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Greg Stocks
Greg Stocks knows how to build lacrosse programs; that much is obvious.
After starting the UIndy men's lacrosse program from the ground up in 2015, Stocks has led the Greyhounds to four consecutive winning seasons. Stocks upped the ante in 2019, coaching the Greyhounds to a 16-3 overall record, earning a berth in the NCAA tournament in just the program's fourth season, and became the second-fastest team ever to reach the NCAA national semifinal.
The Greyhounds went a perfect 6-0 during GLVC play, earning the right to host and eventually win their second straight conference title. As a result, Stocks was named the league's coach of the year, the third time in his career he has received the award. UIndy became the fastest program to win multiple NCAA tournament games, downing Queens (NC) and Belmont Abbey in overtime to advance to the semifinal.
Parker Kump was named a USILA Third-Team All-American after totaling 83 points, while Matt Johnson and Shawn Kimble were listed as USILA All-America honorable-mention recipients.
Stocks led the Greyhounds to their first conference title in 2018, as UIndy downed Young Harris in the GLVC Championship Tournament final game. It was the first time the Hounds won double-digit contests, with Stocks leading the team to a regular-season final win at Limestone.
UIndy finished 7-6 overall in 2017, and was receiving votes in the USILA/Nike Coaches Poll as season's end. The Greyhounds faced a tough slate in Stocks' second season, and earned the program's highest-profile victory to date in a 9-4 win at No. 5 Lindenwood.
Half of UIndy's losses came against top-11 ranked teams, and all three came by just two goals. The Hounds capped their season with a narrow 14-12 defeat at No. 1 Limestone, the defending NCAA Division II runner-up.
Earlier in the year, Stocks' squad set the program standard for goals scored in a 25-5 rout over Ohio Valley.
Individually, Stock mentored Jarod Kimble to yet another stellar season as the Greyhound goalie. The sophomore led the nation in save percentage, and finished third in goals-against average.
In 2016, sporting 27 true freshmen on the roster, Stocks and company finished 8-6 overall and 5-3 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, earning a spot in the conference's postseason tournament. For his efforts, Stocks was recognized as the ECAC Coach of the Year.
Notable wins for the Hounds in 2016 included stunning upsets against No. 17 Lindenwood (8-3) and No. 6 Lake Erie (9-7), Stocks' former program. Following those victories, UIndy peaked at No. 17 in the USILA/Nike Coaches Poll, and finished ranked 19th in the final poll.
Stocks guided several youngsters to individual acclaim, as well, including ECAC Rookie of the Year, Jarod Kimble. The Hounds had four individuals named to the ECAC's All-Conference teams, led by second team selection, defenseman Max Gerhardt. Kimble, attackman Parker Kump and long stick midfielder Adam Dobis each were named to the honorable mention team.
The first-year Hounds also had seven of the 15 selections on the All-Rookie team, including Kimble, Kump, Dobis, Gerhardt, Tyler Johnston, Matthew Johnson and Connor Swanger.
UIndy was also successful off the field, landing 13 on the ECAC Division II Lacrosse League 2016 All-Academic Team.
Prior to joining the Greyhounds, Stocks held a similar role at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, starting LEC's first-ever men's lacrosse program in 2007. He built the program from the ground up, and was responsible for all aspects of the team's development.
His his final season - just the program's fifth - the 13th-ranked Storm won their first-ever ECAC Championship, defeating Seton Hall 9-7. Stocks mentored 2014 ECAC Offensive Player of the Year and second team All-American Reagan Harding during the season, as well as third team All-American Justin Goodwin and ECAC Co-Rookie of the Year Austin Bishop. Seven of his Lake Erie athletes earned All-ECAC honors in 2014 under Stocks.
Off the field, eight of Stocks' student-athletes were named to the 2014 ECAC All-Academic Team.
In 2013, he was named Eastern College Athletic Conference and Lacrosse Magazine Coach of the Year after going 12-5 and earning the program's first NCAA Tournament bid. He coached three All-Americans in Keegan Bal, Harding, and Goodwin.
After a debut season in 2010 that saw the Storm post a 3-11 overall record, Stocks led Lake Erie to consecutive 7-7 marks before emerging in 2013 as national contenders.
Stocks is a 2006 graduate of Mercyhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in business. Upon graduation, he served as an assistant at Lycoming College where he was instrumental in the Warrior’s offensive game planning. He also served as an assistant for one season at Wingate University.
A native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, Stocks played lacrosse at SUNY-Potsdam for two years and then at Mercyhurst for his final two seasons. As an attacker his senior season, the Lakers won the East Coast Conference (ECC) and were a national semifinalist.
Greg and his wife Jillian reside in Indianapolis with their dog Russell.
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