Thiel College

Greenville, PA 16125

Pennsylvania Northeast

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Bill Wightman

Bill Wightman was named the Thiel College interim women's lacrosse head coach in January of 2022.

Wightman has been an assistant coach for the Tomcats since 2020. He has assisted with recruiting, practices and on game days. Wightman worked primarily with the team's defense and goalkeepers during the 2021 season.

The Tomcats reached the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship game in 2021. The team's defense allowed just 9.7 goals per game in the regular season, and five Tomcats earned All-PAC accolades, including returning players Ashyln Wightman (Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler), Destiny Johnson (Baltimore, Md./Western) and Madison Ligget (Baltimore, Md./Catholic).

Wightman has coached lacrosse at a variety of levels since 1993. Prior to coaching at Thiel College, he was the boys varsity head coach at Shaler Area High School from 2016-20. He served as the boys junior varsity head coach and was an assistant varsity coach at Shaler before becoming the boys varsity head coach. From 1994-98, he served as an assistant coach at Bethel Park High School.

Wightman also brings multiple years of playing experience. He was a member of the Philadelphia Box Lacrosse Association, the Pittsburgh Lacrosse Club, and Shaler Area High School.

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Bryan McClure

Bryan McClure was named Thiel College’s men’s lacrosse head coach on Dec. 9, 2022.

McClure, who had been serving as the interim head coach since the fall, is the fourth head coach in program history.

The 2022-23 season is McClure’s third with the Tomcats after spending the last two years as the program’s assistant coach with primary direction of the team’s defense.

Under McClure’s tutelage, defender Alex Andreozzi earned All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference Honorable Mention accolades in 2022 after leading the Tomcats with 30 caused turnovers while recording 42 ground balls. Senior long-stick midfielder Anthony Richards, who represented the Tomcats on the PAC Sportsmanship Team last season, picked up 20 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers.

In 2021, defender Sheldon Bourdeau earned All-PAC Honorable Mention recognition after leading the team with 33 caused turnovers and finishing second with 55 ground balls. He ranked eighth in the PAC with an average of 5.5 ground balls per game.

McClure also worked with the team’s goalies the last two years, including two-year starter Jason Masciantonio, who set a new single-season standard in 2022 for saves in a season (210).

McClure arrived at Thiel after spending 11 years coaching high school lacrosse, eight in Pittsburgh and three in Seattle, Wash. In the Pittsburgh market, he had stints at North Allegheny, Vincentian and Quaker Valley.

After playing one season at Alfred State College (NJCAA), McClure transferred to Clarkson University (NCAA Division III) where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business and technology management and a minor in economics in 2008.