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Tom Rotanz

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On December 12, 2015, Tom Rotanz was appointed as the college's first-ever mens lacrosse head coach.

St. Josephs College is excited to add Coach Rotanz to the Golden Eagle family, said Hill. He is a proven winner and has excelled at every level hes competed at. We couldnt have selected a better candidate to build our program from the ground up.

Rotanz, who arrives at St. Josephs having most recently served as a varsity assistant at Smithtown West High School, spent 18 years as varsity head coach at Shoreham-Wading River High School from 1995 to 2013 and led his program to 10 Suffolk County Championships, five Long Island Championships and three New York State Championships.

I'd like to thank Director of Athletics, Ms. Hill, and the hiring committee for giving me the opportunity to head the mens lacrosse team at St. Josephs College, said Rotanz of his hiring. The academic programs and facilities available at the college make this an ideal situation for men's lacrosse. St. Josephs sits in a lacrosse hotbed and will offer an ideal environment for student-athletes at the NCAA Division III level.

A three-time Newsday Long Island Coach of the Year (2001, 2003, 2007), Rotanzwho has been around the sport for over 40 yearscompiled a 256-99 career record at Shoreham-Wading River despite going 1-15 in his first season. Rotanz earned the first of six Suffolk County Coach of the Year honors he would receive in his career in 1999, two years before he led his Shoreham-Wading river program to a Suffolk County Championship in 2001. In 2002, the program repeated as Suffolk champs en route to claiming the Long Island and New York State Championships.

Under the direction of Rotanz, Shoreham-Wading River would sweep as Suffolk, Long Island and New York State champions two additional times in 2007 and 2012.

I brought a lot of playing experience with me with me to Shoreham-Wading River, a new program, in 1995, and within 7 years we went from a scrappy upstart to New York State champions with a top-10 national ranking.

A Ward Melville High School standout, Rotanz would claim All-American honors as a senior in 1977, a year after winning the Long Island Championship in 1976. After graduating, Rotanz attended Suffolk County Community College where he was a two-time NJCAA All-American and a part of the programs 1979 NJCAA National Championship team.