SUNY - Oswego Men's Lacrosse

Hired at Oswego: July 2022 Prior to Oswego: Wells College (2015-2022) SUNY Oneonta (2011-15) Playing Career: Wagner College (2005-08) Andrew Daly begins his fourth year at the helm of the Laker lacrosse program after joining the Oswego staff in the summer of 2022. In his three years with the Green and Gold, he has established an overall 27-17 W/L record, a 16-5 SUNYAC W/L record, and a program-best three-year string of SUNYAC playoff appearances.  The 2025 season saw the Lakers finish with a program-record #2 seed in the SUNYACs following an impressive 6-1 conference finish. Among almost 250 D-III men’s lacrosse programs, the Lakers finished in the top 50 in clearing percentage, face-off win percentage, man-down defense, and scoring defense. Three Lakers earned first-team All-SUNYAC honors, and another four were named to the second team; seven represents the most Oswego All-Conference honorees in a single season since 1996. Junior goalie Seamus Hand ranked in the top 50 in both save percentage (55.7) and goals against (9.28) and was named to the first team for the second time. Senior attackman Corey Oconnor (41-7-48), and sophomore midifelder Emmet Starowicz (14-22-36) were also named to All-SUNYAC first team.  Face-off specialist Logan Prescott earned SUNYAC honors for his fourth year and ranked in the top 25 of all D-III teams with a 66.1 win percentage. He was joined on the All-SUNYAC second team by senior defenseman Jackson Cummings (1-3-4, 32 GBs, 16 CT), sophomore attackman Garrett Elston (24-13-37) and senior LSM Rob Nelson (24 GBs, 2 CT). The 2025 Lakers hosted the program’s first-ever post-season home game when they played #3 Oneonta in the SUNYAC semi-finals, but came up on the short end of a 12-8 score. In 2024, Coach Daly led the Green and Gold to a 10-6 overall record, only the second double-digit winning season since 1996. Dramatic highlights included overtime wins versus SUNYAC rivals Potsdam and Oneonta and a last-second victory at Nazareth, the program’s first-ever win versus the Golden Flyers. The Lakers finished 5-2 in conference play for the second straight year and earned the #3 seed in the SUNYAC playoffs. Four team members earned All-SUNYAC honors – junior defender Jackson Cummings and sophomore goalie Seamus Hand were named to the First Team, and junior midfielder Corey O’Connor and junior face-off specialist Logan Prescott earned Second Team honors. Junior long-stick-midfielder Rob Nelson was named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament team.   In 2023, Coach Daly’s first year, the Lakers went 7-6 overall and 5-2 in SUNYAC play, tying a program-best SUNYAC record. The Lakers were seeded third in the Conference tournament, only the second time in program history to be seeded that high. Senior defender Evan Coleman and sophomore face-off specialist Logan Prescott received Second Team All-SUNYAC honors. Before coming to Oswego, Coach Daly served as the head men's lacrosse coach at Wells College for eight years. Under his leadership at Wells, the men's lacrosse program received numerous accolades, including 20 All-NEAC Players, the program’s single season wins records, and a nationally ranked offense and defense.  Prior to his years at Wells, Daly was the assistant coach at SUNY Oneonta, head coach at El Camino High School in Oceanside, California, and the assistant coach at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.  Following a successful high school career at Jamesville-Dewitt HS, Daly played Division I lacrosse at Wagner College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Family Studies. He later earned his Master of Science Degree in 2015 in Education and School Counseling from SUNY Oneonta.  Daly and his wife Diana live in Liverpool with their twins, Beaux and Bianka.   SUNYAC Championship Appearances: 2025, 2024, 2023   All-America Honors:  0 All-Region Honors:  0 All-Conference Honors:  13 Conference Player of the Year: 0   Oswego Overall Conference Postseason Year-End Finish 2025     10-5 6-1 0-1 SUNYAC CHampionship Semifinalist 2024 10-6 5-2 0-1 SUNYAC Championship Semifinalist 2023 7-6 5-2 0-1 SUNYAC Championship Semifinalist 27-17 (.614) 16-5 (.762) 0-3 (.000) Wells 2016 3-11 2-6 0-0 2017 4-8 3-5 0-0 2018 4-9 2-6 0-0 2019 1-13 0-7 0-0 2020 0-2 (COVID) 0-0 0-0 2021 0-6 0-5 0-0 2022 3-9 2-4 0-0 15-58 (.237) 9-33 (.214) Total 42-75 (.359) 25-38 (.397) 0-3 (.000) --

Dan Witmer returns to the Lakers’ coaching staff for his fourth season after working with the Oswego High School boys’ lacrosse program for 12 years. His responsibilities include the Lakers’ defense and man-down unit, alumni and parent relations, and community service. In 2025, the Lakers earned their first-ever #2 seed in the SUNYAC playoffs and the program’s first-ever home post-season game. The Lakers’ man-down unit was ranked #11 in the country with an 84.1% success rate, and the team ranked #33 in successful clearing (87.1% ). For the third consecutive year, the team’s goals-against average improved; in 2025 they finished ranked #40 in all of D-III with a 9.2 goals-against average.   In his first two seasons as the Lakers’a assistant coach, the team earned #3 seed in the 2023 and 2024 SUNYAC tournament with 5-2 conference records. Two Lakers earned All-SUNYAC honors in ‘23 and four were recognized in ‘24. The team was among the nation’s leaders in man-down efficiency. From 1982 – 2010, Witmer served as Oswego State’s part-time head men’s lacrosse coach. Highlights include three league championships, an ECAC championship, and USILA Coaches Poll Top 20 status in both 1994 and 1996; he also received conference Coach of the Year honors three times. In 2002, he co-coached the North team to victory at the USILA North/South Game, played at iconic Homewood Field at Johns Hopkins, and in 2010, he received the USILA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 2010, Witmer has become a certified lacrosse official; started writing his weekly Road Trip Dad blogs, newsletters, and books; coached girls soccer at Hannibal HS, and girls ice hockey and boys lacrosse at Oswego HS; joined the staff at the FIL/World Lacrosse championships in Denver, Syracuse, Netanya (Israel), Limerick (Ireland), San Diego, Utica, and Jeju (Korea); and, as general manager of the Oswego LC River Hawks, helped bring an NABLL box lacrosse team to Oswego. In 2024, he created Witmer Solutions LLC, a lacrosse event staffing service. Witmer also served for 13 years as the community service coordinator for the Oswego State athletic department. Primary responsibilities included tracking the 24 Laker teams’ various projects and events as well as helping them plan activities supporting organizations like the Special Olympics, the United Way of Oswego County, and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Under Witmer’s guidance, the Oswego State athletic department received numerous state and national awards for its commitment to community service. Between 2010 and 2019, Oswego State received multiple NADIIIAA/Josten’s Awards for Community Service, with eight first-place trophies, two runner-up commendations, and three Honorable Mention awards. Witmer is a two-time graduate of Oswego State, with a BA in secondary education (1982) and an MS in curriculum and instruction (1987). He taught high school English at Hannibal Central School for 33 years before retiring in 2015. He lives in Minetto with his wife, Sue. They have two grown sons – Brian, who lives in Prague with his wife Jane and their son Benji; and Eric, who lives in Denver, CO.