Charley Toomey Explained

Charley Toomey
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Loyola (MD)
Player Years1:1987–1990
Player Team1:Loyola
Player Years2:1992
Player Team2:Baltimore Thunder
Player Years3:1993
Player Team3:Boston Blazers
Player Positions:Goalkeeper
Coach Years1:1991–1992
Coach Team1:Loyola (assistant)
Coach Years2:1993
Coach Team2:NAPS
Coach Years3:1994–1995
Coach Team3:Navy (assistant)
Coach Years4:1996–1998
Coach Team4:Severn School
Coach Years5:1999–2005
Coach Team5:Loyola (assistant)
Coach Years6:2006–present
Coach Team6:Loyola
Overall Record:170–85 (.667)
Championships:
  • 2012 NCAA Division I national championship
Awards:As player:
  • Third team USILA All-American 1990
  • Honorable mention USILA All-American 1989

As coach:

Charley Toomey is an American lacrosse coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse team at Loyola University Maryland.

Playing career

A native of Arnold, Maryland, Toomey initially attended Martin Spalding High School before reclassifying and playing a fifth prep year at the Boys' Latin School of Maryland.[1] [2]

Toomey played college lacrosse for Loyola as a goalkeeper and helped bring them to the school's first NCAA final in 1990.[3] He also played professionally for both the Baltimore Thunder and the original Boston Blazers, although he only played in three games during the two years he played.[4]

Coaching career

Toomey was hired to at his alma mater, Loyola, as head coach on December 21, 2005.[2] As head coach of the Greyhounds, he led the team to win the NCAA Division I lacrosse championship on May 28, 2012, completing the year with an 18 and 1 record. The team's one loss was to Johns Hopkins. Toomey was named the 2012 winner of the F. Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year.[5]

On April 6, 2024, Toomey earned his 182nd victory, surpassing his former head coach Dave Cottle to become the winningest coach in Loyola lacrosse history.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Charley Toomey to be honored for accomplishments as player, coach. The Capital. Bill. Wagner. January 23, 2019. November 15, 2024.
  2. News: Navy men’s lacrosse offensive coordinator Dave Cottle facing off against former player, assistant Charley Toomey. The Capital. Bill. Wagner. April 18, 2024. November 15, 2024.
  3. Web site: Player Bio: Charley Toomey . Loyola Official Athletic Site . 2009-05-31.
  4. Web site: NLL Player Career Stats . NLL.com . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100810045156/http://nll.com/careerstats.php . 2010-08-10 .
  5. Web site: Toomey Named USILA Coach Of The Year . Loyola Official Athletic Site . 2012-12-07.