Marshall Named Interim Coach at Scranton
from press releases
SCRANTON, Pa. - Toby Lovecchio, director of
athletics at The University of Scranton, has announced that Tim
Marshall has been appointed interim head men's lacrosse coach for
the upcoming 2010 season.
In addition, Lovecchio also announced that the appointment of Sean
McNulty as an interim assistant coach and Nick Youngstrom as a
volunteer assistant coach.
Marshall takes over the head coaching duties at Scranton in place
of Kevin Dugan, who resigned recently to accept the newly-created
position of director of men's lacrosse operations at his alma
mater, the University of Notre Dame.
Marshall, a 2007 graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach and
recruiting coordinator with the Royals. In his first year,
Scranton won a school-record 12 games and made its second straight
conference tournament appearance, while last season's 9-7 team
advanced to the championship game of the Landmark Conference
tournament.
A native of Phoenix, Maryland, Marshall played high school lacrosse
at Calvert Hall, one of the top preparatory programs in the
country. He was a member of the Calvert Hall team that won
the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (M.I.A.A.) state
championship team in 2003. In his senior year, Marshall
started all 22 games and led the defense in ground balls as Calvert
Hall finished the season ranked fourth nationally in a poll
conducted by STX/Inside Lacrosse.
At Dickinson College, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in
history, he was a four-year letterman on the Devils' men's lacrosse
team and started 12 of 15 games on the 2007 team that posted a 9-6
record and finished the season with a top-25 ranking by
LaxPower.com.
McNulty, a native of Oakdale, New York, joins the Scranton coaching
staff after a standout playing career at fellow Landmark Conference
member Drew University.
He was a three-time first-team all-conference selection and a
member of the 2008 team that won the Landmark Conference
title. He appeared in 18 games that season and
finished fourth on the team in scoring with 19 goals and 24 assists
for 43 total points. McNulty also finished third on last
year's team in scoring with 23 goals and five assists for 28 total
points as the Rangers finished 9-7 and qualified as the number four
seed for the Landmark Conference tournament.
Overall, in four seasons at Drew, he finished with 72 goals and 42
assists for 114 total points in 65 career games. He also
served as team captain twice and was the recipient of the Larry
Horner Male Leadership Award, which is presented annually to the
top athletic leader. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in history
from Drew.
Youngstrom, a native of Vestal, New York, lettered for the Royals
in each of the last three seasons. In 45 career games, he had
72 goals and 33 assists for 105 total points, finishing his career
tied for 13th in goals and 16th in total points in
Scranton history. He also tallied four game-winning goals in
his career.
He was named the player of the week on March 19, 2007, in
Scranton's previous affiliation with the Middle Atlantic States
Collegiate Athletic Corporation, more commonly known as the Middle
Atlantic Conference, and received a similar honor from the Landmark
Conference on March 19, 2009.
Youngstrom also served as tri-captain of the 2009 team that
qualified as the number three seed in the Landmark Conference
tournament and defeated Goucher College, 10-9, in the semifinals
before losing a hard-fought 8-6 decision to top-seeded Merchant
Marine Academy in the championship game in Kings Point, New York,
on May 2.
He was a member of a Scranton team that posted a 28-21 record
(.571) over the past three seasons. Youngstrom holds a
bachelor of science degree in health administration from the
university.
