Dartmouth's Torpey Elevated to Assoc. HC
from press release
HANOVER, N.H. - Jon Torpey, who joined the Dartmouth men's
lacrosse program in 2009, has recently been promoted to associate
head coach as announced by head coach Andy Towers.
Torpey joined the Big Green staff this past season as the top
assistant and defensive coach after spending four years at the
University of Denver. In a 5-8 season for Dartmouth, he coached the
Big Green to the third-lowest goals against in the Ivy League and
led the team to the second-best penalty-killing percentage in the
league. The highlight of the season was holding sixth-ranked
Cornell to six goals at Gillette Stadium in the 8-6 upset win. The
Big Red averaged 11.18 goals per game during the 2010 season.
"Jon has proved that he is among the very best coaches in the sport
and to be able to promote him to associate head coach documents his
tremendous impact on our program," said Towers.
Torpey, a 2000 graduate of Ohio State University, was a three-time
captain and All-Academic Big Ten selection for the Buckeyes. He was
also named a Street and Smith College Lacrosse USA All-American as
a senior and was a four-time Scholar Athlete Award Winner at Ohio
State. In addition, he was a finalist for the Big Ten Medal of
Honor and the Corwin A. Fergus Award.
Upon graduation, Torpey played with the Columbus Landsharks, the
Philadelphia Wings and the Colorado Mammoth for two seasons each,
including winning the 2006 World Championship. Torpey also played
with the Denver Outlaws and Philadelphia Barrage of the MLL and he
won titles with each of them as he was an MLL champion in 2004-05
and 2005-06.
