Kevin Warne enters his 12th season as the Head Coach of the Georgetown University men’s lacrosse team in 2024. The reigning back-to-back-to-back BIG EAST Coach of the Year, he was also recognized with the F. Morris Touchstone Award as the 2021 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division I Coach of the Year. With 98 career wins – second most in program history – Warne has led the Hoyas to five consecutive BIG EAST Championships in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He was also named the BIG EAST Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
During his tenure on the Hilltop, Warne has coached 29 USILA All-Americans, two Tewaaraton Award Finalists and guided 52 players to All-BIG EAST honors including three BIG EAST Freshmen of the Year, four BIG EAST Attack Players of the Year, three BIG EAST Goalkeepers of the Year, one BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year and two BIG EAST Defensive Players of the Year awards. Five of his players have played in the prestigious North-South All-Star Game, while 19 have gone on to play professionally in Major League Lacrosse or the Premier Lacrosse League.
2023 saw the Hoyas return to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 11th time in program history following the program’s fifth-straight BIG EAST Tournament Championship and third consecutive BIG EAST Regular Season Championship. The Blue & Gray went 13-4 on the year that included a program-record 13-game winning streak. Five Georgetown players earned USILA All-America recognition, including Tucker Dordevic on the first team, Will Bowne and Graham Bundy Jr. on the second team and both Dylan Hess and Brian Minicus with honorable mention nods. Dordevic was also named the BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year and a Tewaaraton Award Finalist while Bowen was a repeat selection as the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year. Joining the duo on the All-BIG EAST First Team was Bundy and James Reilly while Hess, Minicus and Jacob Kelly all garnered second team accolades. Patrick Crogan was also named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, the third to earn the award under Warne, while Warne and his staff earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors for the third-straight season.
In 2022, Warne’s Hoyas led the nation in scoring defense for the third-straight season (8.18) and set the program record for wins in a season with 15. Georgetown won its first outright BIG EAST Regular Season Championship behind an undefeated 5-0 mark in league play, became the first BIG EAST program to win the BIG EAST Championship on its home field and made the program’s 15th NCAA Tournament appearance. Nine Hoyas were named USILA All-Americans, including Owen McElroy repeating as the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Outstanding Goalie and Bowen being named the William C. Schmeisser Outstanding Defenseman. Additionally, Bundy and Zachary Geddes both joined the duo in earning USILA First Team All-America honors. Gibson Smith IV earned a third team nod while Alex Mazzone, Reilly, Alex Trippi and Dylan Watson all received honorable mention accolades. Bowen, Bundy, Geddes, Mazzone, McElroy, Reilly, Smith and Watson were all named First Team All-BIG EAST with Trippi and TJ Haley picking up second team nods. Warne and the Hoyas staff earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors, Watson was the Attack Player of the Year, Bundy was named Midfielder of the Year, Bowen was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year and McElroy repeated as Goalie of the Year.
For the second-straight full season, the Hoyas tied the program record with 13 wins and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 10th time in program history and first time since 2007, earning Warne and his staff BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors. Georgetown led the nation in scoring defense (8.31) for the second year in-a-row and man down defense (.829) as well. Eight Hoyas garnered USILA All-America honors, including McElroy being named to the first team and being named the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Outstanding Goalie as the top netminder in the nation. Bundy, Jake Carraway and Smith were all second team honorees while James Donaldson, Geddes, Dylan Hess and Mazzone all earned honorable mention accolades as well. Nine Hoyas were tabbed All-BIG EAST, including McElroy as Goalkeeper of the Year, Carraway as Attack Player of the Year and Haley as Freshman of the Year who led the NCAA in assists per game (3.27) as a rookie. Along with Carraway and McElroy, Bundy joined the duo on the first team along with Mazzone and Reilly. Haley was a second team honoree along with Geddes, Hess and Smith. Carraway also became the first Tewaaraton Award Finalist under Warne’s tutelage.
During the 2020 season, the Hoyas were one of the most dominant teams during COVID-19 shortened campaign. The Hoyas led the NCAA in scoring defense (6.33) and scoring margin (10.17) while ranking second overall in clearing (.934). Georgetown’s stout defense, a hallmark of Warne led team, allowed just one team to score more than 10 goals on the season and held opponents to under five goals three different times. Following the season, defenseman Smith and goalie McElroy were both named Inside Lacrosse First Team Media All-Americans and attackman Carraway was an Inside Lacrosse Third Team Media All-American.
Warne led the Hoyas to their second-straight BIG EAST title in 2019. Georgetown won 13 games on the year, tying the program record for victories in a season, and made its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance before falling to defending national champion Yale. Four Hoyas were named USILA All-Americans as Daniel Bucaro and Lucas Wittenberg earned second team honors while Carraway and Smith collected honorable mention accolades. All four were also named First Team All-BIG EAST. Bucaro broke the program record for career goals scored, Carraway tied the single season record for points and Wittenberg set the single game record with eight assists in the BIG EAST semifinals. Bucaro was also a repeat Tewaaraton Award Nominee.
In 2018, the Hoyas put together one of the best turnarounds in the NCAA by posting eight more wins than the prior season. Behind a stellar 13-man senior class, Georgetown won its first BIG EAST Championship in program history and a trip to the NCAA Tournament before falling in overtime to Johns Hopkins in the opening round. Nick Marrocco became just the seventh GU player, and first since 2008, to be named a USILA First Team All-American while Craig Berge, Ryan Hursey and Bucaro each earned All-America accolades as well. The foursome, joined by Wittenberg and Smith, all garnered All-BIG EAST recognition while Bucaro was selection as a Tewaaraton Award Nominee.
During the 2017 campaign, four players garnered All-BIG EAST recognition including a program-tying three on the first team. Bucaro put together one of the best offensive seasons in program history, scoring 40 goals to go with 13 assists for 53 points, giving him the seventh-most goals and 14th-most points in a single season on the Hilltop. Peter Conley and Michael Mayer also collected First Team All-BIG EAST accolades and an Honorable Mention All-American nod for Conley as well. In addition, Berge was named All-BIG EAST Second Team and Charlie Ford was selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game.
In 2016, Bucaro led Georgetown with 31 points (18G, 13A) and was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, the first Hoya to garner the accolade in program history. Ford collected All-BIG EAST First Team recognition to become the third GU player to repeat as an All-Conference honoree under Warne, while Bucaro and Joe Bucci collected second team accolades.
In 2015, Warne led the Hoyas to the program's first 10-win season since 2007. The Blue & Gray defeated three nationally-ranked opponents on the year and claimed their first BIG EAST postseason victory, defeating Marquette in the BIG EAST Championship semifinals. Warne guided GU to a six-game improvement from 2014, earning him 2015 BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Coach of the Year honors in the process. Freshman Craig Berge became the first freshman in the program’s storied history to earn All-America honors, being named honorable mention by the USILA. Bo Stafford and Marrocco earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors, while Berge, Ford, Mayer and Reilly O’Connor were all tabbed second team. Seniors O’Connor and Stafford were selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game, while O’Connor was picked seventh overall in the NLL Entry Draft by the Calgary Roughnecks.
In 2014, Warne coached his first All-American as Tyler Knarr, a faceoff specialist, earned USILA Third Team honors. He and Conley were both named to the All-BIG EAST First Team as well, with Conley being the first Hoya to earn All-BIG EAST First Team honors as a freshman in program history. Knarr was selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game and went on to play in the MLL.
In his first season, Warne led the Hoyas to its first postseason appearance since 2007 with a trip to the 2013 BIG EAST Championship. Georgetown finished 6-9, going 3-3 in BIG EAST Conference play, while the Hoyas finished second in the league in ground balls (31.53) and caused turnovers (7.87) a game. O'Connor finished second in the BIG EAST in points per game (3.73) and joined Knarr, O'Connor and Charlie McCormick on the 2013 All-BIG EAST Second Team. Under Warne's tutelage, Brennan Bicknese was selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game.
Under his guidance, Warne has already helped several players to historic careers at Georgetown. Knarr was named a 2014 Third Team USILA All-American, 2014 North-South All-Star Game participant and an All-BIG EAST First team selection after leading the nation in ground balls (10.9/gm) and finishing third in face-off win percentage (.661). He also broke his own single-season ground ball program record (153), originally set in Warne's first season, 2013. He also broke the program record for single-season face-off wins (207). Conley became the first GU freshman to earn All-BIG EAST First Team honors after leading the Hoyas with 37 points in 2014, Berge was the Blue & Gray’s first player to earn USILA All-American accolades as a freshman, earning honorable mention honors in 2015, and Bucaro was the first Hoya to garner BIG EAST Freshman of the Year honors in program history in 2016.
Regarded as one of the top defensive minds in men's lacrosse, Warne helped guide Maryland to consecutive NCAA National Championship games in his two years in College Park with a 25-11 record. The Terps finished the season ranked No. 2 in the country by Inside Lacrosse in 2011 and 2012.
In 2011, his first season with Maryland, Warne helped lead the Terps to a 13-5 season record, the 2011 ACC championship and three-straight wins in the NCAA Tournament to reach the title game. In 2012, Maryland finished the regular season, 9-5 and again advanced to the NCAA Tournament Championship Game. In two seasons, Warne helped guide seven Maryland players to earn All-America honors, including defender Brett Schmidt, who was named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011.
Prior to Maryland, Warne spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Harvard, where his primary responsibility was overseeing the Crimson defense. In his first season with the Crimson program in 2008, the team had the most All-Ivy League selections since 1999 and was ranked in both major polls during the year. During the 2009 campaign, Warne's defensive unit ranked third in the nation in goals allowed per game and Harvard won eight games for the first time since 2002. The Crimson earned five All-Ivy picks and was ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation in the USILA poll. Harvard allowed 10 or more goals only twice and upset No. 5 Duke to open the season. Warne's work with the Crimson earned him recognition as one of college lacrosse's top assistant coaches by ESPN's Quint Kessenich prior to the 2010. In 2010, Warne helped the Crimson win at least six games for the third straight season, as Harvard earned its first victory over No. 6 Princeton since 1990.
Warne came to Harvard from UMBC, where he served as associate head coach for the Retrievers and helped UMBC advance to the NCAA quarterfinals in 2007. He also served as UMBC's main recruiting coordinator, as well as the program's liaison to the equipment and strength & conditioning departments. Prior to his position at UMBC, Warne served as an assistant coach from 2001-04 at the University of Delaware, working primarily with the offense.
A 2000 graduate of Hofstra, Warne majored in psychology while playing for the Pride from 1995-99. He was a four-year letterwinner and a two-time All-America East honoree. As a senior, he was also named an honorable mention All-American after guiding Hofstra to its third league championship and postseason berth. While finishing his degree at Hofstra, Warne served as an assistant coach at Plainview-Old Bethpage High School on Long Island. He got his start at the collegiate coaching level in 2000 at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy prior to moving on to coach at Delaware.
Warne married the former Jennifer Merrill, who was a four-time letterwinner and team captain at Hofstra in volleyball, in August 2009. The couple currently resides in Darnestown, Maryland, with their daughter, Campbell, and son, Patrick.
John Hogan joined the Georgetown University men’s lacrosse staff as an assistant coach in August of 2022. He came to the hilltop as offensive coordinator for the Hoyas after serving in the same roll at Richmond since 2020.
During his first season with the Hoyas, Hogan guided Georgetown’s offense to top-10 national rankings in man-up offense (2nd, .567), points per game (5th, 23.29), scoring offense (6th, 14.82) and assists per game (8th, 8.47). He helped guide attackman Tucker Dordevic to a 78-point season with 65 goals and 13 assists en route to earning USILA First Team All-America honors and being named a Tewaaraton Award Finalist. Dordevic was also named the BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year, First Team All-BIG EAST and the BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Graham Bundy Jr. and Brian Minicus also collected USILA All-America and All-BIG EAST recognition under Hogan while midfielder Patrick Crogan was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and attackman Jacob Kelly garnered Second Team All-BIG EAST honors.
Hogan helped the Spiders to a 2022 Southern Conference Championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Richmond’s offense ranked fourth in the NCAA with 9.06 assists per game and averaged 14 goals per game to rank 13th overall. Under Hogan’s tutelage, Ryan Lanchbury earned All-America honors and finished ninth nationally in points per game with 5.06.
In 2021, the Spiders won the SoCon Regular Season behind Hogan’s offense averaging 12.46 goals per game while leading the NCAA in man-up offense at a 63.4 percent clip. Hogan guided Lanchbury to SoCon Offensive Player of the Year honors with 67 points in 13 games while Richie Connell led the nation in man-up goals with 10.
Prior to his time at Richmond, Hogan was an assistant at Penn State in 2018 and 2019. He helped guide the Nittany Lions to the NCAA Tournament Semifinals in 2019 as PSU led the nation in both scoring offense (17.94 goals per game) and man-up efficiency (61.3 percent).
A standout midfielder at Cornell, Hogan was a two-time All-Ivy League performer as a junior and senior while leading the Big Red to three-straight Ivy League championships from 2013-15. He scored 92 career points (47G, 45A) and was named Cornell’s 2015 J.E.B. Sportsmanship Award recipient.
Hogan graduated from Cornell in 2015 with a degree in industrial and labor relations.
David Shriver (C'11, S'20) returned to the Hilltop as an assistant coach on the men's lacrosse staff in July of 2017. He previously spent six seasons at Penn State, including serving as the director of lacrosse operations for four years.
Shriver’s work with Georgetown’s goalies has made the position with the Hoyas synonymous with excellence. Since taking the reins of the GU netminders in 2018, he has guided three United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association First Team All-Americans in Nick Marrocco (2018) and Owen McElroy (2021, 2022) with McElroy earning back-to-back Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Outstanding Goalie Awards as the top player at his position in the nation in both 2021 and 2022. Both players also collected BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year honors as well.
For the third straight year, Georgetown once again led the nation in scoring defense (8.18) in 2022. McElroy finished second in the nation in both goals-against average (8.30) and save percentage (.617).
In 2021, Georgetown led the NCAA in scoring defense (8.31) and man-down defense (.829). For the second-straight year, McElroy led the nation in goals-against average (8.38) and was fifth in save percentage (.583) while averaging 10.75 saves per game. The Hoyas opened the season with back-to-back games allowing just one goal each as well.
During the COVID-19 shortened campaign in 2020, Shriver helped guide McElroy to a dominant season in net. McElroy led the NCAA in GAA (6.21) and save percentage (.689). He posted a 6-0 record in goal and averaged 9.67 saves per game. He would go on to earn Inside Lacrosse First Team Media All-American recognition and was selected to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List. As a team, the Hoyas led the NCAA in in scoring defense (6.33) and scoring margin (10.17) while allowing just one team to score more than 10 goals and holding opponents to under five goals three different times.
An integral part of Georgetown’s back-to-back BIG EAST Championships in 2018 and 2019, Shriver specialized in the development of Georgetown’s goalies. He oversaw senior Marrocco produce one of the best campaigns between the pipes in program history in 2018, becoming just the seventh Hoya, and first since 2008, to collect First Team USILA All-America accolades. He was the first GU player to be named BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year, was tabbed the Most Outstanding Player at the BIG EAST Championship and went on to a professional career with the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse, including an All-Star nod in 2019.
With the Nittany Lions, Shriver was instrumental with the team's offense by developing the extra-man unit and offensive personnel. Penn State reached the NCAA Tournament twice during his time in Happy Valley while posting 12-win seasons in both 2013 and 2017.
A former captain for the Blue & Gray, Shriver played in 28 games during his time in the Nation's Capital, primarily with the extra-man offense. He tallied seven goals during his tenure, including five in man-up situations. Georgetown won 32 games during his four seasons on the Hilltop.
Shriver earned his undergraduate degree from the College in 2011 and recently completed his master's in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown's School of Continuing Studies in 2020. He currently resides in Annapolis with his wife, Brooke and their son, Lane.
Ted Moon joins the Georgetown men’s lacrosse staff for the 2024 season with nearly 20 years of coaching experience. He works primarily with the faceoff specialists for the Hoyas.
Moon comes to the Hilltop from Mount St. Mary’s after guiding the Mountaineer faceoff unit to the third highest win percentage in NCAA Division I competition. Under Moon’s tutelage, Connor Beals improved his win percentage from 47% in 2022 to 65% in 2023 to finish second in the nation while being named the 2023 MAAC Face Off Specialist of the Year and a unanimous All-MAAC selection.
Before the Mount, the Washington, D.C. area native coached at the highest level of high school lacrosse at stops at Georgetown Prep, Bishop O’Connell and Paul VI. While his primary focus has been working with the face off specialists at these schools and independently, he also coached midfielders and the riding/clearing game as well as serving as the primary author of opponent scouting reports.
The 2014 US Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year for the Washington, D.C. area, Moon has mentored 19 student-athletes who have gone on to play collegiately, mostly at the Division I level. He coached future Denver starter and 2015 National Championship team member Chris Hampton, Michigan’s Jack Olson and Matis Cole, Lehigh’s Johnny Kidd, St. Bonaventure’s Grant Giunchi, as well as Dickinson’s Bobby Hartwick who was a 2019 USILA Second Team All-American. Moon was on the coaching staff for Georgetown Prep for their 1993, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 IAC Championship teams and is the only coach to be part of the NHSLS championship teams with two different schools (Prep in 2013 and Paul VI in 2021).
Moon has also served as a coach and evaluator for several high school all-star games and tournaments such as the Under Armour All-America Games and Brine Nationals. He has been an evaluator for the DC area tryouts since 2011 and coached a Spotlight team the last three years. He was also one of the few high school coaches to be a presenter (“Finding & Developing the FOGO”) at the IMLCA Conference in 2018.
A 1989 graduate from Michigan, Moon was a midfielder when the Wolverines competed at the MCLA level, helping to capture three conference titles and being voted co-captain in 1988 along with future inaugural Michigan Division I head coach John Paul. Moon also holds an MBA from Notre Dame, graduating with honors in 1993.
A 30-year veteran in marketing, Moon is the Founder of Pathfinder Interactive LLC, a marketing consultancy and media buying agency, after stints at Sprint Nextel and Capital One leading their digital marketing efforts.
O’Donnell enters his 3rd season as the Director of Lacrosse Operations for the Men’s Lacrosse team. He returned to the Hilltop in 2022 after serving as the Director of Team Operations for the athletics department from 2016-2018.
In his role, he manages the day-to-day operations of the team, as well as travel logistics for the season. He also oversees the student managerial staff and works with the program's budget.
O’Donnell has a strong background in sports having served in positions for the PGA TOUR and Mississippi State University Athletics.
A 2013 graduate of Bloomsburg University, O’Donnell went on to complete his Master’s in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown University in 2015.