Dan Corcoran enters his second season with Coast Guard men's lacrosse. Prior to joining staff, Coach Corcoran was the Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at nearby Mitchell College, spending the 2023 and 2024 seasons at the helm of the Pilgrims. Before that, he held the role of Defensive Coordinator for Trinity (Conn.) men's lacrosse from 2020 to 2023.
Coach Corcoran was the Assistant Men's Lacrosse Coach just down the Mohegan Avenue Parkway at Connecticut College, working there from February 2010 to February 2019; he also served as the Interim Head Coach of the team near the end of his tenure. During his time at Conn College, Corcoran helped the Camels to their only two NCAA DIII Men's Lacrosse Tournament appearances in program history (2010 & 2012). In the process, they also became just the second men's athletics program in Conn College history to reach two NCAA Tournaments; the Camels also reached the NESCAC Final Four twice during this period.
Over the course of his career, Coach Corcoran has gained a reputation as a proven recruiter with a strong history of player development. He has recruited and coached numerous All-American and All-NESCAC selections, one of which became a positional player of the year and a two-time First Team All- American.
Corcoran served as Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at Simsbury High School from 2006 to 2009 before making the jump to a collegiate coaching career. While there, he was named the 2008 U.S. Lacrosse CT High School Coach of the Year. His teams played to a 58-12 overall record and produced six high school All-Americans, 22 All-Conference players, two Hartford Courant Players of the Year, and two Academic All-Americans.
A native of Dix Hills, N.Y. who played lacrosse at Adelphi University, Corcoran is the Founder and Director of Rip-It Lacrosse, a Connecticut-based club lacrosse program. Since its founding in 2003, Rip-It has serviced around 1000 youth boys' and girls' players annually through camps, clinics, and elite travel teams. The program has helped place over 250 collegiate lacrosse student-athletes across all three NCAA divisions.
Corcoran and his wife, Barbara, currently reside in West Hartford, Conn. They four children: Tyler, Ryan, Hannah, and Meghan.
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