Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse Welcomes Jon Torpey as Top Assistant

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's lacrosse program and head coach Andrew Towers have announced that Jon Torpey has been hired as the top assistant for the Big Green.

Torpey comes to Hanover after a four-year stint at the University of Denver as an associate head coach for the Pioneers.

“The entire Dartmouth community is very fortunate to have Jon and his family move into the area,” said Towers. “He is a superb lacrosse coach, another head coach really, and an even better person. Jon is hyper competitive, a tireless worker and recruiter, and his X's and O's are as cutting edge as there are in the sport today. He immediately makes our program better and more efficient in all areas. I am ecstatic that he accepted the position.”

During his years as part of the Denver staff, Torpey helped lead the Pioneers to two Great Western Lacrosse League championships with one coming as the program's first outright title in 2006 and gave Denver its first NCAA appearance. In his first season he helped the Pioneers to a 9-5 overall record, a share of the GWLL title and a No. 18 final ranking in the USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll.

Prior to joining the Denver staff and while playing in the National Lacrosse League, Torpey was an assistant coach at Denison University. He helped the team make it to the 2001 Division III final four. Torpey spent three seasons at Goucher College in Baltimore, where his defense went from outside the rankings to No. 13 in the country in scoring defense, allowing just 8.14 goals per game.

Torpey, a 2000 graduate of Ohio State University, was a three-time captain and All-Academic Big Ten selection for the Buckeyes. He was also named a Street and Smith College Lacrosse USA All-American as a senior and was a four-time Scholar Athlete Award Winner at Ohio State. In addition, he was a finalist for the Big Ten Medal of Honor and the Corwin A. Fergus Award.

Upon graduation, Torpey played with the Columbus Landsharks, the Philadelphia Wings and the Colorado Mammoth for two seasons each, including winning the 2006 World Championship. Torpey also played with the Denver Outlaws and Philadelphia Barrage of the MLL and he won titles with each of them as he was an MLL champion in 2004-05 and 2005-06. He spent one summer with the Victoria Shamrocks in the WLA and won the Mann Cup.

Torpey earned his bachelor's degree in education in 2000 and earned his master's degree in sports administration and education at Goucher College in 2003 during his time as an assistant coach.

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