Head Coach Mike Mahoney

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A former quarterback on the Saint football team and a midfielder on the lacrosse field for St. Lawrence, Mike Mahoney took over the head coaching duties for men's lacrosse in the fall of 1997. Under Mahoney, the Saints experienced immediate success and have continued to excel, winning ECAC Upstate Championships in 2001 and 2002 as well as Liberty League titles in 2006 and 2007..

Entering the 2008 season, Mahoney has posted a 108-45 (.706) record in the past ten seasons, with seven of those teams finishing in double digits in wins. The Saints have been invited to the ECAC Upstate Tournament four times, won the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association title once, competed in the inaugural UCAA tournament in 2003, and have finished second in the conference three times. Mahoney also coached his team to the NCAA Tournament in 2006 after winning the Liberty League tournament against RPI. The Saints defeated Endicott College 13-10 in the opening round of the tournament before falling to Geneseo in the Regionals. It victory over Endicott was the team's first ever NCAA Touranment win.

Last season, the Saints finished at 14-2 overall and a perfect 6-0 in league play, earning a bid to both the Liberty League and NCAA Tournaments. No. 5

St. Lawrence hosted Cortland State in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, which was the first NCAA Men's Lacrosse game to be played at North Country Field. In 2003 the Saints went 12-4 and finished the season ranked #16 in the final USILA Poll and were as high as #8 during the season. In 2002, the Saints were 12-3 overall and 5-1 in UCAA play and defeated top-seed Oneonta 13-8 in the final game of the season to repeat as ECAC Upstate Tournament champions.

After a rebuilding year in 2000, the Mahoney-led Saints posted a 12-4 record and a post-season championship in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference's Upstate Lacrosse Championship with a thrilling come-from-behind, 9-8 win over Skidmore. In 1999, the Saints claimed first place in the UCAA standings with a 10-4 overall record and earned an appearance in the ECAC post-season tournament. Mahoney was subsequently named UCAA Co-Coach of the Year.

A native to the North Country, Mahoney was an All-American lacrosse player at St. Lawrence Central High School. He continued his athletic success at the collegiate level as a two-sport standout at St. Lawrence, serving as captain of both the football and lacrosse teams his senior year.

Mahoney graduated from St. Lawrence in 1993, with a B.A. in Government. He then moved on to the University of Albany, where he served as a gridiron graduate assistant while earning his master's in Liberal Studies. In the 1993-94 school year, he also worked as a physical educator in the Waterford Central School District.

In 1995, Mahoney returned to his alma mater and began his tenure as an assistant coach for both football and lacrosse. Mahoney was selected as a coach of the 2000 North-South game that was held at the University of Delaware. He remains active in the lacrosse camp circuit, serving as an instructor at various caps throughout the Northeast and director of the Saints Lacrosse camp held at St. Lawrence University. The former chair of the ECAC Upstate Tournament committee, Mahoney also serves on the USILA Poll committee and as a regional advisor to the NCAA tournament selection committee.

Now entering his eleventh season with the Saints, Mahoney will be assisted by Ryan Glennon. He resides in Canton with his wife Pam and their sons Mark, John and Daniel.

Assistant Coach Ryan Glennon

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The St. Lawrence University men’s lacrosse team, coming off of their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, has added former Colby College standout Ryan Glennon as an assistant coach for the 2008 season.

Glennon studied English at Colby, where he was also a four year starter as a Face-Off Middie and Attackman. Colby's third-leading scorer in 2004, Glennon was named to the East-West Senior Game roster, but due to injury, was unable to participate.

After graduating in 2004, Glennon worked at the Kents Hill School as the Associate Director of Admissions. He returned to his alma mater the following year to begin his collegiate coaching experience, joining the Colby staff as an assistant coach.

However, that was merely the start of Glennon’s coaching path, as the Exeter, NH native also coached both the Maine Select Lacrosse team and the New England Premier Lacrosse team in the summer of 2006. That fall, Glennon joined Bowdoin College as an assistant coach and Game Management Coordinator.