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Chris Lewis

 
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Lewis became the 3rd head coach in Rollins men's lacrosse history on June 26, 2015 after serving as the Interim Head Coach for the final two months of 2015.

The 2020-21 school year will be Lewis' 10th at Rollins and sixth as head coach. He brings with him an overall record of 39-32 at the helm of the program.

In 2019 Lewis coached eight All-Conference selections, the most in program history. The Tars also earned their first All-American, as Evan Schimek was named an USILA Honorable Mention All-American defender. Greg Taicher was also named the SSC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, following a Second Team All-Conference performance.

In 2016, the Tars finished the year ranked #18 in the NCAA Division II national poll. During the season, the team was ranked as high as #17. The Tars also set a new benchmark in conference play when they advanced to the Sunshine State Conference Championship for the first time in Program history.

Lewis led the team to victories over 3 nationally ranked opponents: Lindenwood (10), Indianapolis (18), and Saint Leo (17), respectively. The 2016 Team improved in nearly every statistical category from the previous year, but most importantly improved its overall record to 10-6, producing a winning record for the first time in program history.

A 1988 graduate of SUNY Oswego, Lewis brings more than a decade of coaching experience in both football and lacrosse to the Rollins sideline. Lewis will also help extensively with the recruiting, scouting, and game planning activities. He immediately hit the recruiting trail spending time coaching and evaluating athletes in Maryland, New York, and New England prior to arriving in Winter Park at the start of the fall semester.

Prior to his work with the Tars, Coach Lewis was named the head assistant coach for the Northeast Ten Conference-powerhouse Merrimack College Warriors before the start of the 2008 season. He was assigned to work on the defensive side of the ball and quickly brought the unit to rank as one of the top defensive and man-down squads in Division II. That same year, the Warriors were the top team in Division II in man-down defense, with a kill rate of 89 percent. Additionally, the unit rose in the national rank for scoring defense from 10th to seventh, cutting 1.6 goals per game off their previous mark.

In 2009, Merrimack's defense rose to fourth in the country as the team rode a strong overall team game into the Division II Final four, the first time the Warriors had competed in post season play.