Carl Haas, head coach at Saint Vincent College (Pa.), is DePauw University's choice to serve as its first men's lacrosse head coach. In August 2011, DePauw announced the addition of men's and women's lacrosse as varsity sports. The teams will compete on the varsity level beginning with the 2012-13 academic year.
Ferris "Tommy" Thomsen Jr., 80, former head lacrosse coach at Denison University for 25 years (1966-1990) died on Jan. 2, 2012. One of the pioneers of the sport, Thomsen's success at Denison contributed greatly to the spread of lacrosse into the Midwest. In 25 seasons as the head coach of the men's lacrosse program at Denison he finished with a career record of 255-97 and a winning percentage of .724.
Ohio Wesleyan won one outright championship and finished tied for first in another to take the lead in the race for the 2011-12 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports championship.
Hiram College announced the hiring of Brian Jenkins as the first-ever head men’s lacrosse coach. The Terrier men’s lacrosse team will begin varsity competition in the spring of 2013.
Men's and women's lacrosse will be added as varsity sports at DePauw University effective with the 2012-13 academic year, President Brian W. Casey announced today. DePauw students have been playing club lacrosse, and will continue to do so through the coming academic year.
After serving as the head coach of The College of Wooster's men's lacrosse team on an interim basis during the 2011 season, Carl Festa will take over the position full-time, announced Keith Beckett, the school's director of athletics, physical education, and recreation.
Four North Coast Athletic Conference men's lacrosse players were named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) 2011 Scholar All-America Team. Denison, Ohio Wesleyan and Wooster each had at least one player represented on the squad.
Five NCAC men's lacrosse players have been named to the 2011 USILA All-America Team. Denison, Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg each had at least one representative on an All-American squad.
2011 marked the second consecutive season that the North Coast Athletic Conference had three teams qualify for the NCAA Div. III Men’s Lacrosse Tournament, while the Denison women made their 14th overall appearance in the national tournament.