Alfred University

Alfred, NY 14802

New York Northeast

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Julie Decker

Julie Decker was named as the 11th head coach of the Saxon women’s lacrosse program in June of 2022.

Prior to joining the purple & gold, Coach Decker was the head coach at SUNY Plattsburgh for four years, joining the staff in 2017 and building the program from scratch with its inaugural season launching in 2019. Decker and the Cardinals started their 2020 season with a 4-0 record before the COVID-19 global pandemic erased the remaining scheduled contests. In her final season at Plattsburgh, Coach Decker and the Cardinals earned the programs’ first conference wins, defeating SUNYAC opponent, SUNY Potsdam twice.

Coach Decker has coached across the continental United States, with her prior stay to Plattsburgh at Fort Lewis College in Colorado, a NCAA Division II institution. She coached there for three years, ending her stint there with a winning, 26-18 record along with three RMAC Tournament appearances, finishing in the semifinals each time. Coach Decker was also selected to coach in the 2016 IWLCA North-South Senior All-Star Game, helping her South All-Star team to a win.

Decker has also served as a Board Representative for the IWLCA Division II where she was the Liaison to the Academic Awards Committee for a year. Prior to that, she was the assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Fresno State for two years. Decker was the head women’s lacrosse coach for a year at Hilbert College right after a year stay as the assistant field hockey coach at SUNY Geneseo. Her first coaching responsibility after graduating college was a two-year stint as the assistant women’s lacrosse coach at SUNY Geneseo in 2009 before adding the field hockey role in 2010.

As a player, Decker played for the Golden Eagles of SUNY Brockport, graduating with her Bachelors of Science in Physical Education in December of 2008 and then earning her Masters of Science in Athletic Administration in December of 2012. In her junior season with the Golden Eagles, Decker led the team in goals with 49 and draw controls with 36. She was also second on the team in points with 73 as she added 24 assists. Her senior season, she had a team-high 41 goals while adding 14 assists for 55 points as well as 28 draw controls and 14 ground balls. She finished her career with 141 goals, 63 assists, 204 points, 104 draw controls and 72 ground balls.

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Katelyn McCabe

Katelyn McCabe joined the Alfred University women's lacrosse coaching staff in August, 2021. A native of Lindenhurst, N.Y., McCabe will assist Decker with game and practice planning, recruiting, and player development.

McCabe comes to the magic valley after spending two seasons with the Plattsburgh State women’s lacrosse program. One of the program’s original members, McCabe played in the 2019 and 2020 seasons on the defensive end, playing in 19 career games over the two seasons. In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, McCabe served as one of the defensive leaders for a Plattsburgh team that started a perfect 4-0 in just its second varsity season. McCabe graduated Plattsburgh State with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in May of 2020.

McCabe served as a volunteer coach for the Plattsburgh Youth Girls Lacrosse team in 2019 and secured internships with the United States Marshals Service and the Suffolk County Probation Department.

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Jason Lockner

Jason Lockner was appointed head coach of men’s lacrosse at Alfred University in the prior to the 2006 season. He is the 10th Head Coach in AU men's lacrosse history. He came to AU from Alfred State College, where he served as Head Coach men’s lacrosse and soccer from 1997-2005.

Lockner is the winningest coach in AU men's lacrosse program history surpassing legendary Head Coach Al Brown on the all-time wins list with his 86th win over the University of Dallas in 2018. Also during the 2018 season, Lockner led the Saxons to their first Empire 8 Conference Championship tournament in program history. Coach Lockner also reached his 100th win at AU with the final win of the 2019 season over Elmira College.

In nine seasons at Alfred State, Lockner guided the Pioneers to a 75-40 overall record. In each of the last seven seasons, Alfred State was nationally ranked among National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) teams. Between 2000 and 2005, the Pioneers posted at least 10 wins per season.

In 2001, Lockner was named NJCAA Region III and National Coach of the Year. He coached eight All- Americans and more than 20 All-Region III and Academic All-Americans during his tenure at Alfred State.

Lockner was an All-Region and All-American defenseman as well as an Academic All-American while playing at Corning Community College, where he earned an associate's degree in liberal arts in 1991. He transferred to SUNY Cortland, where he was a two-year starter and the team leader in ground balls. He earned a bachelor's degree in health science from Cortland in 1994 and a master's degree in education from Cortland in 2000.

Prior to taking the head coaching job at Alfred State, Lockner served as assistant men's lacrosse coach at Cortland from 1993-96. At Alfred State, he also served as men's soccer coach and a physical education instructor. Lockner was inducted into the Alfred State College 2022 Hall of Fame class.

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Adam Dupree

Adam DuPree began his tenure as an assistant coach for the AU men’s lacrosse team in 2006, serving primarily as the defensive coordinator. DuPree has coached eleven Empire 8 All-Conference defensemen as well as one USILA All-American in Jake Spadoni '13 and one ECAC First Team All-Region player in Shane Weber '20.

As the defensive coordinator, DuPree aided AU to an Empire 8 second-best 129 goals allowed in 2018. Other highlights in 2018 include the Saxons finished sixth in the nation in caused turnovers per game (12.53), 11th ground balls per game (38.67) and 19th in clearing percentage (.873).

A native of Penn Yan, NY, DuPree was a teammate of AU head coach Jason Lockner at Corning Community College and also played at Herkimer Community College. DuPree was an assistant under Lockner for four years at Alfred State College, where he helped coach four junior college All-Americans.

DuPree has an associate's degrees in math and liberal arts from Corning Community College. He lives in Corning with wife Stella, their two sons and a daughter.