In this second installment of our interview series with 2X Sun Conference COY, Dan Chemotti, the head men’s lacrosse coach of the Richmond Spiders, tells us what inspired him to pursue the coaching profession. One factor was the coaches he had learned through over the years and he admits to having had coaches that anyone in the game of lacrosse would envy: Mike Mesere of West Genesee HS (91% Career Winning Percentage), Mike Pressler of Duke, Bryant, and the PLL, Joe Albericci of West Point, and Charlie Toomey of Loyola to name a few. 

He also describes what it was like at his very first college coaching job, which Mike Pressler helped him attain, with Coach Rick Sowell of Dartmouth. And how this man had a profound influence on him along with his powerful tenant of absolute truthfulness. He was someone Coach Chemotti would follow to St. John’s before taking a position at Loyola College in Baltimore.Next, we hear how Chemotti, who coached at Loyola over a six year span, helped generate and was witness to, one of the most transformative seasons in the history of D1 men’s lacrosse. In 2012, under head coach Charlie Toomey, the Greyhounds, who had not made the NCAA tournament in four years, despite having recorded four 10 win seasons, went on to an 18-1 record and won the Men’s Lacrosse National Championship in 2012, the first and only in school history. 

And finally Coach Chemotti gives us the details on how he transformed a club program to a legitimate conference and NCAA tournament contender and has continued to experience success over an eleven year span. This is a jam packed episode that you won’t want to miss. Sit back, enjoy, and take it all in!

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