Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Loyola (MD) |
Playing career | |
1987–1990 | Loyola |
1992 | Baltimore Thunder |
1993 | Boston Blazers |
Position(s) | Goalkeeper |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1991–1992 | Loyola (assistant) |
1993 | NAPS |
1994–1995 | Navy (assistant) |
1996–1998 | Severn School |
1999–2005 | Loyola (assistant) |
2006–present | Loyola |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 170–85 (.667) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
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Charley Toomey is an American lacrosse coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse team at Loyola University Maryland.
A native of Arnold, Maryland, Toomey initially attended Martin Spalding High School before reclassifying and playing a fifth prep year at the Boys' Latin School of Maryland. [1] [2]
Toomey played college lacrosse for Loyola as a goalkeeper and helped bring them to the school's first NCAA final in 1990. [3] He also played professionally for both the Baltimore Thunder and the original Boston Blazers, although he only played in three games during the two years he played. [3] [4]
Toomey was hired to at his alma mater, Loyola, as head coach on December 21, 2005. [2] As head coach of the Greyhounds, he led the team to win the NCAA Division I lacrosse championship on May 28, 2012, completing the year with an 18 and 1 record. The team's one loss was to Johns Hopkins. Toomey was named the 2012 winner of the F. Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year. [5]
On April 6, 2024, Toomey earned his 182nd victory, surpassing his former head coach Dave Cottle to become the winningest coach in Loyola lacrosse history. [2]