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Greg Paradine
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Hired in August 22, 2009 to become the first-ever Director of Lacrosse at Lenoir-Rhyne
Led Bears to first-ever National Championship in 2023 as well as National Runner Up in 2021 and a NCAA Semifinal in 2018
Won the National Championship by winning three road games and one neutral site game. Became the first five-seed to ever win the National Championship
Built the program from the ground up and has been the only coach in men's lacrosse history
Named 2018 and 2021 USILA NCAA Divsion II National Coach of the Year
Three-time South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year (2014, 2017, 2018)
Six South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Championships and three SAC Tournament title
Led the Bears to the NCAA Tournament in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and hosted the NCAA National Semifinal game in 2018 and 2021
Record
Year: Overall, SAC, Postseason
2023: 18-3, 9-1, NCAA Tournament (National Champion)
2022: 15-4, 9-1, NCAA Tournament (National Quarterfinalist)
2021: 15-2, 9-1, NCAA Tournament (National Runner Up)
2020: 6-1, (0-0), N/A
2019: 8-8, 4-2
2018: 17-3, 8-0, NCAA Tournament (National Semifinalist)
2017: 12-3, 8-0, NCAA Tournament (First Round)
2016: 12-4, 8-0
2015: 9-7, 6-2
2014: 10-4, 6-1
2013: 8-8
2012: 5-10
2011: 4-10
TOTAL: 139-64, 67-8, five postseason appearances
Program Accolades
Won 2023 National Championship as the first five seed to ever win it all. Won three road games and one neutral site game to earn the program's first National Championship.
Went to a National Championship game in 2021 and achieved the highest ranking in program history as the No. 2 team in the nation.
NCAA Tournament appearances in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Have been nationally ranked 94 times since first appearing in the national poll in March, 2014.
Earned back-to-back wins against top-five opponents in 2020 in a seven day span. Defeated No. 3 Adelphi 17-16 and No. 1 Limestone 18-16
Have twice defeated Limestone with the Saints being ranked No. 1 in the nation each time
Had a stretch of 24 straight regular season wins against South Atlantic Conference opponents
Bears hosted NCAA Tournaments in 2017 (Quarterfinal round), 2018 (Semifinal round), 2021 (Quarterfinal and Semifinal round) and 2022 (First round)
Awards and Honors
Coached a pair of First Team All-Americans in Collin Lett and Eric Dickinson and has had 22 players selected as All-Americans
68 players have gone on to be selected as All-Conference performers, including a program-record 11 in 2023
Led Mike Hanlon (2017), Lett (2018) and Eric Dickinson (2021) to earn SAC Player of the Year honors
Has had two players win league Freshman of the Year accolades
Academically, Paradine has had three players win SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, three named the SAC Elite 20 Award Winner and one NCAA Elite 90 Award winner
Coached the first-ever Academic All-American in program history
Myles Moffat would be named the SAC Man of the Year and earn the SAC President's Award two times in a row, two of the highest individual awards the league gives out to a student-athlete
Previous Coaching Experience
Paradine came to Lenoir-Rhyne after serving as an assistant coach for seven years at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina
Coached at Chapel Hill High School from 1998-2002
Spent two seasons coaching at Ohio State
Playing Career
Played four years on the men’s lacrosse team at the University of North Carolina
Played on four Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Teams and four NCAA Tournament squads
Part of the 1991 NCAA National Championship team, 1993 national finalists and 1990 and 1992 semifinalists
First Team All-American in 1993 and honorable mention All-American in 1992
Personal
Married to wife Fran
Has three children
Daughter Mason went on to also win a National Championship at the University of North Carolina in 2022, 31 years after her father did the same as a Tar Heel
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