Ryan Back to Coach Indoor Team USA
from press release
HADDONFIELD, N.J. -- U.S. Indoor Lacrosse has announced
Tom Ryan as the Team USA Head Coach for the 2011 World Indoor
Lacrosse Championships. Ryan returns for his second straight stint
behind the Team USA bench, having guided the Americans to a bronze
medal at the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
"I am honored to once again be representing the United States as
head coach of the 2011 World Team. I am excited to get the process
started," said Ryan. "We've got an impressive pool of players to
choose from. I'm confident we will assemble a group that can
compete for gold."
Ryan will lead the U.S. Men's National Indoor Lacrosse Team that
will compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL)
World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in May 2011 in Prague, Czech
Republic.
"Tom Ryan is the right man at the right time. His professional
record speaks for itself. His loyalty and commitment to his country
is more than self evident and his success as a leader of men is a
part of who he is," said USIL President and General Manager Graham
D'Alvia. "I am excited and look forward to the process of building
a championship team with Tom."
Ryan has spent the past two seasons as the head coach for the East
Division Boston Blazers. Ryan has registered an 18-14 record and
two straight berths in the NLL Playoffs.
The nine-year NLL veteran, who last played for the Philadelphia
Wings in 2002, has amassed 202 points (82 goals, 120 assists) in 95
career games. Tom previously played in Boston and Baltimore, before
being dealt to Philadelphia, where he was a member of the 2001
World Championship team. Ryan was also a member of Team USA in
2002, playing for the team that upset Canada in the Heritage
Cup.
Tom has served as an Assistant Coach for the women's lacrosse teams
at Towson University and Loyola College - as well as the men's
lacrosse team at Connecticut College, where he earned a masters
degree in psychology.
A 1994 graduate of Bowdoin College, Ryan was an All-American
attackman and holds the school's record as the all-time leading
scorer, which includes a 97-point senior season (56 goals, 41
assists). He also played in Major League Lacrosse, scoring nine
goals and seven assists in 14 games for the New Jersey Pride.
