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
College/University	RSen	RJun	RSoph
Adams State College	YES	NO	NO
Albany University	YES	NO	YES
Alvernia University	YES	NO	NO
American International	YES	YES	YES
Amherst College	YES	YES	NO
Arcadia University	YES	NO	NO
Aurora University	YES	YES	NO
Baldwin Wallace College	YES	NO	NO
Bates College	YES	YES	YES
Becker College	No	Yes	No
Binghamton University	NO	NO	YES
Boston University	No	Yes	No
Brown University	YES	YES	YES
Bryant University	YES	YES	YES
Canisius College	YES	YES	NO
Clark University	YES	NO	YES
Clarkson University	NO	NO	YES
Colgate	YES	YES	YES
Daniel Webster College	NO	NO	YES
Dickinson College	YES	YES	YES
Eastern Conn. State	YES	YES	YES
Furman College	YES	NO	NO
Florida Southern	YES	YES	NO
Hamilton College	YES	NO	NO
Hartford University	YES	NO	NO
Hartwick College	YES	YES	YES
Hobart College	NO	YES	NO
Holy Cross	NO	NO	NO
Husson College	YES	YES	YES
Indiana University	YES	YES	YES
Kenyon College	YES	NO	YES
LeMoyne College	YES	NO	NO
Lycoming College	YES	NO	NO
Manhattanville College	YES	YES	YES
Marist College	NO	YES	YES
Marquette University	YES	YES	YES
Marywood University	YES	YES	YES
Mercer University	YES	YES	YES
Merrimack College	NO	YES	NO
Misericordia University	YES	YES	YES
Montclair University	YES	YES	NO
Mt. Saint Mary’s Univ.	NO	NO	YES
Nazareth College	YES	NO	NO
New England College	YES	NO	NO
Ohio Wesleyan	NO	YES	NO
Penn. State University	NO	NO	YES
Princeton University	YES	NO	YES
Queens of Charlotte	NO	YES	YES
Roger Williams	No	No	Yes
Rollins College	YES	NO	NO
Salisbury University	YES	YES	YES
Shenandoah University	YES	YES	NO
Siena College	YES	YES	NO
Skidmore College	YES	YES	NO
Springfield College	YES	NO	YES
St. Mary’s College of Maryland	NO	YES	NO
St. Michael’s College	YES	YES	YES
Stevens Institute of Technology	YES	NO	NO
Tufts University	YES	YES	NO
Union College	Yes	NO	YES
Univ. of New England	YES	YES	YES
University of North Carolina	NO	YES	NO
University of Notre Dame	No	No	Yes
Univ. Of Washington	NO	NO	YES
University of Vermont	YES	NO	NO
Ursinus College	YES	YES	YES
Vassar College	YES	NO	NO
Virginia Wesleyan Univ.	YES	NO	NO
Wagner College	YES	YES	NO
Washington & Jefferson	YES	NO	NO
Washington College	YES	YES	YES
Wesley College	YES	YES	NO
Western Conn. State	YES	YES	NO
Western New England University	YES	YES	YES
Wheaton College	YES	NO	NO
Wheeling Jesuit	YES	NO	YES
Whittier	YES	NO	YES
Widener University	YES	YES	YES

    
        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.