John Tillman (lacrosse)

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John Tillman
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Tillman as Navy assistant in 2007
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Maryland
Conference Big Ten
Record160–40 (.800)
Annual salary$341,000 [1]
(contract through 2022) [2]
Playing career
1988 Colgate
1991 Cornell
1997–1999 Baltimore Thunder
2000 Washington Power
Position(s) Goalkeeper, defenseman, midfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1995 Ithaca College (asst.)
1996–2007 Navy (asst.)
2008–2010 Harvard
2011–present Maryland
Head coaching record
Overall180–59 (.753)
Tournaments21–8 (NCAA)
2–2 (ACC); 7–3 (Big Ten)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA (2017, 2022)
4× Big Ten Tournament (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
ACC Tournament (2011)
Awards
2× Maryland State Coaches Association Assistant COY (2004, 2006)

John C. Tillman (born c. 1970) is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach for the University of Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team. He previously served as the head coach at Harvard University and as an assistant coach at the Naval Academy and Ithaca College.

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Early life

A native of Corning, New York, Tillman served in the United States Navy as a fleet support officer. [3] He attended college at Colgate University before transferring to Cornell University. [2] Upon transferring, he changed his lacrosse position from goalkeeper to defensive midfielder. [2] Tillman earned a varsity letter with the Colgate Raiders in 1988, [4] and with the Cornell Big Red in 1991. [5] He graduated from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in 1991. [6]

Tillman played professionally in the National Lacrosse League for the Baltimore Thunder from 1997 to 1999 and the Washington Power in 2000. He also played at the amateur level for the Toyota Lacrosse Club, which won five consecutive Southern Division Championships and a world championship in 2000. [3]

Coaching career

After graduating from college, Tillman worked as an assistant coach at Ithaca College from 1992 to 1995. [6] Tillman then moved to the United States Naval Academy, where he served as an assistant and formulated the offensive game plans for the Midshipmen. [6] In 2002, he was promoted to the position of Head Assistant Coach, and from 2004 to 2007, Navy was one of just five NCAA teams to qualify for the tournament each season. [6] In each of those years, Navy also won both the Patriot League regular season and tournament championships. [6] In 2004, Navy advanced to the NCAA tournament championship game before falling to Syracuse, 14–13. [7]

Harvard

In September 2007, Harvard University hired Tillman as the Crimson's head coach. [7] In his first season, Harvard finished with a 6–8 record and 1–5 against Ivy League competition. [6] In 2009, Inside Lacrosse magazine ranked Harvard's incoming freshman class as the third-best in the nation. [8] That year, the Crimson improved to an 8–5 record, including 3–3 in the Ivy League. [6] In 2010, Harvard defeated sixth-ranked Princeton for the first time since 1990. [6] The Crimson finished the season with a 6–6 record. [9] He finished his tenure at Harvard with a 20–19 record.

Maryland

On June 15, 2010, Inside Lacrosse and The Baltimore Sun reported that the University of Maryland had hired Tillman to replace former head coach Dave Cottle. [10] [11] He was signed to a seven-year contract with a base salary of $150,000 per annum. [1] [2] Tillman stated that the long-term contract was the deciding factor in taking the job, rather than remain at Harvard. "I think what it showed me was that the administration at Maryland believed in me." [2]

In his first season at Maryland, Tillman's Terrapins finished with a 13–5 record, the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship, and as national runners-up after a loss to Virginia in the NCAA championship game. Tillman inherited an experienced squad with 17 seniors from one of the highest ranked 2007 recruiting classes. [12] Rather than overhaul the team, Tillman made minor adjustments to terminology and refocused the defensive scheme from man-to-man match-ups to team containment. [13] During the postseason, Tillman remained in contact with his two predecessors at Maryland. He discussed his players and their personalities with former coach Dave Cottle, whom he invited to address the team after the regular season in which they lost to four underdog opponents. [13] Tillman also consulted with Hall of Fame inductee Dick Edell, who led Maryland to three finishes as national runners-up. Edell, whose teams lost the championship game in 1995, 1997, and 1998 said, "I will counsel people on the semifinals. I don't have a useful thing to say about the final." [14]

After the season, Navy expressed interest in hiring Tillman as replacement for retired head coach Richie Meade, but he elected to remain at Maryland. [15]

Personal life

He is the brother of Mac and Tim Tillman. [16]

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  1. 1 2 , 24-7 Sports, retrieved Jun 15, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tillman brings expectations, experience to Maryland men's lacrosse; Former Harvard coach spent 12 years as Navy assistant, The Baltimore Sun, June 16, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Player Bio: John Tilman, Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine United States Naval Academy, retrieved June 15, 2010.
  4. ↑ All-Time Letterwinners (PDF), Colgate Lacrosse Record Book, p. 13, Colgate University, 2009,
  5. ↑ All-Time Letterwinners (PDF), Cornell University, 2009. retrieved June 15, 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 John Tillman, Harvard University, retrieved June 15, 2010.
  7. 1 2 John Tillman Named New Men's Lacrosse Skipper; Former Navy assistant inherits a 5-7 team from '07, The Crimson, September 6, 2007.
  8. ↑ Tillman Feature in Lacrosse Magazine, Harvard University, September 22, 2009.
  9. ↑ Team Info: Harvard University Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine , Inside Lacrosse, retrieved June 15, 2010.
  10. ↑ Sources: Harvard's Tillman to be named Maryland head coach Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine , Inside Lacrosse, June 15, 2010.
  11. ↑ Harvard's Tillman agrees to coach Maryland lacrosse; He becomes program's ninth head coach, succeeds Cottle [ permanent dead link ], The Baltimore Sun, June 15, 2010.
  12. ↑ May Madness: Maryland Building Relationships While Revamping Its Defense Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine , Inside Lacrosse, May 29, 2011.
  13. 1 2 Patrick Stevens, Trip to final four sign of the times for Terps, The Washington Times, May 29, 2011.
  14. ↑ Patrick Stevens, Dick Edell's out of advice for John Tillman, The Washington Times, May 30, 2011.
  15. ↑ Maryland men's lacrosse coach John Tillman to stay in College Park, The Washington Post, June 2, 2011.
  16. ↑ Klingaman, Mike (2011-02-20). "Maryland's John Tillman has worked his way to the top". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
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