DU Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Bill Tierney Addresses the Media

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DENVER - Legendary men's lacrosse coach Bill Tierney addressed the Denver media in person today for the first time since accepting the head coach position at the University of Denver.

Tierney answered questions for over an hour from local and national media outlets, including Lacrosse Magazine, NCAA.com, Major League Lacrosse, 9News, CBS4, the Denver Post and the Examiner.com.

He commented on his decision to leave Princeton and move out West and how he hopes to build DU into a perennial NCAA contender.

Tierney also announced that his son, Trevor Tierney will join him as a member of the DU coaching staff this summer and that he will retain Matt Brown as an assistant coach.

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During his 22 seasons with Princeton, Tierney led the Tigers to six NCAA championships, eight NCAA championship games, 10 NCAA Final Four appearances and 14 Ivy League championships. He compiled a career record of 238-86 at Princeton and has a career collegiate record of 272-93 for an impressive .745 winning percentage.

His impact on the student-athletes at Princeton has resulted in 26 first-team All-Americans, 73 first-team All-Ivy League selections, seven Ivy League Players of the Year, six Ivy League Rookies of the Year and over 20 USILA Scholar All-Americas. He has recruited and coached two winners of the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award as the national player of the year (David Morrow in 1993 and Scott Bacigalupo in 1994).

In 1992, Tierney won the Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year to go along with the Division III Coach of the Year honor he received in 1983 at RIT. He was elected to the Long Island Chapter Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1994 and the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1999.

Outside of his collegiate coaching honors, Tierney has coached the United States to the World Championship in 1998, and was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame as part of the 2002 class.