England Lacrosse are pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Scarpello as Assistant Coach to the England men’s senior squad.

Men’s Head Coach, Doug Shanahan has moved to add the experienced Scarpello to his coaching staff, joining fellow assistants Mike Bartlett and Sam Patterson.

Scarpello has been Head Coach of NCAA DIII Farleigh Dickinson University (FDU) for the last 20 years first taking up the role in 2001 after a season spent as assistant coach at University of Delaware and Head Coach at Cabrini University for four years.

In that time he has led the team to 15 play-off berths, four conference final appearances, and the MAC conference Championship in 2009 where Scarpello was named coach of the year.

Scarpello is also very familiar with the World Championships experience having coached Bermuda at the last three world events; as assistant coach in 2010 and 2014 before advancing to the Head Coach role in 2018.

Since 2018, he has also been Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations at FDU, overseeing wider aspects of the athletic programme as well as obtaining a Masters in Sports Administration from FDU in 2013.

Despite the postponement of the men’s European Championship this summer for a second time due to the pandemic, the senior men’s programme continues to build towards getting the squad in the best position possible for any rearranged Championship and then looking ahead to the 2023 World Championship in Los Angeles.

England Lacrosse are delighted to have Patrick onboard with the men’s squad and we would like to welcome him to the England Lacrosse team.