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Whenever a D1 guy makes this move, my question is always, "Why now? Why not 6-7 years ago once you'd earned your D1 stripes?", and you shed some light on that. Sometimes you just wait on the perfect storm, and no doubt Gettysburg is in that top percentage of places where it can all work. ...

Still making peanuts, but the you gotta spend (or not make) money to make money later....... I think the problem is a lot of them don't make that money later...and if it's 50k-60k a year as the top assistant or HC at a non NESCAC school...makes sense why they are leaving to use their degree to get ...

Interesting final two (?) at G-burg. Both will check the AD's boxes, but each might leave some alums shaking their heads. Hard to please everybody. I get that people don't like to drop names sometimes, so I won't ask for that; but any further info about backgrounds of these finalists? D3 Head Guys?...

I don't know Nat at all, so this is all based on hearing him speak a few times and listening to him on a few podcasts....but I get the vibe that Nat is very happy where he is. He's the only coach Ohio Northern has ever had, and has been able to build that program his way, from the ground up. They've...

I think Amherst really needs to make a "splash hire" this time around. Someone who has name recognition in the lacrosse world, who would come in with instant credibility among the players....it will cost Amherst some money; but they have to get it right. Would a guy like Sean Quirk be inte...

Where does the Amherst job fall in terms of desirability among Gettysburg, Denison and Bowdoin?

Three years ago I’d laugh at myself for even asking this, but given the way the last 26 months have gone for the Lord Mammoth’s, I think it’s worth a thought…

Have heard from a few people in athletic departments at D3 schools hiring coaches this summer (in all sports not just lacrosse) and there seems to be a big gap for a lot of schools between the internally agreed upon salary for a given job, and the post COVID cost of living / housing market. Salaries...

Buckle up.

It would appear that rumor is becoming reality....

https://twitter.com/TheKyleDevitte/stat ... 82950?s=20

For what it's worth....and this may be a bit of a reach; on June 2nd Coach Devoe posted a link to his camp on social media. As of last night that link no longer works....(cue the X-Files theme music)


https://twitter.com/DevoeHP/status/1400 ... 31366?s=20

The low end of the pay scale are the part time Head coaches; of which there are surprisingly more than you’d think. For those schools a 10-15K stipend with no benefits is a pretty standard salary. In terms of full time pay, I think 25-30 is about as low as you’d find. Some coaches are on 10 month co...

I think college administrations figure that it’s too late to recruit too much to affect the next incoming class, and that there’s always enough time to recruit for the following class. I’m not saying that’s right, but I think that’s the mindset that is out there. At this point in time in a normal y...

Between financial concerns schools face due to COVID revenue loss, budget cuts as a result of said revenue loss, and the absolute mess that the fifth (and sixth) year waiver creates; the gap between the “haves” and the “have nots” will be wider in D3 athletics now more than ever before. School admin...

The player and parent input piece of the coaching search / hiring process is a slippery slope that I think a lot of AD's like the idea of in theory, but realize quickly that it creates more headaches than it's worth. If you believe what you read on here, and in some media local to a particular schoo...

Depending on what the real story is up at Bowdoin, BU assistant Max Silberlicht should be a guy they reach out to. Prior to BU he did a five year sentence at Bowdoin, helping them to their best run of success in a long time. https://goterriers.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster/coaches/max-silberlicht/...

It's official: University of Hartford is moving to D3-https://www.hartford.edu/about/athletic ... ition.aspx

Now comes the fun debate of what conference they fall into? Have to think the NEWMAC is the easy fit. Honestly, I really can't see any other conference that fits them better.

NCAA has said that spring championships will happen: https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/diii-spring-championship-plans-move-forward-most-sports-based-participation-numbers NCAA also has a lengthy document of COVID standards for practices and competition: https://www.ncaa.org/abou...

An issue is that once the other leagues announced play, tentative plans for games against NESCAC schools became secondary. I know that Trinity had some OOC games scheduled for the weekends and it looks like they were able to reschedule to midweek, logistically they could do it. I've been told that ...

Outside of Trinity schedule - and no NESCAC schools on that schedule - there are no other schools with any schedules up. Has anyone heard anything about what anyone is planning? And Trinity first game Saturday against Castleton then Tuesday against Endicott... don't know anything about them - will ...

Don't be shocked if "test optional" becomes a regular thing for a lot of these schools. Going test optional allows the schools to admit lower band kids without having it throw off the "average SAT score" that these schools all like to brag about. Those reported average SAT scores...

I think VT is still locked down but sounds like Midd is not playing regardless. Maybe Williams can drive a few miles west and host games in NY. Not sure what the player status is at most of these schools but have to assume they don’t have nearly as many unenrolled as the Ivys did due to lack of sta...