| Taylor Wray | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Saint Joseph's |
| Current Record: | 120–69 |
| Birth Date: | June 27, 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Player Years1: | 2000–2003 |
| Player Team1: | Duke |
| Player Years2: | 2004–2006 |
| Player Team2: | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Player Years3: | 2007–2012 |
| Player Team3: | Philadelphia Wings |
| Coach Years1: | 2003–2006 |
| Coach Team1: | Queens University of Charlotte (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2007 |
| Coach Team2: | National Sports Academy |
| Coach Years3: | 2008–2011 |
| Coach Team3: | Lehigh (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–present |
| Coach Team4: | Saint Joseph's |
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Taylor Wray (born June 27, 1981) is a Canadian lacrosse coach and former player. Wray is the current Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's University men's lacrosse team. Wray played for the Calgary Roughnecks and Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. Taylor's older brother Devan Wray is a former NLL player and former assistant coach for the Edmonton Rush.[1]
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Wray began his career with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2004, and won the NLL Championship with the Roughnecks that year. Wray was named both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2004.
In July 2007, Wray was traded to the Philadelphia Wings in a three-team blockbuster trade.[2]
Prior to the 2008 NCAA season, Wray was named Assistant Coach of the Lehigh University lacrosse team, under Head Coach Kevin Cassese. Prior to this, He had served as Assistant Coach for Queens University of Charlotte.[3]
During the summer of 2011, Wray was named Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's University men's lacrosse team. Prior to the start of the 2013 season, Philadelphia head coach Johnny Mouradian announced that Wray has told the team he will not be returning to Wings.
Wray improved the St. Joseph Hawks' win total by six in 2012. In his third season as coach, Wray led the Hawks to the NEC Regular Season Championship, after going undefeated in conference play. The Hawks were regular season champions four out of the next five seasons and appeared in three NEC Title Games.[4]
Wray won his first conference tournament in 2022 while once again leading the Hawks through NEC play undefeated. The Hawks made their first ever NCAA Tournament that year, losing to Yale in the first round 18–16.[5] [6]
Wray is the winningest coach in Saint Joseph's lacrosse history with a record of 120–69 in 13 seasons. Over that time, Wray has won eight conference coach of the years, coached four All-Americans, and two PLL draft picks.[4]
Wray married Lauren Gallagher, a former All-American Lacrosse player at Duke. They have two sons and a daughter.[4]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2004 | Calgary | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 82 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | Calgary | 11 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 90 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2006 | Calgary | 14 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 102 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Calgary | 16 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 119 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Philadelphia | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 86 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Philadelphia | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2010 | Philadelphia | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011 | Philadelphia | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NLL Totals | 104 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 634 | 250 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 8 | |||