McGetrick to Speak at Adidas Lacrosse Classic
from press release
Jack McGetrick, head coach at Bellarmine University, will be the
Keynote Speaker at the 2011 adidas National Lacrosse Classic on
July 6th held in Boyds, Maryland. This year’s event is
proving to be the largest ever with record attendances being broken
at tryouts across the U.S.
The three-day event runs from July 6 to July 8th and features the
top 500 underclassmen standouts in the country that have been
selected to play for their regional team. The adidas National
Lacrosse Classic will serve as a showcase for NCAA and MCLA college
coaches and scouts. The tryouts are open to all high school
underclassmen enabling student-athletes with an opportunity to gain
exposure to the college admissions and athletic recruitment
process. The winner of the National Finals will qualify to play for
the Brogden Cup against the best team in Canada later in the year.
Over 60 coaches attended last year. Past participants have been
seen by the following colleges/universities: Navy, Syracuse,
Virginia, Princeton, Bucknell, Delaware, Maryland, Denver, Duke,
Penn, VMI, Fairfield, Jacksonville, Villanova, Loyola, Penn State,
Ohio State, UMBC, Towson, Drexel, Providence, Marist, Siena,
Salisbury, Michigan, Robert Morris, Stevenson, Washington,
Gettysburg, Adelphi, Belmont Abbey, Florida State, Dickinson,
Mercyhurst, North Carolina, Catholic, Randolf Macon, Lynchburg,
Florida Southern, Hendrix, Hood, Greensboro, Nazareth, RPI, Essex,
DeSales, Detroit Mercy, Goucher, McDaniel, Hampton Sydney, Roanoke,
Kenyon, Mars Hill, Queens, NYIT, Marymount, SCAD, St.Vincent, St.
Andrews, Wesley, Virginia Weslyan, Denison, Wittenberg.
Coach McGetrick will kick off the Classic speaking about the doors
that are opened academically for the student athlete through the
sport of lacrosse. Bellarmine’s McGetrick led a successful
season of 9-6 this past year. Before coaching at Bellarmine,
Coach McGetrick spent 11 seasons as coach of the University of
Hartford with a overall record of 87-74 (.540). This was the most
wins and best winning percentage of any coach in Hartford’s
history. McGetrick picked up the Coach of the Year award, his third
such AEC honor in his final season as Hartford. During his time
with the Hawks, McGetrick led his team to their most successful
season in 2000 with a 14-2 run. Additional seasons to note were
1997 with a 11-3 season and 1996 with a 9-6 season. McGetrick was
voted National Coach of the year, New England Coach of the Year and
America East Coach of the Year in 1997. He also earned Conference
Coach of the Year and New Coach of the Year in 2000. Prior to
accepting his job at Hartford, McGetrick was an assistant coach at
the State University of New York Cortland, where he was also an
All-America player and was the head club coach at the University of
Connecticut. Additionally, he also coached several high school
teams in Connecticut and New York. McGetrick was named to the 1972
All-America First Team after leading Cortland to the NCAA Division
I semi-finals. He was drafted by the Montreal Quebecois of the
Professional Box Lacrosse League in 1976.
