F. Morris Touchstone Award
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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.
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. 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.
United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is an association of institutions with varsity college lacrosse programs in all three NCAA divisions, founded in 1885.-Awards:...
to the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
Head Coach. The award was first presented in 1958.
The award is named after F. Morris Touchstone
F. Morris Touchstone
Francis Morris Touchstone was an American lacrosse coach. He served for 29 years as the head coach for the United States Military Academy's men's lacrosse team and is their all-time winningest coach by number of wins. While at Army, he led the Cadets to three national championships and 42 of his...
who was head coach at the United States Military Academy
Army Black Knights men's lacrosse
The Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team represents the United States Military Academy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse competition. During the team's 92-year history, it has won eight national championships and made fifteen postseason NCAA tournament...
from 1928 to 1957. While at Army, his teams had a record of 214-73-4 Of Army's 82 first-team All-Americans
USILA All-American Team
The USILA All-American Team is an honor given annually to the best American men's college lacrosse players at their respective positions by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. The term All-American is derived from the same practice in American college football, in which the...
, 42 played under Touchstone. 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
Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame
The US Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame, located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, is operated by US Lacrosse...
in 1960.
Award Winners
Year | Coach | School |
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1958 | Albert Twitchell | Rutgers |
1959 | John Faber Jack Faber John Edgar Faber, Jr. was an American microbiologist and college football and lacrosse coach at the University of Maryland. Faber served as the Maryland lacrosse coach from 1928 to 1963, during which time he compiled a 249–57 record and secured numerous national and conference championships... |
Maryland |
1960 | Willis Bilderback | Navy |
1961 | James Adams | Army |
1962 | J. Bruce Munro | Harvard |
1963 | Rux Yard | Denison |
1964 | A. Barr Snively A. Barr Snively A. Barr "Whoop" Snively II was an American football player and coach of lacrosse, football, and ice hockey. He played football for Princeton University from 1921 to 1923 and was captain of the 1923 team... |
New Hampshire |
1965 | Robert Scott | Johns Hopkins |
1966 | Donaldson Kelly | Washington College |
1967 | Ferris Thomsen | Princeton |
1968 | Robert Scott | Johns Hopkins |
1969 | Avery Blake Avery Blake Avery F. Blake Sr. was a college lacrosse player and coach. He served as the head lacrosse coach at his alma mater, Swarthmore College from 1931 to 1959... |
Pennsylvania |
1970 | Howard Myers,Jr. | Hofstra |
1971 | Richard M. Moran Richard M. Moran Richard M. "Richie" Moran is a Hall of Fame lacrosse player and coach.His playing career began as an All-County midfielder at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York from 1951–1955 and helped his team to four consecutive undefeated seasons before heading to the University of Maryland where... |
Cornell |
1972 | Robert Scott | Johns Hopkins |
1973 | Clayton Beardmore Bud Beardmore Clayton A. "Bud" Beardmore is a former American lacrosse coach. As head coach at the University of Maryland, Beardmore led the Terrapins to two NCAA tournament championships in 1973 and 1975... |
Maryland |
1974 | Jack Emmer Jack Emmer John S. Emmer is a former American lacrosse coach. He retired in 2005 as the winningest lacrosse coach in NCAA history by number of wins with 326. This mark was surpassed in 2008 by Jim Berkman of Division III Salisbury University... |
Washington & Lee |
1975 | Richard Szlasa | Navy |
1976 | Dick Garber | Massachusetts |
1977 | Richard M. Moran Richard M. Moran Richard M. "Richie" Moran is a Hall of Fame lacrosse player and coach.His playing career began as an All-County midfielder at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York from 1951–1955 and helped his team to four consecutive undefeated seasons before heading to the University of Maryland where... |
Cornell |
1978 | Dick Edell Dick Edell Richard "Dick" Edell is an American former lacrosse coach. He served as the head coach for the University of Maryland, United States Military Academy, and University of Baltimore's men's lacrosse teams... |
Army |
1979 | Bob Shillinglaw Bob Shillinglaw Robert Shillinglaw is an American lacrosse coach, noteworthy for having been the head coach of the University of Delaware Mens Lacrosse team since 1978. His record in 36 year of coaching at the college level 299-264, good for fourth on the active NCAA Division I coaching win list... |
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 Dom Starsia Dom Starsia is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach of the University of Virginia men's lacrosse program, with whom he has won four NCAA national championships, in 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2011. Previously, he served as the head coach of the Brown University lacrosse team where... |
Brown |
1986 | Bryan Matthews Bryan Matthews Sir Bryan Harold Cabot Matthews CBE FRS was Professor of Physiology, Cambridge University 1952-1973, Emeritus professor thereafter and Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.His elder brother was Leonard Harrison Matthews.... |
Navy |
1987 | Richard M. Moran Richard M. Moran Richard M. "Richie" Moran is a Hall of Fame lacrosse player and coach.His playing career began as an All-County midfielder at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York from 1951–1955 and helped his team to four consecutive undefeated seasons before heading to the University of Maryland where... |
Cornell |
1988 | Dave Cottle Dave Cottle Dave Cottle is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently a consultant to the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse and Marquette University, which announced it was addding men's and women's varsity lacrosse on December 16, 2010. He was previously the head coach for the Maryland Terrapins... |
Loyola |
1989 | Dick Garber | Massachusetts |
1990 | Mike Waldvogel | Yale |
1991 | Dom Starsia Dom Starsia Dom Starsia is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach of the University of Virginia men's lacrosse program, with whom he has won four NCAA national championships, in 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2011. Previously, he served as the head coach of the Brown University lacrosse team where... |
Brown |
1992 | Bill Tierney Bill Tierney William "Bill" Tierney is a Hall of Fame lacrosse coach at the University of Denver.Tierney played collegiate lacrosse at Cortland State, where in 1973, he played on the USILA national championship team... |
Princeton |
1993 | John Danowski John Danowski John Danowski is an American lacrosse coach who has been the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team since the 2007 season. Previously, he had spent 21 seasons as the head coach at Hofstra... |
Hofstra |
1994 | Peter Lasagna | Brown |
1995 | Dick Edell Dick Edell Richard "Dick" Edell is an American former lacrosse coach. He served as the head coach for the University of Maryland, United States Military Academy, and University of Baltimore's men's lacrosse teams... |
Maryland |
1996 | Sid Jamieson Sid Jamieson Sid Jamieson was Bucknell University's initial head coach for the men's college lacrosse team, serving from the inception of the program in 1968 until his retirement in 2005. He compiled a record of 248 wins and 240 losses to rank 15th among all Division I collegiate lacrosse coaches in victories... |
Bucknell |
1997 | Jack McGetrick | Hartford |
1998 | Jon Hind | Butler |
1999 | Bob Shillinglaw Bob Shillinglaw Robert Shillinglaw is an American lacrosse coach, noteworthy for having been the head coach of the University of Delaware Mens Lacrosse team since 1978. His record in 36 year of coaching at the college level 299-264, good for fourth on the active NCAA Division I coaching win list... |
Delaware |
2000 | Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala is the current Head Coach for the Johns Hopkins University Men's Lacrosse team. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest defensemen in lacrosse history, and is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is the only person to win an NCAA national championship as both a... |
Cornell |
2001 | Tony Seaman | Towson |
2002 | Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala is the current Head Coach for the Johns Hopkins University Men's Lacrosse team. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest defensemen in lacrosse history, and is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is the only person to win an NCAA national championship as both a... |
Johns Hopkins |
2003 | Jim Stagnitta | Rutgers |
2004 | Richie Meade Richie Meade Richie Meade is an American college lacrosse coach. He was the head coach of the Navy lacrosse team at the United States Naval Academy and at the University of Baltimore until they discontinued their athletics program... |
Navy |
2005 | Mike Pressler Mike Pressler Mike Pressler is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach of the Bryant University Bulldogs as well as the 2010 United States national lacrosse team. He served as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils for 16 seasons until he was fired during the 2006 Duke University lacrosse... |
Duke |
2006 | Greg Cannella | Massachusetts |
2007 | Scott Marr Scott Marr Scott Marr is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach for the University at Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse team. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Maryland and University of Delaware. Marr led the Great Danes to the school's first ever NCAA... |
Albany |
2008 | John Desko John Desko John Desko is the head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Syracuse University taking over the reins in 1999 from Hall of Fame coach Roy Simmons, Jr.... |
Syracuse |
2009 | Jeff Tambroni | Cornell |
2010 | John Danowski John Danowski John Danowski is an American lacrosse coach who has been the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team since the 2007 season. Previously, he had spent 21 seasons as the head coach at Hofstra... |
Duke |
2011 | Dom Starsia Dom Starsia Dom Starsia is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach of the University of Virginia men's lacrosse program, with whom he has won four NCAA national championships, in 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2011. Previously, he served as the head coach of the Brown University lacrosse team where... |
Virginia |
By individual
Rank | Name | Number of Awards | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1-T | Richard M. Moran | |
1971, 1977, 1987 |
1-T | Robert Scott | 1965, 1968, 1972 | |
1-T | Tony Seaman | 1983, 1984, 2001 | |
1-T | Dom Starsia | |
1985, 1991, 2011 |
5-T | Dick Edell | 1978, 1995 | |
5-T | Dick Garber | 1976, 1989 | |
5-T | Dave Pietramala | 2000, 2002 | |
5-T | Bob Shillinglaw | 1979, 1999 | |
5-T | John Danowski | |
1993, 2010 |
10-T | |
By University
Rank | School | Number of Awards | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cornell | 1971, 1977, 1987, 2000, 2009 | |
2-T | Johns Hopkins | 1965, 1968, 1972, 2002 | |
2-T | Navy | 1960, 1975, 1986, 2004 | |
4-T | Brown | 1985, 1991, 1994 | |
4-T | Maryland | 1959, 1973, 1995 | |
4-T | Massachusetts | 1976, 1989, 2006 | |
4-T | Pennsylvania | 1969, 1983, 1984 | |
8-T | Army | 1961, 1978 | |
8-T | Delaware | 1979, 1999 | |
8-T | Hofstra | 1970, 1993 | |
8-T | Princeton | 1967, 1992 | |
8-T | Syracuse | 1980, 2008 | |
8-T | Rutgers | 1958, 2003 | |
8-T | Duke | 2005, 2010 | |
15-T | |