Tucker Kear - Men's Lacrosse Coach - Dartmouth College Athletics

Tucker Kear

Title:
Assistant Coach

June 2015

Tucker Kear is entering his second season as an assistant coach with the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team.

Kear came to Hanover after spending two years as the head coach at Bard. He served as the second head coach in Bard's history and its first since the revival of the team after it was stripped of varsity status in 2011. He earned the Raptors’ first-ever win at the 2014 season-opening game and, throughout the team’s first year of games, led the squad to six victories with a roster that included just three upperclassmen and 14 freshmen.

While building a program and running practices, Kear was also in charge of purchasing supplies and equipment, organizing team travel, and establishing a lacrosse outreach program through day camps and winter leagues for local youths. On top of his coaching responsibilities, he also served as the Assistant Director of Athletics for the two years that he was with the Raptors. In 2014, the Bard men’s lacrosse team was named the college’s Team of the Year.

Prior to restarting the program at Bard, Kear was the assistant coach at Union, a position he held from 2007-11, until he was named the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. Kear helped lead the Dutchmen to their first Liberty League championship and NCAA playoff bid in program history. In 2008, he was recognized as part of the Liberty League’s Coaching Staff of the Year and, in 2011, was named the NCAA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year at the annual USILA National Coaches Convention.

Kear received a degree in English literature from SUNY Albany in 2006. He had Division I playing experience at UMass Amherst and Butler.