Richie Moran: Who Was The American Coach?

Richard M. Moran was an accomplished lacrosse player and coach in the American Hall of Fame.

Moran’s head coaching career began in 1961 at Manhasset High School, where he went 67-5 in five seasons, winning the Long Island Championship from 1962 to 1964.

Moran became the first lacrosse coach at Elmont Memorial High School in 1966, and he immediately established a 29-3 record and two league championships in two seasons

His teams won 15 Ivy League championships, including 10 straight from 1974 to 1983, and finished three times as national runners-up, falling in the final game in 1978, 1987, and 1988.

Moran also set an NCAA record by leading his teams to 42 consecutive victories from 1976 to 1978, as well as an Ivy League record of 39 consecutive conference victories.

Moran was inducted into the Lacrosse Halls of Fame in Manhasset, Long Island, and Upstate New York, as well as the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame and, most recently, the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

Moran is also regarded as a lacrosse innovator for bringing the game to a larger pool of talented lacrosse players, notably by attracting box lacrosse players from Canada and high school talent from upstate New York.