 Andrew Copelan |
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Title:
Head Lacrosse Coach
Email:
acopelan@fairfield.edu
Phone:
ext. 2073
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Andrew Copelan was named head coach of the Fairfield University
men’s lacrosse program on August 25, 2008. He is the
third head coach in the varsity history of the program.
“I am extremely excited and honored to be have the
opportunity to be the head coach of the lacrosse program at
Fairfield,” said Copelan. “There is a strong
tradition of winning at Fairfield and I look forward to the
challenge of taking the Stags to the next level.”
Copelan comes to Fairfield after serving as an assistant coach to
Dave Cottle at the University of Maryland, for the past three
seasons. In each of those campaigns the Terrapins qualified
for the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Final Four in 2006.
For the past two years Copelan has been the Terps offensive
coordinator, leading one of the top ranked offenses in the
nation. Last season the Terps finished the year 13th in the
nation in scoring offense, averaging 10.5 goals per game, while
finishing the season as the sixth-best team in man-up scoring. The
Terps were also seventh in the nation in scoring margin in
2008. In 2007 Copelan had Maryland ranked fourth in the
nation in man-up goals and 12th in goals.
Copelan also served as the recruiting coordinator for Maryland in
his final two seasons, with great success. InsideLacrosse
ranked the Terps 2008 class as the third best in the country, while
the 2007 class was ranked second. Individually, Copelan
helped the Terps secure six of the top-50 recruits in this
season’s class.
Copelan broke into the coaching ranks at Marist College in 2004 as
the youngest Division I head coach in the nation. That first
season he was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Coach of the Year, leading the Red Foxes to the MAAC Regular Season
crown and their first winning season in six years. He
followed that the next season leading Marist to their first-ever
NCAA Tournament berth.
Copelan was a four-year varsity letter winner at Bucknell
University, where he earned All-Patriot League accolades.
Additionally he was named to the Academic Honor Roll for
Student-Athletes in each of his four seasons.
