Mike Daly, who guided the Tufts University men's lacrosse program to three NCAA National Championship titles while boasting the nation's highest scoring offense, was named the head men's lacrosse coach at Brown University on July 1, 2016. Daly enters his eighth season as head coach of the Brown men's lacrosse program in 2024.

Brown finished the 2023 season with a 6-8 record and 2-4 Ivy League mark with three of those losses coming by a single goal. Five Bears, including First Team All-Ivy Matthew Gunty, picked up postseason Ivy League honors. Additionally, Gunty and Devon McLane picked up USILA Scholar All-American honors as the Bears posted another strong season in the classroom.

The 2022 campaign saw the Bears post a 10-5 overall record and capture a share of the Ivy League Regular Season Title. The Bears welcomed Cornell, Penn, and Yale to Stevenson-Pincince Field for the 2022 Ivy League Tournament. The Bears earned an at-large berth to the 2022 NCAA Tournament and were named the eighth-seed and earned the right to host Virginia in the NCAA First Round Game.

The Bears posted a 3-2 record under Daly in the shortened 2020 season with wins over Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, and eighth-ranked Virginia while falling to Providence and Stony Brook by a single goal.

In 2019, Brown finished with a 7-9 overall record and 3-3 conference mark. Brown picked up Ivy League wins over Dartmouth, Harvard, and Princeton before falling to Penn in the Ivy League semifinals. Four Bears earned All-Ivy status: Phil Goss '21, George Grell '22, Ryan Aughavin '22, and Andrew Geppert '23 with Goss earning All-America honors for the second straight season.

Brown finished the 2018 campaign with a 6-9 overall record and 3-3 Ivy League mark with wins over Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton. Brown fell in two overtime games and three games by two goals in the season. The Bears knocked off fourth-ranked Villanova on the road with a 12-9 victory. Sophomore goalie Phil Goss '21 earned USILA/Nike All-American honors and First Team All-Ivy recognition for his season. Goss ranked second in the NCAA with 13.13 save per game and 15th in the NCAA with a .538 save percentage.

In his inaugural season at Brown in 2017, Daly instilled into the Brown team his exceptional work ethic and drive to succeed, revamping the Bears offensive attack and defensive schemes to produce a 10-6 record and bringing the Bears to within a goal of the NCAA Tournament, falling in the Ivy League Tournament Championship game against Yale by a one goal margin.

Daly, the sixth Brown men's lacrosse coach since 1963, took over a Brown program that advanced to the NCAA Division I National Semifinals in 2016, posted a school record 16 wins, captured the Ivy League Championship for the second straight season and returned three All-Americans, including Tewaaraton Award winner Dylan Molloy '17.

Daly posted a record of 244-83 in 18 seasons as head coach at Tufts, with nine NCAA Tournament appearances and seven NESCAC titles. His Tufts teams won national championships in 2010, 2014 and 2015.

Tufts led the nation in scoring last spring with 402 goals in 23 games for a 17.48 per game average. The Jumbos won their seventh consecutive NESCAC title and finished the year with a 20-3 record, falling in the national championship game. Daly's senior co-captain John Uppgren was named the USILA Co-Player of the Year and Most Outstanding Attackman.

Daly is among the top 10 active coaches for winning percentage and is in the top 20 for victories. Among all-time DIII coaches, he is in the top 10 for winning percentage and top 30 for wins.

Prior to his promotion to head coach of men's lacrosse at Tufts in 1999, the team had compiled a 3-25 record in the 1997-98 seasons combined.

A two time USILA F. Morris Touchstone National Coach of the Year (2010 and 2014), Daly's teams have won 20 or more games four times and made five appearances in the national championship game. Daly oversaw a prolific Tufts offense that scored 423 goals in 2014 to set an NCAA record for a single season for all divisions.

Eight team members were named 2016 USILA Scholar All-Americans, the most on any team in all three divisions. The Jumbos were also deeply involved in the community with Team IMPACT, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening illnesses by establishing a team-based support network.

A 1995 Tufts graduate, Daly was a two-sport athlete for the Jumbos, and received a Masters in Education from Tufts in 1997. He and his wife Norah, have a daughter, Fiona, and son, Liam.

What They Are Saying About Mike Daly…
Dom Starsia '74, former head coach at Brown and Virginia – "This is a great hire for Brown, and an exciting opportunity for Mike. I think I speak for a lot of Brown alums when I say we are ready to support Mike as he works to maintain Brown's position among the nation's lacrosse elite."

Mike Pressler, head coach at Bryant - "Mike Daly is a talented and innovative coach who has a proven track record of success. His fast-paced offense is suited for players and fans. The bright future of Bruno Lacrosse is in great hands!"

Bill Tierney, head coach at Denver – "Mike has successfully brought a football mentality to the game of lacrosse. Since I've met him, he's always sat in the front row with a yearning to learn, watch and listen. He's someone who has appreciated what others have given him, and he's always willing to pay it back. A great hire for Brown."

Peter Lasagna '82, former Brown head coach and current head coach at Bates - "Mike's record speaks for itself. He inherited a lacrosse program at Tufts that didn't have national title aspirations and turned it around into one of the dominant programs in the nation. I have a lot of respect for Mike, who elevated the standards in the league and made every program better. He'll do a great job at Brown."

Ryan Molloy, Tufts Lacrosse, 2011 captain and starter on 2010 National Championship team; brother of Brown's Dylan Molloy '17, 2016 Tewaaraton Award Winner - "Coach Daly is a players' coach in every sense of the phrase. He allows everyone on the field to play fast and reach his fullest potential."

Season	Overall Record	Ivy League Record
2022	10-6	4-2
2021	1-0	0-0
2020	3-2	0-0
2019	7-9	3-3
2018	6-9	3-3
2017	10-6	4-2
TOTAL	37-32	14-10

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Mike Daly	Rothman Head Coaching Chair for Men's Lacrosse	mens_lacrosse@brown.edu	401-863-3780
Brett Holm	Assistant Coach	brett_holm@brown.edu	401-863-2277
John Svec	Assistant Coach	john_svec@brown.edu
Aaron Leeds	Volunteer Assistant Coach	aaron_leeds@brown.edu
Alec Tocco	Operations Coordinator	alec_tocco@brown.edu

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