Georgia Swarm

The Georgia Swarm are an American professional box lacrosse team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They have been playing at the 13,000-seat Gas South Arena since their 2016 season.^[1]

Georgia Swarm

Sport	Box lacrosse
First season	2016
League	National Lacrosse League
Team history	Montreal Express (2002) Minnesota Swarm (2004–2015)
Location	Duluth, Georgia
Arena	Gas South Arena
Colors	Gold, Navy, White
Owner	John and Andy Arlotta
Head coach	Ed Comeau
General manager	John Arlotta
Championships	1 (2017)
Division titles	2 (2017, 2018)
Playoff berths	6 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025)
Website	georgiaswarm.com
Current season

Team history

Originally formed as the 2002 expansion Montreal Express, the owners of the Minnesota Swarm purchased the inactive Express franchise from the NLL to create the Swarm in 2004. They played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 2004 until 2015.^[2] On May 22, 2015, team owner John Arlotta announced that the Xcel Energy Center did not renew the contract for the team.^[3] Instead of negotiating for a new lease, the Swarm began looking for potential relocation sites and eventually chose the Atlanta metro area.^[1]

In 2017 the Swarm won the NLL championship title against the defending Saskatchewan Rush 2–0 in a best of three series.^[4][5]

Current roster

2024 Georgia Swarm season

Head coaching history

Note: This list does not include coaches from the Minnesota Swarm.

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GC	W	L	W%	GC	W	L	W%
1	Ed Comeau	2016-	156	87	69	.558	9	4	5	.444

Awards and honors

Note: This list does not include awards from the Minnesota Swarm Note: Mike Poulin's 2020 Teammate of the year award was a tie with Dan Dawson of the Toronto Rock.

Year	Player	Award
2016	Randy Staats	Rookie of the Year
2017	Lyle Thompson	Most Valuable Player
	Lyle Thompson	Championship Game MVP
	Jason Noble	Defensive Player of the Year
	Jordan Hall	Sportsmanship Award
	John Arlotta	GM of the Year
	Ed Comeau	Les Bartley Award
	Mike Poulin	Teammate of the Year
2018	Lyle Thompson	Sportsmanship Award
2019	Lyle Thompson	Sportsmanship Award
	John Ranagan	Teammate of the Year
2020	Shayne Jackson	Most Valuable Player
	Lyle Thompson	Sportsmanship Award
	Mike Poulin	Teammate of the Year
2022	Lyle Thompson	Sportsmanship Award
2023	Lyle Thompson	Sportsmanship Award
2024	Lyle Thompson	Sportsmanship Award

All-time record

Season	Division/Conference[a]	W–L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs
2016	Eastern	8–10	3rd	4–5	4–5	238	240	Ed Comeau	Lost division semi-final
2017	Eastern	13–5	1st	7–2	6–3	266	213	Ed Comeau	Won Championship
2018	Eastern	11–7	1st	6–3	5–4	226	215	Ed Comeau	Lost division final
2019	Eastern	12–6	2nd	7–2	5–4	230	210	Ed Comeau	Lost Eastern Division semi-final
2020	Eastern	7–5	2nd	2–4	5–1	149	126	Ed Comeau	No playoffs held
2021	Eastern	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Eastern	9–9	6th	4–5	5–4	205	212	Ed Comeau	Did not qualify
2023	Eastern	8–10	6th	3–6	5–4	219	207	Ed Comeau	Did not qualify
2024	Unified	10–8	5th	6–3	4–5	198	197	Ed Comeau	Lost Quarterfinals
2025	Unified	9–9	7th	4–5	5–4	214	217	Ed Comeau	Lost Quarterfinals
Total	9 seasons	87–69		43–35	44–34	1,945	1,837
Playoff Totals	6 Appearances	4–5		2–2	2–3	110	107	1 Championship

Playoff results

Season	Game	Visiting	Home
2016	East Division semi-final	Georgia 13	New England 14 OT
2017	East Division Finals Game 1	Georgia 11	Toronto 8
	East Division Finals Game 2	Toronto 9	Georgia 13
	NLL Finals Game 1	Saskatchewan 14	Georgia 18
	NLL Finals Game 2	Georgia 15 OT	Saskatchewan 14
2018	East Division Finals	Rochester 9	Georgia 8
2019	East Division semi-final	Toronto 16	Georgia 14
2024	Quarterfinals	Georgia 9	Buffalo 10 OT
2025	Quarterfinals	Georgia 9	Saskatchewan 13

Draft history

NLL entry draft

First-round selections

• 2015: Lyle Thompson (1st overall), Chad Tutton (5th overall), Randy Staats (6th overall)
• 2016: Bryan Cole (4th overall), Connor Sellars (10th overall)
• 2017: Zed Williams (4th overall)
• 2018: Brendan Bomberry (7th overall), Adam Wiedemann (8th overall)
• 2019: Kason Tarbell (11th overall), Ryan MacSpadyen (13th overall)
• 2020: Robert Hudson (6th overall), Jeff Henrick (8th overall), Ethan Walker (10th overall), Laine Hruska (13th overall)
• 2021: Ryan Lanchbury (2nd overall)
• 2022: Brett Dobson (11th overall), Brady Kearnan (20th overall)
• 2023: Toron Eccleston (6th overall), Jacob Hickey (8th overall), Kaleb Benedict (19th overall)
• 2024: Michael Grace (3rd overall), Alex Bean (11th overall)

Notes

1. Conference play began in the 2022 season