Bill Tierney

Bill Tierney
Biographical details
Born	September 26, 1952
Playing career
1970–1973	Cortland State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1984	RIT
1985–1987	Johns Hopkins (assistant)
1988–2009	Princeton
2010–present	Denver
Head coaching record
Overall	398–134
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship; 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship; 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship; 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship; 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship; 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship; 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship;
Awards
	As player: 1973 USILA Small College National Championship; As coach: 1980 F. Morris Touchstone Award; 2002 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame;

William G. Tierney (born September 26, 1952) is an American lacrosse coach who currently heads the men's lacrosse team at the University of Denver. Tierney is the first college lacrosse coach to win an NCAA DI Championship west of the Eastern Time Zone.[1] He has coached seven NCAA DI championship teams, including six at Princeton University and one at the University of Denver. Tierney's teams have had a combined winning percentage of .750.

Personal life

Tierney is a devout Catholic.

Player

Tierney played collegiate lacrosse at Cortland State where he was also a member of Delta Kappa Beta fraternity.[2] In 1973, he played on the USILA national championship team.[3] In 1972, Tierney was a member of a seminal Cortland NCAA Semifinal team that upset Navy. Following college, Tierney pursued a master's degree at Adelphi University, and coached high school lacrosse at Great Neck South High School, then Levittown Memorial High School.[4]

Coach

In 1982, Tierney's took his first collegiate coaching position with the Rochester Institute of Technology. He took the team to its first NCAA tournaments in both 1983 and 1984. In 1983, he earned the Division III Coach of the Year.[5] Following this success, Tierney joined the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays as an assistant lacrosse coach (winning two national championships), and also served as head coach of the soccer team from 1985 to 1987.[4]

In 1988, Tierney accepted the position as head coach of the Princeton Tigers. He acquired a program that was underdeveloped, and quickly turned it around. Tierney's Tigers won six NCAA championships (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001) in nine years, and have appeared in eight NCAA championship games, nine NCAA Final Fours and 11 Ivy League championships.[4] In 1992, Tierney was awarded USILA Coach of the Year honors.[6]

Internationally, Tierney coached Team USA to a Gold Medal with a 15-14 OT win over Canada in the 1998 World Lacrosse Championships[4]

In 2002, Tierney was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame with the distinction of being "a truly great coach."[3]

In 1998 and 2001, Tierney and his sons Trevor (a goaltender) and Brendan (midfield/attack), became the first father-sons combination to win a NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship together. His daughter Brianne Tierney, a former player at Loyola of Maryland and Colgate, is currently the women's head coach at Kent State, which will begin varsity play in the 2019 season; her husband Dylan Sheridan is the assistant coach at Ohio State and was the men's head coach at Cleveland State.[7]

Coach Tierney began coaching the men's lacrosse team at the University of Denver on July 1, 2009. Coach Tierney called the change a "wonderful opportunity to start this new chapter in my life."[5]

On May 25, 2015 Coach Tierney led Denver to the team's first National Championship. They beat Maryland by a score of 10-5. Denver was the 10th different school to raise the trophy and the first team west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Head coaching record

University of Denver

Season	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	Postseason
2019	10	5	.667	—
2018	13	4	.765	Lost in quarterfinal of NCAA Division I tournament
2017	13	4	.765	Lost in semifinal of NCAA Division I tournament
2016	13	3	.813	Lost in 1st round of NCAA Division I tournament
2015	17	2	.895	Won NCAA Division I Championship
2014	16	3	.842	Lost in semifinal of NCAA Division I tournament
2013	14	5	.737	Lost in semifinal of NCAA Division I tournament
2012	9	7	.562	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division I tournament
2011	15	3	.833	Lost in semifinal of NCAA Division I tournament
2010	12	5	.706	Lost in 1st round of NCAA Division I tournament

Princeton University

Season	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	Postseason
2009	13	3	.812	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division I tournament
2008	7	6	.538	—
2007	10	4	.714	Lost in 1st round of NCAA Division I tournament
2006	11	5	.688	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division I tournament
2005	5	7	.417	—
2004	11	4	.733	Lost in semifinals of NCAA Division I tournament
2003	11	4	.733	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division I tournament
2002	10	5	.667	Lost in finals of NCAA Division I tournament
2001	14	1	.933	Won NCAA Division I Championship
2000	12	3	.800	Lost in finals of NCAA Division I tournament
1999	9	4	.692	Lost in 1st round of NCAA Division III tournament
1998	14	1	.933	Won NCAA Division I Championship
1997	15	0	1.000	Won NCAA Division I Championship
1996	14	1	.933	Won NCAA Division I Championship
1995	11	4	.733	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division III tournament
1994	14	1	.933	Won NCAA Division I Championship
1993	13	2	.832	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division I tournament
1992	13	2	.867	Won NCAA Division I Championship
1991	11	3	.786	Lost in 1st round of NCAA Division I tournament
1990	11	4	.688	Lost in quarterfinals of NCAA Division I tournament
1989	3	11	.214	—
1988	2	10	.167	—

Rochester Institute

Season	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	Postseason
1984	11	3	.786	Lost in Semifinals of NCAA Division III tournament
1983	11	3	.786	Lost in 1st round of NCAA Division III tournament
1982	10	2	.833	—

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References

"Pioneers win 1st men's lacrosse title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
https://sites.google.com/site/deltakappabetacortland/home
"Bill Tierney's National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Bio". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
"Bill Tierney's Princeton Tiger Bio". Princeton.edu. Archived from the original on September 20, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
"Denver Athletics: Bill Tierney Named Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at Denver". University of Denver. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
"US LAcrosse Division I Awards". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
"Brianne Tierney". Kent State Golden Flashes. Retrieved November 4, 2017.

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[espn_nat-1] "Pioneers win 1st men's lacrosse title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

[2] ttps://sites.google.com/site/deltakappabetacortland/home

[hof-3] "Bill Tierney's National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Bio". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

[princeton-4] "Bill Tierney's Princeton Tiger Bio". Princeton.edu. Archived from the original on September 20, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

[DA-5] "Denver Athletics: Bill Tierney Named Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at Denver". University of Denver. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-19.

[6] "US LAcrosse Division I Awards". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

[7] "Brianne Tierney". Kent State Golden Flashes. Retrieved November 4, 2017.