In his 14th year as the head lacrosse coach at Penn State University, Jeff Tambroni has coached 44 All-Americans, 8 USILA Scholar All-Americans, and 47 all-conference award winners. Prior to PSU, his resume also includes Cornell, Loyola and Hobart.  He is a 2X Big 10 Coach of year, 2X CAA Coach of the year, 2009 D1 Coach of the year, and member of Hobart HOF class 2018.

As a player, he was fortunate to have coaches who instilled a “hard love” mentality which created a level of success that he wanted to emulate. As a coach, he focuses on transformational relationships developed through connection, trust, vulnerability and mutually beneficially partnerships with his athletes. 

Much of his perspective and approach is shaped by a single tragic moment in March 2004 when one of his players (and a team leader), George Boiardi, died after ball struck his chest in a college lacrosse game. This experience changed the trajectory of his life as a coach, father, and spouse. He is inspired to live each day like George by subscribing to the motto, “Well Done is Better than Well Said.”

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