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Scott Marr

 
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Scott Marr completed his 21st season as UAlbany's head coach in 2021.

The only coach hired in the Division I era at the University at Albany, Marr, a six-time America East Coach of the Year, has coached the Great Danes to nine America East Tournament titles, 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and six NCAA Tournament victories. He has a 186-126 career record at UAlbany and has coached Tewaaraton winners in 2014 and 2015, 35 All-Americans, six Tewaaraton finalists, two Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award winners for Most Outstanding DI Player, three Lt. Col. J.L. Turnbull Award winners for the best Attackman in the nation, one Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award winner for best goalkeeper in the nation, nine America East Players of the Year and 113 all-conference players.

On March 12, the 2020 season was cut short after five games due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent decisions made by the NCAA and its member conferences and institutions to cancel spring events. UAlbany, picked third in the preseason conference poll, had gone 2-3 before the season was ended. Two Great Danes, Jakob Patterson and Alex Burgmaster, earned Preseason All-Conference recognition from Inside Lacrosse.

In 2019, the Great Danes finished 5-9 overall, seeing its season end in the semifinal round of the America East Tournament. Despite the step back, UAlbany boasted the America East Offensive Player of the Year in Jakob Patterson, who finished the season with 25 goals and 32 assists for 57 total points, leading six America East All-Conference selections, including four on the First Team.

UAlbany earned its first-ever trip to Championship Weekend in 2018, winning the America East Tournament for the ninth time and finishing with a 16-3 record, tying a program record for wins in a season, with Marr being voted the America East Coach of the Year for the sixth time. UAlbany was ranked #1 in the nation, in each the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll, for six weeks. The team earned a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament, its highest-placement ever in the postseason, and won two games in the tournament over Richmond and Denver, also earning victories in the regular season over NCAA participants Syracuse, Maryland, Cornell and UMass. For the second straight year, UAlbany had the highest scoring offense in Division I with 14.42 goals per game, also being first in assists per game, points per game, scoring margin and face-off percentage.