Quickly building the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team back into contention after posting a seven-win improvement in his second year with the program,
Brendan Gorman is now set to continue that development in his third year with the program in 2022.
Gorman, one of 62 active coaches in Division III with 100 career wins, is in his second stint in Williamsport, as he served as an assistant coach with the Warriors in 2005 under Mike Talerico in his second year of coaching before making stops as an assistant coach at RIT and head coach at Babson College and Elmira College.
In two years at the helm, Gorman has coached a MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year, five all-conference selections, 19 MAC Academic Honor Roll selections and one USILA Team of the Week selection.
The Warriors rebounded from a 1-10 season in 2020 by notching eight wins and reaching the MAC Freedom Championship, the school's fourth straight appearance in the postseason.Â
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Gorman accumulated a 95-81 record in his first 11 years as head coach, leaving Babson in 2018 with a school-record 89 wins. He spent two seasons at Elmira, where the Soaring Eagles finished with the first winning record in 15 years when play stopped due to COVID-19 in 2020.
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Babson never finished below .500 in his nine seasons as head coach and reached 10 wins on seven occasions. In addition, the Beavers finished in the top four in the conference, qualifying for the conference tournament every spring, including making five appearances in the championship game.
He was awarded Pilgrim League Co-Coach of the Year in 2011 and was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 2015, after guiding Babson to its first regular-season conference title in 25 years. He mentored nearly 50 all-conference selections, including the program's all-time points leader, Alex Patinkin, who won four consecutive All-Pilgrim League awards while amassing a record-setting 239 points (127 goals and 112 assists, 2010-13). Gorman also coached defenseman Jack O'Donoghue to United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Nike Honorable Mention All-America accolades in 2013, just the second Beaver ever to garner All-America honors.
A four-year letterwinner at Hartwick from 1999-2002, Gorman began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater in 2003 and spent one season as an assistant coach at Lycoming College. He then joined the staff at the Rochester Institute of Technology under former Lycoming coach Gene Peluso from 2006-09. During his stint with RIT, the Tigers won an Empire 8 Championship and appeared in the 2006 NCAA Division III Championship. Additionally, he helped 13 student-athletes achieve All-America status.
Gorman also boasts international experience as a player for the Burnside Lacrosse Club in Adelaide, Australia, director of youth development for the Italian National Team, and as the defensive coordinator for the Irish national team.
Off the field, Gorman has served on a variety of committees for the NCAA, USILA and Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA). He served a three-year term on the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse National Committee from 2016-18 and participated in the NCAA's Sports Science Institute Task Force on Student-Athlete Mental Health.
Gorman graduated from Hartwick College in 2004 with a bachelor of arts in philosophy and is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Associations (NSCA).
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| The Gorman File |
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| Hometown: Springfield, Va. |
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| Wife - Erin |
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| Sons - Flynn, Mac |
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| Education |
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| 2004 |
Bachelor of Arts - Philosphy |
Hartwick College |
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| Lacrosse Experience |
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| 1999-02 |
Hartwick College |
Attack |
| 2003 |
Burnside Lacrosse Club - Australia |
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| Coaching Experience |
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| 2003 |
Hartwick College |
Assistant Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| 2005 |
Lycoming College |
Assistant Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| 2006-08 |
RIT |
Assistant Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| 2010-18 |
Babson College |
Head Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| 2019-20 |
Elmira College |
Head Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| 2021-Pres. |
Lycoming College |
Head Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| Honors & Awards |
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| 2011 |
Pilgrim League Co-Coach of the Year |
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| 2015 |
NEWMAC Coach of the Year |
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| Gorman Year-By-Year |
| Year |
School |
W |
L |
Pct. |
Note |
| 2010 |
Babson |
10 |
7 |
.500 |
Coached Pilgrim League Rookie of the Year and three all-conference picks |
| 2011 |
Babson |
10 |
8 |
.556 |
Reached Pilgrim League Championship final |
| 2012 |
Babson |
10 |
7 |
.588 |
Coached seven All-Pilgrim League selections |
| 2013 |
Babson |
10 |
8 |
.556 |
Reached Pilgrim League Championship final |
| 2014 |
Babson |
11 |
7 |
.611 |
Reached NEWMAC Championship final |
| 2015 |
Babson |
11 |
7 |
.611 |
Reached NEWMAC Championship final |
| 2016 |
Babson |
10 |
8 |
.556 |
Reached NEWMAC Championship final |
| 2017 |
Babson |
8 |
8 |
.500 |
Coached one All-American and one USILA North-South All-Star selection |
| 2018 |
Babson |
9 |
7 |
.563 |
Coached four all-conference selections |
| 2019 |
Elmira |
3 |
12 |
.200 |
Coached one USILA Team of the Week honoree |
| 2020 |
Elmira |
3 |
2 |
.600 |
Team's first winning record in 15 years |
| 2021 |
Lycoming |
1 |
10 |
.091 |
Coached two All-MACÂ |
| 2022 |
Lycoming |
8 |
10 |
.444 |
Led team to seven-win improvement |
| Total |
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104 |
101 |
.507 |
