Oswego's Witmer Steps Down After 28 Years
from press release
OSWEGO, N.Y. - Long-time Oswego State men's lacrosse head
coach Dan Witmer will step aside as head coach after 28 seasons
following the decision by the college to elevate the position from
part-time to full-time status.
During Witmer's 28-year career as a part-time head coach, the
Lakers appeared in six ECAC tournaments, winning the championship
in 1996 and finishing second in 1994 and 1997, won three Empire
Lacrosse League titles (1994, 1995, 1996), and were ranked among
the nation's top 20 teams in both 1994 and 1996. Witmer has also
sent seven players to the prestigious annual United States
Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) North/South Game and
worked with six USILA All-Americans, one USILA Scholar
All-American, and 100 all-conference players.
Witmer also teaches English at Hannibal High School. The timing of
the decision by the college was to take advantage of the foundation
provided over the years by Witmer to advance the visibility of the
sport at Oswego State.
Witmer, the 2009 SUNYAC Coach of the Year and a two-time Empire
Lacrosse League Coach of the Year, is among the top of the all-time
NCAA Division III men's lacrosse coaches' list with 183 career
victories and was inducted into U.S. Lacrosse's 100-Win Century
Club in 1996.
Oswego State has started a search to fill the men's lacrosse head
coaching position immediately.
