Jon Torpey Named Head Coach for High Point Men's Lacrosse

HANOVER, N.H. —Men's lacrosse associate head coach Jon Torpey was named the head coach for the High Point University men's lacrosse team on Wednesday. He will remain on the Dartmouth staff through May of 2011 and will join the Panthers full time in June. Torpey will be the first men's lacrosse coach in the school's history when it plays its first season in the 2012-13 academic year.

"I told coach Towers and the rest of the staff it was going to be tough to leave Dartmouth," said Torpey. "But I feel this is an opportunity to be a head coach at an unbelievable place, and we are going to do great things there. For the next year though, I am committed to Dartmouth. I'm fully committed to seeing this season through and I want to win an Ivy League Championship. That is a goal that is not going to waver."

Torpey joined the Big Green staff in 2009-10 as the top assistant and defensive coach after spending four years at the University of Denver. In a 5-8 season for Dartmouth, he coached the Big Green to the third-lowest goals against in the Ivy League and led the team to the second-best penalty-killing percentage in the league. The highlight of the season was holding sixth-ranked Cornell to six goals at Gillette Stadium in the 8-6 upset win. The Big Red averaged 11.18 goals per game during the 2010 season.

High Point's full release on the hiring of Torpey can be found here.

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