The F. Morris Touchstone Award is an award given by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association to the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I lacrosse head coach. The award was first presented in 1958. [1]
The award is named after F. Morris Touchstone who was head coach at the United States Military Academy from 1928 to 1957. While at Army, his teams had a record of 214-73-4. Of Army's 82 first-team All-Americans, 42 played under Touchstone. [2] and won the national championship in 1944, 1945 (co-winner with Navy), and 1951 (co-winner with Princeton). Touchstone was inducted in the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1960. [3]
Year | Coach | School |
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1958 | Albert Twitchell | Rutgers |
1959 | John Faber | Maryland |
1960 | Willis Bilderback | Navy |
1961 | James Adams | Army |
1962 | J. Bruce Munro | Harvard |
1963 | Rix Yard | Denison |
1964 | A. Barr Snively | New Hampshire |
1965 | Robert Scott | Johns Hopkins |
1966 | Donaldson Kelly | Washington College |
1967 | Ferris Thomsen | Princeton |
1968 | Robert Scott | Johns Hopkins |
1969 | Avery Blake | Pennsylvania |
1970 | Howard Myers,Jr. | Hofstra |
1971 | Richard M. Moran | Cornell |
1972 | Robert Scott | Johns Hopkins |
1973 | Clayton Beardmore | Maryland |
1974 | Jack Emmer | Washington & Lee |
1975 | Richard Szlasa | Navy |
1976 | Dick Garber | Massachusetts |
1977 | Richard M. Moran | Cornell |
1978 | Dick Edell | Army |
1979 | Bob Shillinglaw | Delaware |
1980 | Roy Simmons | Syracuse |
1981 | William Scroggs | North Carolina |
1982 | Paul Doherty | Adelphi |
1983 | Tony Seaman | Pennsylvania |
1984 | Tony Seaman | Pennsylvania |
1985 | Dom Starsia | Brown |
1986 | Bryan Matthews | Navy |
1987 | Richard M. Moran | Cornell |
1988 | Dave Cottle | Loyola |
1989 | Dick Garber | Massachusetts |
1990 | Mike Waldvogel | Yale |
1991 | Dom Starsia | Brown |
1992 | Bill Tierney | Princeton |
1993 | John Danowski | Hofstra |
1994 | Peter Lasagna | Brown |
1995 | Dick Edell | Maryland |
1996 | Sid Jamieson | Bucknell |
1997 | Jack McGetrick | Hartford |
1998 | Jon Hind | Butler |
1999 | Bob Shillinglaw | Delaware |
2000 | Dave Pietramala | Cornell |
2001 | Tony Seaman [4] | Towson |
2002 | Dave Pietramala [5] | Johns Hopkins |
2003 | Jim Stagnitta [6] | Rutgers |
2004 | Richie Meade [7] | Navy |
2005 | Mike Pressler [8] | Duke |
2006 | Greg Cannella [9] | Massachusetts |
2007 | Scott Marr [10] | Albany |
2008 | John Desko [11] | Syracuse |
2009 | Jeff Tambroni | Cornell |
2010 | John Danowski | Duke |
2011 | Dom Starsia | Virginia |
2012 | Charley Toomey [12] | Loyola |
2013 | John Danowski | Duke |
2014 | Eric Seremet | Air Force |
2015 | Bill Tierney | Denver |
2016 | Joe Breschi | North Carolina |
2017 | Shawn Nadelen | Towson |
2018 | Andy Shay | Yale |
2019 | Mike Murphy | Pennsylvania |
2020 | no award | (Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic) |
2021 | Kevin Warne | Georgetown |
2022 | John Tillman | Maryland |
2023 | Kevin Corrigan | Notre Dame |
Rank | Name | Number of Awards | Winning Years |
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1-T | Richard M. Moran | 3 | 1971, 1977, 1987 |
1-T | Robert Scott | 3 | 1965, 1968, 1972 |
1-T | Tony Seaman | 3 | 1983, 1984, 2001 |
1-T | Dom Starsia | 3 | 1985, 1991, 2011 |
1-T | John Danowski | 3 | 1993, 2010, 2013 |
6-T | Dick Edell | 2 | 1978, 1995 |
6-T | Dick Garber | 2 | 1976, 1989 |
6-T | Dave Pietramala | 2 | 2000, 2002 |
6-T | Bob Shillinglaw | 2 | 1979, 1999 |
6-T | Bill Tierney | 2 | 1992, 2015 |
11-T | Multiple winners tied with 1 |
Rank | School | Number of Awards | Winning Years |
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1 | Cornell | 5 | 1971, 1977, 1987, 2000, 2009 |
2-T | Johns Hopkins | 4 | 1965, 1968, 1972, 2002 |
2-T | Navy | 4 | 1960, 1975, 1986, 2004 |
2-T | Pennsylvania | 4 | 1969, 1983, 1984, 2019 |
2-T | Maryland | 4 | 1959, 1973, 1995, 2022 |
6-T | Brown | 3 | 1985, 1991, 1994 |
6-T | Massachusetts | 3 | 1976, 1989, 2006 |
6-T | Duke | 3 | 2005, 2010, 2013 |
9-T | Army | 2 | 1961, 1978 |
9-T | Delaware | 2 | 1979, 1999 |
9-T | Hofstra | 2 | 1970, 1993 |
9-T | Princeton | 2 | 1967, 1992 |
9-T | Syracuse | 2 | 1980, 2008 |
9-T | Rutgers | 2 | 1958, 2003 |
9-T | Loyola | 2 | 1998, 2012 |
9-T | North Carolina | 2 | 1981, 2016 |
9-T | Towson | 2 | 2001, 2017 |
9-T | Yale | 2 | 1990, 2018 |
19-T | Multiple winners tied with 1 |
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