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Tim Boyle

 
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Tim Boyle enters his fifth season as the head men's lacrosse coach at Wingate University in 2021.

Boyle led the Bulldogs to the SAC Tournament championship in each of his first three seasons (no SAC tourney in 2020 season). He also guided the 'Dogs to a regular season SAC title in 2019. Prior to his arrival, Wingate had never won a SAC championship of any kind. Boyle has guided the Bulldogs to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in his first three seasons. Wingate had one NCAA tournament appearance all-time before Boyle's arrival. He is 41-15 in his three-year Wingate career, going 21-4 in league play. In 20 years as a collegiate head lacrosse coach, Boyle has compiled an overall record of 189-88.

The 2020 season saw the Bulldogs jump out to a 4-2 start, which included a 13-7 victory over #10 UIndy. Wingate opened league play with an 18-7 victory over Lincoln Memorial on March 7. That would turn out to be the final game of the season, with all spring sports coming to an abrupt halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wingate was ranked in every USILA top 20 poll during the 2020 season.

The 2019 season saw the Bulldogs go 13-4 overall and 7-1 in league play to win the first regular season SAC title in program history to go along with a third consecutive SAC Tournament championship. Wingate earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years and third time in program history. The Bulldog defense led the conference in goals-against average in 2019. Wingate had 10 players earn all-conference honors, including 2019 SAC Player of the Year Alex Llerandi. Wingate had a pair of USILA All-Americans in Llerandi and Sean Moran, while Llerandi and RJ Neal both earned USILA/Warrior Scholar All-America accolades.

In his second season at Wingate in 2018, Boyle led the Bulldogs to an 11-5 record, going 7-1 in the SAC to finish in second place in the league standings. Wingate knocked off third-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne 12-9 in the SAC title game to capture a second straight SAC title. Conor Gronbach was named a third team All-American, while eight Bulldogs earned all-conference accolades, with Chris Gazzio earning Gronbach as a first team honoree.