Metzbower Turns Down Princeton Job
Coverage: Bill Tierney to Denver
* Bill
Tierney Leaves Princeton for Denver
* Tanton:
Tierney Changes Stripes, the Game
* Wiedmaier Wants
Metzbower
* Metzbower Turns
Down Princeton Job
* Man of
the Hour: In Depth with Bill Tierney
* Trevor Tierney
Confident in Dad, Denver
* DU's
Brown: 'I Can't Wait Until September'
from press release
David Metzbower has turned down an offer to become the head
men's lacrosse coach at Princeton and will be leaving the
University.
Metzbower has been the top assistant at Princeton for the last 20
years under Bill Tierney and has spent the last seven with the
title of Associate Head Coach. Tierney left Princeton earlier this
month to become the head coach at Denver.
"The reason I'm leaving is because of the fact that I'm always on
the road and have very little time to spend with my family,"
Metzbower says. "I feel like I'm at an important juncture of my
life. When Bill decided to leave, it shocked me so much, it made me
take stock in my life and take a look at what I was or wasn't able
to do for my family. I don't know my kids' teachers. I don't know
what they do. I've been to about three of their sporting events. I
hear other people talk about time they spend with their family, and
I get jealous. I feel like I was putting Princeton lacrosse in
front of my family."
Metzbower helped Princeton to a 230-63 record, as well as six NCAA
championships and 14 Ivy League championships.
"I want to thank all of the alumni and past and present players,"
Metzbower says. "That's been the hardest part for me, to walk away
from Princeton after all the great support I've gotten the last few
days."
Princeton was 13-3 and reached the NCAA quarterfinals this past
year. The Tigers return six starters, including three All-Americas,
though eight seniors who all contributed in huge roles have
graduated.
The search for Tierney's successor will resume immediately.
"This comes as an enormous surprise to us," says Princeton
Director of Athletics Gary Walters. "Sometimes when you are faced
with a tough decision, it focuses your mind. Metz was given the
opportunity to succeed Bill and made the decision not to do so for
personal and family reasons, and we respect him for that. Now that
he has turned down this opportunity, we're rededicating ourselves
to finding the coach who will continue the tradition of Princeton
lacrosse that Bill Tierney and David Metzbower did such a great job
of sustaining."
