Coaches

Amanda Moore

Amanda (Barnes) Moore was named head coach for the Ohio State women’s lacrosse team in June 2023. She came to Ohio State after seven years in the same role at East Carolina and is the fourth head coach in program history, with the first year of varsity lacrosse at Ohio State in 1996.


Moore started her collegiate coaching career at Ohio State as an assistant coach for two seasons before a year at Boston University. She spent five years on the staff at Duke and was then named head coach for the ECU Pirates in June 2016. Moore was tasked with establishing the team, spending a year developing the program before the inaugural season in 2017-18. A part of nine NCAA appearances as a player and coach, she was a four-year letterwinner at North Carolina, with the squad reaching the NCAA quarterfinals each of her four seasons. She is a member of the NCAA Rules Committee and the IWLCA All-American Committee for the southern region.


At East Carolina, Moore guided the Pirates to a .500 record or better in each of the last three campaigns. The squad had 15 all-conference honorees during her time at the helm and has been outstanding in the classroom, with a team grade-point average of 3.45 or better since the inception of the program. This past year the program won the Pirate Service Team Award, with the players each averaging more than 11 hours service. The women’s lacrosse team also had the largest single-day Pirate Club fund donations among all ECU sports and had the third-highest participation number across the athletics department.


The native of Bel Air, Md., served as the defensive coordinator and goalie coach at Duke from September 2011 through June 2016. The squad made five NCAA appearances, including a trip to the semifinals in 2015 and three quarterfinal berths. Seven Blue Devils earned All-America honors, with 20 all-conference accolades, including four among the team’s goalies.


Moore spent the 2010-11 school year at Boston University, where the Terriers had the co-America East Player of the Year, three all-conference selections and two named to the league all-rookie team. She was the assistant defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator.


At Ohio State for the 2009 and 2010 campaigns, Moore was primarily responsible for the goalies and defense. She guided Annie Carruthers to the 2010 American Lacrosse Conference Goalie of the Year award and Kristen Gilwee to then-program records for career saves and wins. Buckeyes earned an All-America honor, the league rookie of the year accolade and six all-conference honors during her two years in Columbus.


Moore earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise sport science – sport administration, with a minor in English, from North Carolina in 2008. She was an ACC Academic Honor Roll selection throughout her career.


She and her husband, Jonathan, have two children, Cade and Evangeline, and the family has a dog, Gunner.

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Nick Myers

In 11 seasons at the helm of the Ohio State men’s lacrosse program, head coach Nick Myers has taken the Buckeyes to places they’ve never been before. And through his tireless efforts – and those of his coaching staff – he also has Ohio State primed for even greater heights moving forward.


Over his first 11 seasons, Myers has posted a 101-74 ledger overall and a 33-27 conference record. Ohio State’s ascension culminated with a trip to the 2017 Final Four and national championship game. Myers also has the programs first postseason title on his resume (2013 ECAC Tournament championship), in addition to two Creator’s Trophy titles, a share of a league regular-season title, a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals three times (2013, ’15, ‘17) and to a No. 3 seed in the 2013 and 2017 NCAA Tournaments. In 2018, he was voted by his peers as the co-Big Ten Coach of the Year.


Under his tutelage, members of the program have garnered 21 USILA All-America honors, 44 all-conference nods and 11 conference player of the year accolades. Over the past 10 years, members of the Ohio State squad have earned 174 Academic All-Big Ten accolades and 243 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete nods, along with the first 12 USILA Scholar All-American selections in program history.


The team’s community service numbers rise each year, with the program volunteering more than 2,500 hours in the community the last six seasons combined.


This past spring, Myers and the Buckeyes got off to one of the best starts in school history, going unbeaten in non-conference play for the first time ever. With a 11-10 overtime win at Notre Dame, Myers became the first coach in program history to win 100 games. He coached two All-Big Ten selections – Ryan Terefenko and Justin Inacio – along with the conference’s co-Specialist of the Year (Inacio). He also led the Scarlet and Gray to their first-ever road wins at UMass, Hofstra and Johns Hopkins.


In 2018, Myers and the Buckeyes played their best lacrosse in the final month of the season, rallying to knock off No. 20 Michigan, No. 1 Maryland and No. 9 Rutgers in three consecutive weeks to earn a birth to the Big Ten Tournament. In the process, Myers also became the winningest coach in program history, notching his 93rd career triumph in a 10-7 victory over the Scarlet Knights. Myers and his staff coached a Big Ten Freshmen of the Year (Justin Inacio) for the second consecutive season while also producing four USILA All-Americans: Ben Randall (first team), Ryan Terefenko (third team), Tre Leclaire (honorable mention) and Erik Evans (honorable mention).


Myers’ 2017 team put together a memorable run that resulted in the program’s first-ever trip to Championship Weekend. The Buckeyes set a school record by winning 16 games and by virtue of a 16-11 win over Duke in the NCAA Quarterfinals, advanced to the Final Four. In Foxboro, the Buckeyes came from behind to beat Towson in the national semifinals, punching a ticket college lacrosse’s biggest stage: the NCAA title game. Along the way, several of Myers’ players earned recognition: junior defenseman Ben Randall became the first Buckeye in program history to be a USILA First Team All-American while faceoff specialist Jake Withers earned second team honors, Tre Leclaire and Tom Carey were third team selections and Eric Fannell and Ryan Terefenko were honorable mention choices. The four first/second/third team honorees are a program best.


During the Summer of 2016, Myers led Team USA to the gold medal at the FIL Under-19 World Championship. The squad was 6-0 in the tournament and rallied from an 8-2 deficit in the championship game to win the title, Team USA’s eighth consecutive gold medal.


The 2016 the Buckeyes (7-8) took on a Top 20 team in eight of their final nine games and had five one-goal decisions. Buckeyes claimed half of the Big Ten Player of the Year awards, with Robby Haus named defensive player of the year and Jake Withers receiving specialist honors; both were also named First Team All-Big Ten. Haus, who was a Third Team All-American, was joined by Carter Brown as USILA Scholar All-Americans. The Showdown in The Shoe, which had a crowd of nearly 55,000 by the end of the game, saw the Buckeyes post their fifth consecutive win over Michigan. Twenty-four Buckeyes represented the program at the Scholar-Athlete Dinner and 14 were named to the Academic All-Big Ten squad.


In 2015, Myers led the Buckeyes into a new era, as the Big Ten Conference sponsored men’s lacrosse for the first time. Ohio State, which ended the year 12-7 overall (3-2 B1G), advanced to the inaugural Big Ten Tournament championship game and earned an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament. In the first round of the NCAA tourney, the Buckeyes went on the road and defeated two-time defending champion Duke before falling in the quarterfinals to eventual national champion Denver. During the season, the Buckeyes claimed the Creator’s Trophy with road wins over Penn State and Michigan and topped three of the NCAA semifinalists while also hosting the Showdown in The Shoe before a crowd of more than 44,000 by the end of the game. Three Buckeyes earned USILA All-America accolades, as Jesse King and Haus were named to the third team and Tom Carey was an honorable mention choice, while five were recognized by the Big Ten, with King and Brown named First Team All-Big Ten. Academically, 24 Buckeyes were invited to the Scholar-Athlete Dinner, with 15 earning a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team, and Turner Evans and Christopher May both were named USILA Scholar All-Americans.


In 2014, the Buckeyes (6-8) shared the ECAC regular season title in the last year competing in the conference, posting a 3-1 league ledger and earning a spot in the conference tournament. The Showdown in the Shoe returned to Ohio Stadium, with the Buckeyes downing Michigan in front of more than 31,000 fans prior to the Ohio State football spring game. Joe Meurer was named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year and led eight Buckeyes as all-conference selections. Meurer and King, a Tewaaraton Award Top 25 candidate, earned USILA All-America accolades, with King on the third team and Meurer an honorable mention pick. Meurer also was named a Scholar All-American by the USILA.


The 2013 campaign was one of the best in program history, posting a 13-4 ledger for the most wins for a Buckeye team since 1978. Ten of the victories were during the regular season, just the fifth time a Buckeye team hit double-digit wins before entering postseason play. The squad downed both Penn State and Michigan on the road to claim the Creator’s Trophy for the first time. Wins over ranked opponents Loyola and Denver lifted the Buckeyes to the ECAC tournament crown and the No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. Nearly 2,400 fans – a number that ranked fourth nationally among all first-round sites – watched the Buckeyes beat Towson 16-6 to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second time in school history.


Individually, Logan Schuss became the program’s all-time leading goal scorer and a two-time ECAC Offensive Player of the Year, as well as the first Buckeye to earn first team all-conference accolades four times. Schuss was a second team All-American and Dominique Alexander, King and Meurer all were named honorable mention All-Americans, just the second time in program history four Buckeyes were recognized and the first time since 2008. Three Buckeyes – Schuss, Alexander and Trey Wilkes – were named USILA Scholar All-Americans.


The 2012 campaign saw the Buckeyes (8-7) earn a spot in the ECAC tournament semifinals after finishing second in the regular season with a 5-1 league ledger. Schuss was named the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year and joined Joe Bonanni on the USILA All-America third team, with four Buckeyes named to the All-ECAC team. Matt Kawamoto and Bonanni became the first USILA Scholar All-Americans in program history.


In 2011, the Buckeyes (8-8) earned a spot in the inaugural ECAC tournament. The team was 5-2 at home, including a 13-8 upset of No. 3-ranked North Carolina Feb. 19 in Ohio Stadium, the program’s first win over a Top 3 opponent in history. A record 28 Buckeyes were invited to the Scholar-Athlete dinner, with a league-high 10 Ohio State players named to the ECAC All-Academic team. Kawamoto, a USILA Honorable Mention All-American, picked up ECAC Defensive Player of the Year accolades and was one of four Buckeyes named to the all-conference teams.


In 2010, the Buckeyes (7-8) faced one of the toughest schedules in the nation as they began play as a member of the ECAC Lacrosse League. The squad had a 5-2 ledger at home, and highlighting the home slate was the third-annual Showdown in The Shoe when the Buckeyes topped Air Force with an NCAA record attendance of 31,078. Schuss was named ECAC Rookie of the Year and became the first Buckeye freshman to nab All-America honors after leading the ECAC in points per game and was one of two Buckeyes recognized on the all-conference team.


In 2009, his first season at the helm of the Buckeye program, Myers led Ohio State (8-8) to a spot in the Great Western Lacrosse League championship game after a third-place finish in the league’s regular-season standings despite losing two All-Americans and four all-conference selections from the 2008 squad that reached the NCAA quarterfinals. Senior All-American Joel Dalgarno, who finished his career as Ohio State’s all-time leading goal scorer and ranked second all-time in points, led the GWLL and was sixth nationally with 3.81 points per game. In all, seven Buckeyes were named all-conference, with two first team selections.


As the top assistant under Joe Breschi at Ohio State from 2006-08, Myers served as the offensive coordinator for the Buckeyes, oversaw recruiting and handled other aspects of the day-to-day operation of the men’s lacrosse program.


In 2008, Myers helped guide the Buckeyes to a share of the Great Western Lacrosse League regular-season title and an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament. The team downed Cornell on the road for the program’s first NCAA tournament victory and berth in the quarterfinal round. He was the offensive coordinator as the Buckeyes ended the season third in the NCAA in scoring offense (13.2 goals per game) and extra-man offense (45.7 percent).


Myers began his coaching career as the volunteer coach for the Buckeyes for two seasons (2002, ’03) and was on the Buckeye staff when the squad earned a spot in the NCAA tournament in 2003, the first appearance in program history, and shared the GWLL title.


He spent the 2004 and ’05 campaigns as the top assistant coach at Butler before rejoining the Buckeye staff in 2006.


Myers played for Springfield College in Massachusetts, earning Division III All-America honors in 2001. He was a three-time All-NEWMAC selection and was the 2000 conference player of the year.


Myers graduated from Springfield with a degree in sports studies/physical education in 2001. In 2016 he was named to the inaugural Springfield College 40 Under 40 class.


A native of Kennebunk, Maine, Myers graduated from Kennebunk High School in 1997. He was a two-time high school All-American and participated in the 1997 North-South All-Star Game.


Myers married the former Julie Cowles, also a Springfield College graduate. The couple lives in Columbus with their sons, Mason and Zachary.


Myers’ brother, Pat, was a four-year letterwinner for the Buckeyes from 2000-03, a two-time All-Great Western Lacrosse League honoree and the conference rookie of the year in 2000. He has been an assistant coach at North Carolina, Cornell, Bucknell and Penn and was hired in June as the head coach at Lafayette College.

Travis Crane

Travis Crane joined the Ohio State men’s lacrosse staff as a volunteer assistant coach in September 2016 and was promoted to assistant coach in Summer 2017. Crane, a captain at Penn State, has spent the past three years coaching at Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore and as director of operations for FCA Maryland.


Crane’s 2019 defensive unit held six opponents to 10 goals or less and was 28th nationally in scoring defense. He also mentored one of the strongest shot stick defensive units in the country, led by All-American and first team All-Big Ten choice Ryan Terefenko.


Under Crane’s guidance, the 2018 Buckeyes continued their tradition of playing strong defense. Crane coached two All-Americans on the close defensive unit (Ben Randall and Erik Evans) and Ohio State ranked first in the Big Ten in goals-against average for the second consecutive year. In wins over Michigan, Maryland and Rutgers to close the regular season, Ohio State gave up just 7.00 goals per game.


With Crane on staff, the 2017 campaign was the best in Ohio State history. The squad notched a program-record 16 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament semifinals and final for the first time. The Buckeyes, who played in the Big Ten Tournament championship game, limited opponents to 8.38 goals per game, ranking first in the Big Ten and 11th in the NCAA in scoring defense, and held opponents to nine or fewer goals in 13 games. A program-record tying six Buckeyes earned USILA All-America honors, with defenseman Ben Randall the first First Team All-American in program history and Tom Carey the first Buckeye goalie to earn a spot on the first/second/third team.


In his time with Calvert Hall, Crane served as the defensive coordinator for the school’s varsity lacrosse team and guided the squad to the lowest goals-against average in the MIAA “A” conference. In addition, Crane helped coach the school’s junior varsity program to two championship appearances. With FCA Maryland he served as both a coach and administrator for the club program.


A short stick defensive midfielder, Crane spent two years at Penn State, serving as a co-captain in his senior season and leading the team to the NCAA tournament. He was an Academic All-Big Ten selection and was selected for the USILA North-South Senior All-Star game. In his time at Penn State, Crane tallied three goals, picked up 27 groundballs and had 15 caused turnovers.


A native of Parkville, Md., Crane spent the 2011 season at Community College of Baltimore County Essex in Baltimore, picking up 42 points (26g, 16a) and 52 groundballs. He was a First Team All-American and was named the Maryland Junior College Midfielder of the Year. He also earned first team all-region and first team Maryland JUCO honors. He began his collegiate career at UBMC in 2009 after earning All-America honors at Eastern Technical High School. The squad won the 2008 Region 1A/2A North championship and Crane was a finalist for the C. Markland Kelly Award, presented to the top boys lacrosse player in Maryland.


Crane earned a master’s degree in educational leadership and administration from Penn State. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in financial economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.