St. Mary’s College’s Chris Hasbrouck Joins SMS Lacrosse Staff.

SMS Lacrosse announces the addition of Chris Hasbrouck to their coaching staff. Coach Hasbrouck brings Sixteen years of college coaching experience, including eleven years as an assistant at Salisbury University.  While at Salisbury, Hasbrouck and the Sea Gulls captured five Division III national championship titles.  He then spent two years as the head coach at Limestone College where Hasbrouck was voted the 2005 Division II Coach of the Year after leading his team to the national championship game.

For the past three seasons, he has served as the head coach of the St. Mary's College of Maryland men’s lacrosse program.  Hasbrouck has made the Seahawks one of the frontrunners of the Capital Athletic Conference, earning 2009 CAC Coach of the Year honors.  Through his guidance, St. Mary's has become relevant in the world of Division III lacrosse.  In Hasbrouck’s five years as a collegiate head coach, he has developed countless number of high-caliber players, including nine U.S. Lacrosse All-American’s.

Hasbrouck graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in physical education from Salisbury University in 1995 and then earned a master's in education in 1997.

Coach Hasbrouck on SMS: “I’m extremely excited to begin working with SMS, Coach Montes, Coach Zecca, Coach Ganley and the rest of the SMS organization.  I have been impressed with the caliber of play and the level of coaching the players receive.  I feel that my coaching philosophy is very much in tune with that of the SMS organization.  The coaching staff works diligently to offer their players a first-class experience and have a proven track record of success.  Year in and year out, the SMS teams compete with the very best high school club teams in the country.  This is without a doubt a win-win, and I’m looking forward to getting started.”

Greg Zecca, General Manager of SMS, on Coach Hasbrouck: “In our efforts to continue to offer the best program around, there really was only one place to look.  Coach Hasbrouck has distinguished himself in the lacrosse world and we believe that his passion and knowledge of the game matches ours.  Our track record of success in getting kids recruited to play college lacrosse speaks for itself.  By adding Coach Hasbrouck, we have insured our continued success.”