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  Brendan McWilliams

Brendan McWilliams

Player Profile

Position:
Head Coach
Experience:
1st Year
Alma Mater:
Colorado College (1998)

Brendan McWilliams joined the Emmanuel staff in 2010 as the first head coach for the Saints Men's Lacrosse Program. The newly added program will compete at the club level in 2011 and will become varsity in 2012. Coach McWilliamsMcWilliams serves as Director of Lacrosse, overseeing both the men's and women's lacrosse programs at Emmanuel. In 2012, its inaugural season of varsity competition, the men's team will compete as a member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.

Prior to his work at Emmanuel, McWilliams was the boys' lacrosse coach at Westwood High School for one season. Before his short stint as a high school coach, McWilliams coached at the collegiate level for many years. He was at the helm of the Kenyon College program from 2003-2007, where he led the Lords to an NCAA Division III tournament appearance and was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Lacrosse Coach of the Year in 2006. In his last two seasons at Kenyon, McWilliams produced 15 all-conference players, as well as one All-American and two North-South All-Stars. During his tenure, the lacrosse program earned national rankings from both the USILA and the NCAA.

Before coaching at Kenyon, McWilliams spent previous seasons as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at The University of Vermont. McWilliams collected additional coaching experience at Tufts University, where he earned a master's degree in teaching and worked as the Jumbos' assistant lacrosse coach for two seasons. In between his stints at Vermont and Tufts, McWilliams spent two seasons as the head coach at Cherry Creek High School in Denver, Colorado, where he guided the 2002 boys' lacrosse team to a16-2 record and a Colorado state championship.

McWilliams earned a bachelor's degree in English from Colorado College in 1998. As a student-athlete at Colorado, he was a two-time captain of the lacrosse team and was selected to play in the prestigious North-South All-Star game.

McWilliams currently resides in South Hamilton, Massachusetts with his wife Juliana, their children Finnegan, Cortland and Hazel, and two dogs, Gordon and Peanut.