SUNY University at Albany Men's Lacrosse

Thomson Serving as Assistant Coach for U19... Former Great Dane standout attackman Merrick Thomson enters his second season as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator for his alma mater.

Guiton joined the Great Danes in the fall of 2024 as an assistant coach.  In 2025, Guiton’s work with the goalkeeping unit proved instrumental to the Great Danes' championship success. Under his guidance, true freshman Brady Smith earned the starting role and anchored the defense through a historic postseason run. Smith’s standout debut season saw him named to the America East All-Rookie Team before his performance peaked during the America East Tournament, where he was named the Championship’s Most Outstanding Player and a member of the All-Tournament Team. In the title game against Bryant, Guiton's mentee recorded 13 saves and spearheaded a first-half shutout to secure UAlbany’s 11th conference title and a return to the NCAA Tournament. Before joining the Great Danes, Guiton had a three-year stint at NCAA Division III Skidmore College. While with the Thoroughbreds, Guiton's primary responsibility was working as the program's defensive coordinator - where he contributed to 24 victories over three years by developing strategic defensive game plans and in-game adjustments. In addition, he worked cooperatively with the athletic program to provide positive leadership and coaching for the team's defensive players, provided group and individual guidance on sports rules, game strategies, performance principles, and mentored two student-athletes to Second Team and Honorable Mention All-Liberty League honors. Before arriving at Skidmore, Guiton spent three seasons with NCAA Division II Saint Rose as an assistant coach. There, his duties included organizing practice sessions, exercise and conditioning to improve player performance, and followed recruitment tactics and strategies to bring in athletes for different positions. A goalie at Saint Rose from 2015-2018, Guiton finished his career having earned honors such as (USILA) Nike Third Team All-American status, 2018 Northeast-10 Conference Goalie of the Year, ranked seventh nationally with 13.71 saves per game, and eighth with a .585 save percentage and helped Saint Rose achieve a program-best nine wins, along with its first-ever NE10 Championship Tournament berth in the spring of 2018. He is the program's all-time leader in career saves with 555 having faced 1,624 shots with 443 goals allowed for 10.91 goals against average and .556 save percentage while tallying 151 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers and accumulating 2435:30 career minutes in the crease. Guiton earned his Bachelor of Science in Financial Planning from The College of Saint Rose in the spring of 2018 while staying an extra two years in pursuit of his MBA which he received n the spring of 2020.

Marr begins his 17th season as UAlbany's head coach. The only coach hired in the Division I era at the University at Albany, Marr, a five-time America East Coach of the Year, has coached the Great Danes to seven America East Tournament titles, eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and a trio of NCAA Tournament victories.  He has a -108 career record at UAlbany and has coached Tewaaraton winners in 2014 and 2015,  All-Americans, five Tewaaraton finalists, two Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award winners for Most Outstanding DI Player, two Lt. Col. J.L. Turnbull Award winners for the best Attackman in the nation, seven America East Players of the Year and 92 all-conference players.