Men's Lacrosse
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- Assistant Coach
Bill Lawson enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Mountain Hawks. Prior to coming to Lehigh, Lawson had much success as the head coach of Lafayette College’s men lacrosse program. Lawson was named the 1991 Patriot League Coach of the Year and was responsible fro more than 65 percent of Lafayette’s all-time victories in men’s lacrosse, compiling 155 victories during his time in Easton.
Lawson’s extensive contributions to Men’s Lacrosse have not gone unnoticed, as he was awarded with the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s “Howdy Myers Man of the Year Award” in 2000. The annual award is presented by the USILA to the person who has contributed to the game of lacrosse in a capacity over and above the normal effects and has shown unselfish and undying devotion. In 2001, Lawson was one of a select number of coaches who helped coach at the U.S. National Team tryouts for the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships. Another of Lawson’s most recent achievements was in February 2002, when he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Some of Lawson’s other credentials also include coaching the annual North-South all-star game, serving as a clinician at the NCAA-sponsored YES (Youth Education through Sports) Clinic held in conjunction with the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships.
A 1959 graduate of Springfield College, Lawson joined the Lafayette coaching staff in 1965 as both the swimming and tennis team’s head coach, before assuming the position of men’s lacrosse coach in 1972. He retained his swimming position until 1986 and is in his final season as the school’s diving coach. The Wilmington, DE, native earned a master’s degree from Westfield State College.
Lawson and his wife Peggy reside on College Hill in Easton.
