Poll: LM's 2010 Men's Lax Coach of Year
by Brian Logue | Lacrosse Magazine Online Staff
2010 Awards: Coach (M) | Coach (W) | Upset | Performance (M) | Performance (W)| Player (M) | Player (W) | Game | Comeback
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Great coaches take the blame when their team loses and shift the glory to the players when they win. But for anyone that's ever followed sports, you know that a great coach is often the difference between winning and losing. We saw a lot of great coaching in 2010.
Lacrosse Magazine will run its year-end superlatives in the December issue, but do you have a preference? Vote in our fan poll (at right) or leave a comment (below) to join the conversation.
John Danowski, Duke
Duke's sluggish 2-3 start didn't match up with a preseason No. 1
ranking and an exhibition victory over Team USA. Winning 14 of its
final 15 games, including a 6-5 victory over Notre Dame in the NCAA
final, did. The championship was the first for Duke, and the first
for Danowski in his 28 years as a collegiate head coach.
Mike Daly, Tufts
Twelve years ago, Daly inherited a program that had gone 3-25 in
the previous two seasons. He steadily built up his program in what
is arguably the nation's toughest Division III conference. The
breakthrough came in this year's 20-1 NCAA title season. To do it,
he had to go through murderers row in the NCAA tournament —
Middlebury, Cortland State and Salisbury — the three schools
that had combined to win 11 straight NCAA titles.
Brendan Kelly, Chesapeake Bayhawks
Nearing the end of the MLL season, Bayhawks president Brendan
Kelly took over the duties of the sideline with his team limping
along with a four-game losing streak and a 4-5 overall record. The
Bayhawks lost their first game with Kelly at the helm, but then
ripped off four straight wins, including victories over Boston and
Long Island to lead the franchise to its first MLL title since
2005.
Mike Pressler, Team USA
The mission was clear: beat Canada. Mike Pressler led Team USA's
redemption as the Red, White and Blue snapped a two-game losing
streak to the Canadians to win the FIL World Championship in
Manchester, England, avenging a silver medal performance from 2006.
For good measure, Pressler led Bryant to a 12-5 season with five
one-goal wins, including a 7-6 victory over NCAA tournament
participant Army.
