Oct. 27, 2006
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Sid Jamieson, the head coach of the Bucknell men's lacrosse program for its first 38 years of existence, will be inducted into the SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame on Saturday. A 1964 Cortland alum, Jamieson was inducted into the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2005 just a few months after his retirement from the coaching ranks.
Jamieson is one of six inductees who will be honored at halftime of Saturday's Cortland-College of New Jersey football game, with formal induction ceremonies to follow in the evening at Cortland's Corey Union. Of note, one of Jamieson's fellow inductees also has ties to Bucknell. Frank Dawson Jr., a former football and basketball standout at Cortland and currently the athletic director at Garfield (N.J.) High School, is the father of Heidi Dawson, a 1995 Bucknell graduate who played softball and volleyball for the Bison.
Upon his retirement following the 2005 season, Jamieson ranked 10th among all collegiate lacrosse coaches with 242 career victories. He led his Bison teams to seven championships in three different conferences, including four straight Patriot League titles from 2000 to 2003. He was named the USILA National Coach of the Year in 1996 after directing Bucknell to a perfect 12-0 season, and he led the Bison to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 2001.
In addition to the tremendous on-field success, Jamieson was extremely active in on-campus issues throughout his four-decade tenure at Bucknell. He won the prestigious Burma-Bucknell Bowl, given for "outstanding contributions to intercultural and international understanding." He has also been a dynamic force on the international lacrosse scene through his involvement with the Iroquois National Team, and he has served as an avid spokesman for the Native American influence on the sport. From 1983-86 Jamieson served as head coach of the Iroquois Nationals and led the team to the 1984 World Lacrosse Games. He took the team to the World Lacrosse Championships in Perth, Australia, in 1990 while serving as the team's executive director, and he is currently an emeritus member of its executive board.
Many of lacrosse's most prominent honors have been bestowed upon him. He won the highly esteemed Gen. George M. Gelston Award in 1985, as the person who most represents the symbol of the game of lacrosse. He received the Howdy Myers Memorial Award as college lacrosse's "Man of the Year" in 1986 and 1996, and in 2005 he received the Spirit of Tewaaraton Award for his contributions to the sport.
A native of Youngstown, N.Y., Jamieson landed at Bucknell in 1964 just after graduating from Cortland. His first job was as a graduate housefellow and physical education teacher. Shortly thereafter he became Assistant Dean of Men, and in May of 1967 he was picked to be the head coach of the Bucknell men's lacrosse team, which was still a year away from becoming the school's 11th full-fledged varsity sport.
Jamieson, who had coached the club lacrosse team for two years, was also named coach of the freshman football team, and he remained with the grid program as an assistant coach until 1988.
Since his retirement from the sidelines Jamieson has remained a member of the Bucknell Department of Athletics as a special assistant in fundraising.
Sid and his wife Linda, are the parents of three sons, Kevin, Steve and Mark.
