Ted Spencer
            President and Director
              

Coach Spencer has had a coaching career of more than 20 years at all levels of lacrosse. Specifically, at the collegiate level for  17 years including stints at Yale and Brown Universities , Ted Spencer was the Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach at Fairfield University for thirteen years before retiring in July of 2008.

During his coaching tenure at Fairfield he boasts seven Championships, three MAAC Championships (1996, 1997, 1998), two ECAC Post-Season Tournament Championships (1998, 1999), and two GWLL Crowns (2002, 2005).  In 2002 and 2005 Spencer’s teams made appearances in the NCAA Tournament and finished with a Top 15 ranking in Division I Lacrosse.

Three times Spencer was honored as “Coach of the Year” by his league, MAAC (1996), and GWLL (2002, 2005).

In 2001, a panel of Division I head coaches selected Spencer to coach the prestigious USILA North/South All-Star game which showcases the country’s top Division I seniors. Major League Lacrosse also honored him for being among a select few to have made significant contributions to the development of lacrosse in Connecticut.

Prior to his time at Fairfield, Spencer held assistant coaching positions at Brown and Yale. He played for UMass-Amherst, where he stood out as a long-pole defensive midfielder before graduating in 1985.

With all his accolades Spencer’s greatest achievement is that he is a Cancer Survivor and a proud father of three beautiful children Ryan-Elizabeth, Ben, and Devin, and husband to his lovely wife and partner Denise.

 

2012 Coaching Staff TBA 2010 - 2011 Attending Coaches   Albany Merrimack College American International University Michigan State University Amherst College Misericordia Assumption College Naval Post Graduate School Aurora College Nazareth Bates College New England College Binghamton University Notre Dame de Namur University Boston Cannons Ohio Wesleyan Bowdoin Oneonta State Bridgeton Academy Penn State University Brown University Princeton University Bryant University Providence Canisius College Queens University of Charlotte Castleton State Quinnipiac University Catholic University Robert Morris Centenary College of LA Roger Williams Clark University Rollins College Colgate University RPI College of St. Rose Salisbury University College of Wooster Salve Regina Connecticut College Shenandoah University Curry College Skidmore Dartmouth Springfield College Denison St. Lawrence University Dickinson College St. Mary's College of MD Eastern Connecticut St. Michael's Elizabethtown Stevens Tech Emerson Trinity College Emmanuel College Tufts Endicott College U. Of New England Fairfield University UCLA Ferrum College Union College Georgetown University Univ. of Southern Maine Hamilton College University of Massachusetts- Boston Hartford University of Vermont Hartwick College Ursinus College Haverford USMA-Army Hendrix College Vermont Holy Cross Wagner College Husson University Washington & Lee Indiana University Washington Jefferson College Lafayette  Wesley College Lasell College Western Connecticut Lasell College Western New England University LeMoyne Whittier College Limestone College Widener University Marist College Williams College Mars Hill College Wittenberg University Mercer College Lehigh UMBC Delaware NAVY U Penn CW Post Middlebury

                    Mike Pressler
                 Assistant Director
                  

Mike Pressler, the 2010 World Team Head Coach and winner of the Gold Medal in Manchester, England, and has quickly established himself as one of the premier college coaches in the country.

In just his third season in Smithfield, R.I., Pressler led the Bulldogs into the Division I ranks and into a degree of success that shocked the DI lacrosse world.

Pressler's efforts and contributions, not just with Bryant but throughout his illustrious coaching career, were recognized in September 2008 when he was named head coach of the 2010 U.S. Men's National Team.

A three-time ACC Coach of the Year and recipient of the 2005 USILA's F. Morris Touchstone Award as the National Coach of the Year, Pressler's overall head coaching record stands at 264-115 in 25 seasons. He ranks among the nation's top 10 active coaches in both career victories (No. 8) and overall winning percentage (No. 8). Pressler stands at No. 21 among the most winningest coaches of all time (by percentage) and is No. 12 all-time by win count.

A 1982 graduate of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., Pressler was a four-year starter for both the football and lacrosse teams. A First Team Division Kodak All-American nose tackle in football, a four-year starter in lacrosse and team captain for both as a senior, Pressler was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2001.

Pressler was also inducted into the Wilton (Conn.) High School Hall of Fame in 1998 and was inducted into the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame in January 2010.

A native of Wilton, Connecticut, Pressler and his wife, Susan, live in Smithfield with their two daughters, Janet, and Maggie.