Stewart Moan

Stewart Moan

Title: Head Coach/Director of Athletics Facilities
Phone: 570-372-4069
Email: moan@susqu.edu

Stewart Moan was named Susquehanna University’s head men’s lacrosse coach and director of athletics facilities in the summer of 2007.

Coach Moan brought to Susquehanna a wealth of knowledge and winning experience. He came to Susquehanna after serving as the head men’s lacrosse coach at SUNY Oneonta from 2002 to 2007, where he compiled a 61-43 record, including a 13-5 mark in 2002 and a 12-5 mark in 2007. Overall, he has compiled 192 wins in 22 seasons as a head coach.

In 2011, he helped lead SU to its winningest season ever as the Crusaders racked up 11 victories and earned a Landmark Conference postseason berth for the first time in program history.

Moan graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury University and received a Master of Science degree in recreation administration from Morgan State University.

He began his collegiate coaching career at Haverford College with the 1987 season, where he spent two years as both head men’s lacrosse and head women’s basketball coach.

He then moved to Lynchburg College, where he guided the Hornets to a 67–40 record from 1989 to 1995. In 1994, Lynchburg ranked as high as No. 14 in NCAA Division III on its way to a 12–3 record. That year, Moan was selected as head coach for the Division III North/South All-Star game.

After stints as an assistant coach at the Division I level at Duke University (1995–96), Lafayette College (1996–97) and Villanova University (1997–98), Moan became head coach at Marymount University (Va.) for the 1999 season and guided the Saints to a 29–22 record in three seasons.

During his tenure at Marymount, he was named Capital Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2000 and led the team to its first-ever national ranking. Moan was named the State University of New York Athletic Conference’s Coach of the Year while at Oneonta State in 2005.

He has been a member of several Division III advisory committees, served as regional chair of the Division III All-American committee, was chair of the men’s lacrosse sport committee for the Capital Athletic Conference and the SUNYAC and has been a featured speaker at the US Lacrosse national convention.

He is currently chairman of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association League-Sanctioning Committee and director of the USILA North-South Senior All-Star Game.

Dan Torie

Dan Torie

Nickname: Tornado
Title: Assistant Coach
Phone: 570-372-4585
Email: torie@susqu.edu

Dan Torie was named Men’s Assistant Lacrosse Coach, Defensive Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator, starting in the fall of 2010.

Torie graduated from Susquehanna in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He was a standout midfielder for SU, and was elected as the Crusader’s team captain as a junior and senior. Following his senior season, the "Tornado" was selected as the squad’s Best Defensive Player and led the team in ground balls.

He began his coaching career as a student assistant at Susquehanna where he guided the defense and goalkeepers. Upon graduation, Torie was hired as the Assistant Coach and Defensive Coordinator at the Hendrix College Men’s Lacrosse program in Conway, Arkansas.

A native of Wexford, Pa., he is a graduate of North Allegheny High School. While there, he was appointed to the All-Western Pennsylvania Scholastic Associated (WPSLA) Team as a keeper and was selected as the Keystone State Games Most Valuable Player in 2003.

Mike Burns

Mike Burns

Title: Assistant Coach
Phone: 570-372-4585
Email: burnsmj@susqu.edu

Mike Burns completed his fifth year as an assistant lacrosse coach for the Crusaders in 2011, continuing his work with the defense under current Head Coach Stewart Moan.

As a men's lacrosse player for Whittier College, he was a letterwinner on a defense that ranked third in the nation by US Lacrosse. Whittier allowed the lowest number of goals in Division III during the 2000 season.

Upon his graduation from Whittier in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development and Psychology, he returned to the east coast as a youth pastor while coaching his local club lacrosse team.

A native of Maryland's eastern shore, Burns attended Queen Anne's County High School. At Queen Anne's, his lacrosse team contended for the state 3A/4A title his sophomore, junior and senior years. He lettered a combined eight times in lacrosse, wrestling and football throughout his high school years.

Burns is currently working on a Master of Science degree in School Counseling at nearby Bucknell University.



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