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Eric Wolf

 
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Wolf, an America East alumnus & coach with nearly 15 years of combined experience, has been named the second-ever head coach of the NJIT Men’s Lacrosse program.

“We are excited to have Eric Wolf accept our offer to be the second Head Lacrosse Coach in NJIT lacrosse history. We were fortunate to have a lot of interest in the position and spoke with a number of excellent candidates. Eric quickly rose to the top of the list and I am looking forward to working with him in making our lacrosse program one of the best in the America East and the region,” Kaplan said of the hire.

Wolf joins Highlander Nation after spending the last five seasons as head coach at Long Island University/LIU Post and making prior stops at Harvard, UAlbany and Siena.

“My family and I want to thank Associate Vice President & Athletic Director Lenny Kaplan as well as Senior Associate Director of Athletics Andrew Schwartz for this tremendous opportunity. The belief and trust that NJIT has put in me gives me great confidence to help lead this program to success. I’m so excited to begin the process with our staff and team and I can’t wait to get to work,” Wolf said after accepting the position.

In his head coaching debut, Wolf oversaw one of the more unique situations in the country as he went from leading the Division II LIU Post Pioneers for two seasons (2018-19) to overseeing the program’s first three years in Division I (2020-22) after the merger of LIU’s Brooklyn and Post campuses into one institution.

The Sharks adjusted to Division I and the Northeast Conference well in their first two full seasons (LIU’s 2020 debut campaign was cut short due to COVID-19), qualifying for the four-team NEC Tournament both years on the strength of two back-to-back NEC major award winners in Offensive Player of the Year Richie LaCalandra and Defensive Player of the Year Will Mark. During his first two years at LIU Post, Wolf posted a pair of 10-plus win campaigns and reached two East Coast Conference Championship games behind the efforts of All-Americans Connor Farrell and William Snelders.

Overall, Wolf went 35-29 (19-8 in conference play) in five seasons at LIU, including 16-21 (9-6 NEC) in three Division I seasons, 13-13 (9-6 NEC) over the last two, and 21-10 (10-2 ECC) at LIU Post.

Wolf arrived at LIU with a wealth of experience, serving as an assistant coach at the Division I level from 2009-17.