Brendan Callahan - Men's Lacrosse Coach - Dartmouth College Athletics

Brendan Callahan

Title:
Head Coach
Alma Mater:
Stony Brook ’07
Email:
Dartmouth.Men.Lacrosse@dartmouth.edu
Phone (603):
646-8157
At Dartmouth:
9th Year (2023)

Callahan wrapped up his ninth year as Dartmouth men’s lacrosse head coach in 2023.

Career Highlights:
- Since 2019, the Big Green increased their win total every year (excluding the one game played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
- Since 2020, Dartmouth record against nonleague opponents stood at 13-5.
- Elevated the program's ranking from averaging an RPI in the 60s from 2015 to 2019 to four weeks receiving votes in the national top 20 polls.
- Dartmouth's team GPA improved from just over 3.0 to one of the top in all of NCAA Men's Lacrosse (coming in at 3.69 in 2022).

Year	W-L
2015	5-8
2016	1-13
2017	2-11
2018	2-11
2019	2-11
2020	3-1
2021	0-1
2022	4-9
2023	6-6
Total	25-71

2023:
The 2023 season saw a major step forward for the Dartmouth men's lacrosse program..

Team Notables:
- Dartmouth’s 6-6 record marked its most wins and first time with a .500 or better final record since 2008.
- It also marked the fourth straight season the Big Green increased their win total (excluding the one game against Division III Tufts in 2021).
- The Big Green began the season 4-0, their best start since 2003.
- Dartmouth was the second-to-last undefeated team in the nation, along with eventual national champion Notre Dame.
- The Big Green staged a fourth-quarter comeback to beat Harvard in the Ivy League opener, 10-9 in overtime. It was Dartmouth’s first league win since 2015.
- Dartmouth received votes in at least one of the national polls every week in March, reaching as high as fourth in others receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and USILA Coaches Poll on March 27, following the win over Harvard. That week, the Big Green also received as high as fifth in the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Poll.
- Following their win over Hobart, the Big Green were also ranked 20th nationally by Quint Kessenich, and by Lacrosse Network, the week of March 13.

The Big Green continue to gain national attention???? Dartmouth comes in at #20 in @QKessenich’s top 20, is receiving votes in both the @Inside_Lacrosse media and @USILA_Lax coaches poll, and moved up to #6 in the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Poll!#TheWoods pic.twitter.com/gKhE0t9eDS
— Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse (@DartmouthMLax) March 14, 2023

- The Harvard win also marked the second straight season the Big Green beat a reigning NCAA Tournament team (along with Bryant in 2022).
- Offensively, the Big Green’s 140 goals in 12 games were their most since 2008 when they had 150 in 14 contests.
- Dartmouth reached double-figure goals in four Ivy League games, which was also the most since 2008.
- Bridging the end of 2022 and most of 2023, Dartmouth had scored a man-up goal in 15 straight games, marking the longest active streak in the nation.
- Dartmouth scored 17 or more goals three teams: at Holy Cross (17), Hobart (20) and Hampton (18), the first time that’s happened since 1996.
- The Big Green’s 17-6 win at Holy Cross marked their largest margin of victory since March 9, 2004.
- Dartmouth came back from 7-1 down to beat Hobart, 20-16, for the program’s first win over the Statesmen since 1995. The Big Green also handed Hobart its first-ever loss in the Thomas B. Poole ’61 and Family Sports Dome.

.@DartmouthMLax has spent the past eight seasons building a foundation for sustained success. The Big Green are finally seeing the results — and their comeback over Hobart was a perfect example of how it's all come together.https://t.co/Z1WfkXqKxp
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) March 10, 2023

Individual Notables:
- Emmett Paradine was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Dartmouth’s first major award winner since 2007 and fifth all-time.

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Today, @emmett_paradine was named @IvyLeague Rookie of the Year — our first @IvyLeague major award winner since 2007!

Look back to season that was from the nation’s fourth leading rookie scorer among midfielders ??#TheWoods?? | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/WKONLexXLx
— Dartmouth Men’s Lacrosse (@DartmouthMLax) May 3, 2023

- Paradine posted 10 points in the win over Hobart via seven goals and three assists. He was the only Division I men’s lacrosse rookie to reach double-figure points in a game this season.
- Mitchell Myers and Nate Davis were both named second team All-Ivy.
- Following Myers being named to the first team and Daniel Hincks to the second team in 2021, it marked the first time the Big Green have had multiple players named first or second team All-Ivy in consecutive seasons since 2005-06.
- Myers became the first Dartmouth player to become a two-time All-Ivy honoree, with one of them being a first-team honor, since Casey Hingtegen was second team in 2008 and 2009, and first in 2010.
- Myers was named a midseason honorable mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse.
- The Big Green led the Ivy League with five Rookie of the Week honors. Paradine won it three times while goaltender Sam Cooper and long-stick midfielder Max LaTorre also received the honor.
- Colin McGill finished with 46 points (31 goals, 15 assists), the most points by a Dartmouth player since 2008.
- Fifth-year Peter Rizzotti, who was named NEILA second team All-New England, led the Ivy League and finished 11th nationally with 1.92 caused turnovers per game. He finished the season with 23 caused turnovers and ended his career with a program-record 64.

2022: The Big Green showed impressive progress in 2022, beginning the season 4-1 which included an 11-9 win at defending NEC Champion Bryant and an 8-7 home victory over eventual America East Champion Vermont. In Ivy League play, Dartmouth was ever-so close to breaking through against some of the nation’s elite. In a season that saw six Ivy League teams advance to the NCAA Tournament, the Big Green fell to eventual national finalist Cornell, 8-7, in a game they were leading until 6:23 remaining and tied until 3:08 on the clock. Dartmouth later dropped a 12-10 final at No. 3 Princeton, who would also advance to the Final Four, in a game the Big Green were leading early in the fourth quarter. In addition, Dartmouth dropped a 16-12 final to a Penn team that went on to be seeded in the NCAA Tournament, while dropping a 14-13 final to Stony Brook in nonleague action.

Individually, goaltender Daniel Hincks was named an honorable mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse, the Big Green’s first All-American since Casey Hingten in 2010. Hincks, who was also named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, finished the season with a 52.0 save percentage, including six games with 15+ saves. Hincks was a second team All-Ivy honoree while faceoff specialist Mitchell Myers was named to the first team and Andrew Johnston garnered honorable mention. Myers became Dartmouth’s first first-team honoree since 2015 and just the program’s second since 2010.

2021: The Big Green played just one game in 2021 in a season shortened by the pandemic. Dartmouth faced Division III defending national champion Tufts and fell by a score of 15-9. George Prince was named Academic All-Ivy.

2020: Dartmouth had a record of 3-1 before the season was ended due to COVID-19. Opening 2020 with wins over Merrimack, Bryant and UMass Lowell gave the Big Green their best start since 2006. After the campaign ended, Mitchell Myers was named to College Crosse's All-Freshmen honorable mention team. Ben Martin was named Academic All-Ivy and was selected by the Connecticut Hammerheads in the Major League Lacrosse Draft.

2019: Dartmouth ended the year with a record of 2-11. For the second season in a row, the Big Green defeated Wagner by a score of 11-4 (March 2) and followed that up a few weeks later with an 11-7 defeat of Binghamton (March 16). Peter Rizzotti made it onto the All-Ivy honorable mention team and was selected to College Crosse's 2019 All-Freshmen second team, while Daniel Hincks was an honorable mention. Ben Martin was tabbed to the Academic All-Ivy Team.

2018: The Big Green wrapped up 2018 by going 2-11 overall. They opened the season on a high note with a 13-12 victory over Canisius at home, with Jack Korzelius scoring the game winner with 1.9 seconds to go in the fourth quarter. Dartmouth's second win was another close one, a 9-8 victory over Wagner two weeks later. At the conclusion of the season, Korzelius was drafted by the Atlanta Blaze with the 56th overall pick, was named Academic All-Ivy and to the All-Ivy second team, along with Austin Meacham.

2017: Dartmouth ended the season with an overall record of 2-11 and an 0-6 mark in Ivy League action. The Big Green picked up their first win of the year in the form of an 11-9 win over Vermont on Feb. 28 and got their second victory on April 11, defeating UMass Lowell by a score of 14-8. At the conclusion of the season, Jack Korzelius was named All-Ivy second team, while Austin Meacham was an honorable mention. A few days later, Wiley Osborne and Timmy Burke were two of 75 players to earn selection to the 2017 New England Collegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Academic All-New England Teams.

2016: The Big Green ended up with a record of 1-13 and 0-6 in Ivy League play. On March 19, Dartmouth had a huge 13-12 win over Big Ten's Michigan on the road during the teams' first-ever meeting. Jack Korzelius was named All-Ivy honorable mention for his 17 goals, seven assists and 24 points throughout the season.

2015: During his first season at Dartmouth, Callahan led the Big Green to a record of 5-8 and a conference mark of 1-5, which included a huge 12-11 double-overtime thriller over Harvard to kick off Ivy League play. Phil Hession was named first team All-Ivy, while Robert Osgood was a second-team selection. Hession was also selected to the NEILA All-New England second team for both faceoffs and midfielders, and was named a USILA Scholar All-American.

Prior to Dartmouth:
Callahan came to Hanover after spending seven years as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Lehigh. He helped guide Lehigh to three consecutive league championship game appearances (2012-14), back-to-back Patriot League Championships as well as berths in the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2013. From 2007-11, he served as the second assistant under head coach Kevin Cassese. His primary duties with the Mountain Hawks were as defensive coordinator, including overseeing the goalkeepers.

Before arriving at Lehigh, Callahan enjoyed a successful four-year career at Stony Brook, serving as captain of the Seawolves and garnering Second-Team All-America East laurels as a goaltender. He was an All-Rookie Team selection in 2004, as well as an STX/USILA All-American after leading the nation in save percentage and goals against average.

Off the field, Callahan was involved in a number of activities, including the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Board and he was selected by the NCAA to represent Stony Brook at the 2005 NCAA Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Callahan earned his bachelor's degree in health care management in 2007 and later got his master's degree in education from Lehigh.