was drafted by the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse, and 2008 Div. III Specialty Player of the Year Josh Cittadino (faceoff specialist). Beville is Cortland's career victory leader with his 172 wins. He brought 18 years of head coaching experience to Cortland, including eight seasons at Division I Vermont. His overall coaching record of 320-144 includes a 100-49 mark in 10 seasons at Colorado College. His Colorado College teams were ranked in the top 25 of Division III seven times and defeated Division I rival Air Force three times. They also had a 100 percent graduation rate and featured the first three All-Americans in school history. During the 2015 season, Beville became the 14th NCAA coach in all divisions, and the fourth in Division III, to reach the career 300-win mark. The Iroquois Nationals men's lacrosse team named Beville as its head coach for the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships in Denver in July 2014. He led the team to its first-ever medal with a bronze finish at the 38-nation event. Beville also served as an assistant coach on the 2012 Iroquois Nationals U19 (under-19) squad that won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Finland. During that tournament, the team upset Team USA for its first-ever win versus an American team in international competition. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Beville graduated from West Genesee High School in 1981 and went on to enjoy a highly successful playing career at Washington College in Maryland. He was a two-time Division III National Defenseman of the Year and played in three Division III national championship games. Beville served as an assistant coach at Washington College in 1986 and 1987 and the team reached the national title contest in 1986. He was inducted into the schools Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. During his tenure at Vermont, Beville served on the Division I All-America selection committee (nine years total) and the NCAA playoff advisory committee, and was a voter on the national Division I poll. He was also a member of the U.S. National Team selection committee in 1998 and 2002. Beville coached in the North-South Senior All-Star Game in both 1997 and 2004, served six years on the Division III All-America selection committee and was a member of the Division III national championship advisory committee in 1997 and 1998. Beville is a 2010 inductee into the U.S. Lacrosse Upstate New York Hall of Fame.

Lelan Rogers enters his eighth year overall as SUNY Cortland's men's lacrosse head coach in 2026. He served as the Red Dragons' head coach from 2001-05 and returned to the position for the 2024 season. Rogers has a combined 106-25 (.809) record in seven seasons at Cortland. Cortland returned to the top of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) in 2025, winning the regular-season title and securing the top seed in the conference tournament with a dominant 7-0 record in league play. The Red Dragons defeated Potsdam, 21-8 in the semifinals, and Oneonta, 19-9 in the finals, to claim the program's 29th SUNYAC title. Cortland advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Div. III playoffs with victories over Illinois Wesleyan and York (PA) in the national tournament, and finished tied for fifth nationally with a 19-3 record. Eight Red Dragons were honored as United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-Americans, and Alex Thrasher was named the Div. III Short-Stick Defensive Midfielder of the Year. Cortland shattered the program's single-season scoring record by scoring 379 goals, and also led the nation with 14.23 caused turnovers per game. Rogers has more than 30 years of coaching experience, most recently as head coach of the Utica University men's lacrosse program during the 2022-23 school year. He spent 14 years as the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Division I Syracuse University from 2007-21. During his tenure at Syracuse, the Orange won back-to-back national championships in 2008 and 2009 and made a total of 14 NCAA tournament appearances. Rogers led the SU defense to a top-five national ranking in goals-against average for three straight years from 2008-10, and during his time there 79 players earned All-America honors.    During his first five seasons as Cortland's head coach, Rogers led the Red Dragons to a combined 76-17 record, including a 32-0 mark in SUNYAC regular-season games. Cortland won four SUNYAC titles and made five NCAA Division III tournament appearances under Rogers, advancing to the national semifinals in 2003 and quarterfinals in 2002, 2004 and 2005. He was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 2003, and he coached 23 All-Americans.    Prior to Cortland, Rogers coached for nine seasons at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1991-99. He led the Battling Bishops to a combined 109-33 record and seven NCAA tournament showings. The program advanced to the national championship game in 1993 and five other national semifinals and won six North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) crowns. He was named NCAC Coach of the Year four times and was inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018. Rogers also coached the Chicago Machine of Major League Lacrosse in 2007 and at the SPIRE Academy in Ohio in 2022. Rogers' overall collegiate head coaching record is 203-65 (.757) over 16 seasons, including nine at Ohio Wesleyan and one at Utica.   A native of Fulton, N.Y., Rogers is a 1982 alumnus of G. Ray Bodley High School. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in speech communications and earned a master’s degree in higher education administration/athletic administration from Syracuse in 1990. He was a member of Syracuse’s NCAA Division I Final Four lacrosse team in 1987 and was a graduate assistant coach on three straight Orangemen national championship squads from 1988-90. Rogers also was a team captain on Syracuse’s wrestling squad. He was an NCAA qualifier and New York State Collegiate champion and a two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) finalist.    Before enrolling at Syracuse, Rogers attended St. Lawrence University, where he played lacrosse and football and served as captain of the wrestling team. He was the Division III national wrestling champion at 190 pounds in 1985 and the national runner-up at 177 pounds in 1983, and he was inducted into the St. Lawrence Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.    Rogers' daughter, Paige, is a 2017 Syracuse alumna and former women's lacrosse player currently residing in Boston. His son, Casey, graduated in 2022 from the University of Nebraska, where he played football, and was a starting defensive tackle at the University of Oregon for two seasons as a graduate student in 2022 and 2023. He was signed as a free agent by the New York Giants in April 2024. (updated 6/18/2025)

Tousaws first as an assistant coach as a member of the Cortland mens lacrosse coaching staff. Previously, Tousaw worked Syracuse University and Onondaga Community College lacrosse camps. Tousaw played two seasons of lacrosse at Onondaga Community College and Marquette University as a close defenseman, earning All-America honors twice while at O.C.C. He received a bachelors degree in communication studies from Marquette in 2015. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Tousaw earned first team All-Central New York honors in lacrosse at Corcoran High School.

Nye enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Cortland men's lacrosse team in 2017 after a four-year playing career with the Red Dragons. Nye also has served as head coach of the 2015 Empire State Cup Central Team, as an assistant football coach at Skaneateles (N.Y.) Central School and as the defensive coordinator for the Section Three Nike Upstate Rising Juniors. Nye, who earned a bachelor's degree in physical education and a master's degree in adapted physical education at the College, helped lead Cortland to four SUNYAC titles and a national runner-up finish in 2012 as a defenseman. A team captain as a senior, he earned first team All-ECAC and All-SUNYAC honors and was selected to compete in the North/South Senior Game. A native of Marcellus, N.Y., Nye competed in lacrosse and football at Marcellus Central. He currently teaches physical education at DeRuyter (N.Y.) Central School.

The 2022-23 season is TJ Bardsley's first as an assistant coach on the Cortland men's lacrosse team. Previously, Bardsley served as the head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Thiel College from 2017-22. During his tenure, 20 players earned all-conference accolades, the team set a program record for most goals in a game and qualified for the Presidents' Athletic Conference playoffs during the 2021 season. Prior to Thiel, Bardsley was a two-year graduate assistant coach at Alfred University, helping guide the team to a 23-9 overall record in his two seasons. Bardsley earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Siena College, where he was a four-year member of the Div. I Saints' men's lacrosse team. He went on to receive his master's degree in business administration from Alfred.