Brown Bears men's lacrosse

The Brown Bears men's lacrosse team represents Brown University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse. Brown competes in the Ivy League and plays its home games at Stevenson-Pincince Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

Brown Bears
Founded	1926
University	Brown University
Head coach	Jon Torpey (since 2025 season)
Stadium	Stevenson-Pincince Field (capacity: 3,500)
Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Conference	Ivy League
Nickname	Bears
Colors	Seal brown, cardinal red, and white[1]
NCAA Tournament Final Fours
(2) - 1994, 2016
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
(10) - 1971, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances
(15) - 1971, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2022
Conference regular season championships
(10) - 1969, 1973, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016

Princeton Tigers at Brown Bears, 2022

History

The Brown University men's lacrosse program was founded in 1926. Brown continued to compete in intercollegiate lacrosse until 1937 when the sport was discontinued. The lacrosse program resumed play in 1961 under head coach Cliff Stevenson. Since 1961, Brown has won 10 Ivy League championships (five outright titles, five shared) and has made 14 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament appearances, including nine NCAA Quarterfinal appearances. In 1994, Brown became the first program from New England to play in the NCAA Final Four, a record that remained until the UMass made a Final Four appearance in 2006.

National awards

The Brown lacrosse program has garnered numerous national collegiate lacrosse awards. Darren Lowe '92 was named 1992 NCAA Division I Player of the Year, as well as 1992 Division I Attackman of the Year. Standout goalie Greg Cattrano, was named Division I Goalie of the Year. In 2009, Jordan Burke became the Division I Goalie of the Year. Brown has also had two coaches selected as Division I Coach of the Year: Dom Starsia in 1985 and 1991, and Peter Lasagna in 1994. In 2016 attackman Dylan Molloy received the Tewaaraton Trophy, the Jack Turnbull Award, and the Lt. Raymond Enners Award.

Ivy League awards

Brown has also won numerous Ivy League awards since All-Ivy teams were first selected in 1957. Since the award's inception in 1974, ten Brown Bears have been named Ivy League Player of the Year and four Bears have been named Men's Lacrosse Ivy League Rookie of the Year since the Rookie award was established in 1981. Since 1957, three Bears have been chosen First Team All-Ivy three times (Darren Lowe 1990, '91, '92), (Bill Aliber 1981, '82, '83), (Thomas Muldoon 2008, '09, '10) while 14 Bears have been named First Team All-Ivy two times. Jordan Burke became the first player to win Ivy League Player of the Year in back to back years (2008, '09).

Season Results

The following is a list of Brown's results by season as an NCAA Division I program:

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cliff Stevenson (Ivy League) (1961–1982)
1971	Cliff Stevenson	11–3	5–1	2nd	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1972	Cliff Stevenson	9–4	4–2	T–2nd
1973	Cliff Stevenson	10–2	6–0	1st	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1974	Cliff Stevenson	6–4	4–2	3rd
1975	Cliff Stevenson	7–5	3–3	4th
1976	Cliff Stevenson	10–4	5–1	2nd	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1977	Cliff Stevenson	3–10	1–5	T–5th
1978	Cliff Stevenson	6–6	3–3	T–3rd
1979	Cliff Stevenson	8–4	3–3	5th
1980	Cliff Stevenson	9–4	3–3	4th
1981	Cliff Stevenson	6–6	4–2	T–2nd
1982	Cliff Stevenson	5–9	1–5	6th
Cliff Stevenson:		170–95 (.642)	67–47 (.588)
Dom Starsia (Ivy League) (1983–1992)
1983	Dom Starsia	9–5	4–2	3rd
1984	Dom Starsia	9–5	4–2	T–2nd
1985	Dom Starsia	12–3	6–0	1st	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1986	Dom Starsia	8–6	4–2	T–2nd
1987	Dom Starsia	10–5	4–2	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1988	Dom Starsia	8–6	3–3	T–4th
1989	Dom Starsia	9–6	4–2	T–2nd
1990	Dom Starsia	11–5	3–3	4th	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1991	Dom Starsia	13–1	6–0	1st	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1992	Dom Starsia	12–4	4–2	3rd	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
Dom Starsia:		101–46 (.687)	42–18 (.700)
Peter Lasagna (Ivy League) (1993–2000)
1993	Peter Lasagna	10–3	5–1	2nd
1994	Peter Lasagna	13–5	6–0	1st	NCAA Division I Final Four
1995	Peter Lasagna	10–6	5–1	T–1st	NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1996	Peter Lasagna	7–6	3–3	3rd
1997	Peter Lasagna	8–7	4–2	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1998	Peter Lasagna	4–9	2–4	5th
1999	Peter Lasagna	4–9	2–4	T–4th
2000	Peter Lasagna	9–6	3–3	T–3rd
Peter Lasagna:		65–51 (.560)	30–18 (.625)
Scott Nelson (Ivy League) (2001–2006)
2001	Scott Nelson	6–8	2–4	T–5th
2002	Scott Nelson	7–7	4–2	T–2nd
2003	Scott Nelson	4–10	1–5	7th
2004	Scott Nelson	9–5	2–4	T–5th
2005	Scott Nelson	6–6	2–4	T–5th
2006	Scott Nelson	2–11	0–6	7th
Scott Nelson:		34–47 (.420)	11–25 (.306)
Lars Tiffany (Ivy League) (2007–2016)
2007	Lars Tiffany	7–7	1–5	T–6th
2008	Lars Tiffany	11–3	5–1	T–1st
2009	Lars Tiffany	12–4	4–2	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
2010	Lars Tiffany	8–6	4–2	T–1st
2011	Lars Tiffany	6–8	2–4	T–5th
2012	Lars Tiffany	7–8	3–3	4th
2013	Lars Tiffany	8–7	2–4	5th
2014	Lars Tiffany	8–6	2–4	T–5th
2015	Lars Tiffany	12–5	4–2	T–1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2016	Lars Tiffany	16–3	6–0	1st	NCAA Division I Final Four
Lars Tiffany:		95–56 (.629)	33–27 (.550)
Mike Daly (Ivy League) (2017–2024)
2017	Mike Daly	10–6	4–2	T–2nd
2018	Mike Daly	6–9	3–3	T–3rd
2019	Mike Daly	7–9	3–3	4th
2020	Mike Daly	3–2	0–0	†	†
2021	Mike Daly	1–0	0–0	††	††
2022	Mike Daly	10–6	4–2	T–1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2023	Mike Daly	6–8	2–4	T–5th
2024	Mike Daly	3–11	2–4	T–5th
Mike Daly:		46–51 (.474)	18–18 (.500)
Total:		547–395–4 (.580)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.
†† Ivy League cancelled 2021 collegiate season due to the COVID-19 virus.

References

1. "Brown University Athletics & Recreation Brand Guidelines" (PDF). June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.