Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse explained

Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse
University:Bellarmine University
Conference:ASUN Conference
Location:Louisville, Kentucky
Coach:Andrew Whitley
Stadium:Owsley B. Frazier Stadium

The Bellarmine Knights Men's Lacrosse team is a college lacrosse team that represents Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The school has been an all-sports member of the ASUN Conference since 2020, but men's lacrosse spent the 2021 season (2020–21 school year) as an associate member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), in which it had competed since the 2015 season. With the reinstatement of ASUN men's lacrosse competition for the 2022 season, Bellarmine moved that sport to its full-time conference home.[1]

Jack McGetrick helped found the Bellarmine Knights lacrosse program in 2004 in anticipation of starting competition in the spring of 2005. He was head coach of the program until he lost his long battle with cancer in October 2010.[2]

In July 2019, Bellarmine University's athletic department named Andrew Whitley the next head coach of the Knights men's lacrosse program.[3]

The revival of ASUN men's lacrosse saw the two full ASUN members with men's lacrosse programs separate, with Bellarmine moving to the ASUN while Jacksonville remained in the SoCon. The Knights were joined in the revived ASUN league by five new associate members—Air Force, Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and Utah.[1]

History

Conference affiliations

Year by year results


All-time coaching records

Head Coach YearsWin–loss–tiePct.
Jack McGetrick2005-201045-41.523
Bart Sullivan2011 (Interim)[5] 4-11.267
Kevin Burns2012-201835-54.393
Jay Sothoron2018 (Interim)[6] 1-1.500
Jim Mitchell20193-10.231
Andrew Whitley2020–present17–32.347

Notes and References

  1. ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League . ASUN Conference . February 5, 2021 . February 6, 2021.
  2. Web site: Bellarmine mourns death of Coach Jack McGetrick. athletics.bellarmine.edu. en. 2021-01-14.
  3. Web site: Bellarmine names Whitley men's lacrosse coach. soconsports.com. en. 2021-01-14.
  4. Web site: Bellarmine Knights Becomes Seventh Member of GWLL. ohiostatebuckeyes.com. en. 2021-01-14.
  5. Web site: New season brings new era for Bellarmine lacrosse. athletics.bellarmine.edu. en. 2021-01-14.
  6. Web site: Bellarmine and Head Coach Kevin Burns Part Ways. lacrossebucket.com. en. 2021-01-14.