Richie Meade

Richie Meade
Playing career
1973–1974	Nassau C.C.
1975–1976	North Carolina
Position(s)	Attackman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978	Duke (asst.)
1979	North Carolina (asst.)
1980–1983	U. of Baltimore
1984–1988	Navy (DC)
1989–1990	North Carolina (OC)
1991–1994	Army (OC)
1995–2011	Navy
2012–2020	Furman
Head coaching record
Overall	158–103
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2004 Patriot League Tournament Championship; 2005 Patriot League Tournament Championship; 2006 Patriot League Tournament Championship; 2007 Patriot League Tournament Championship; 2009 Patriot League Tournament Championship;
Awards
	2004 USILA Coach of the Year; 2004 and 2009 Patriot League Coach of the Year;

Richie Meade (born c. 1955) is an American college lacrosse coach and the former head coach at Furman University. Prior to coaching at Furman, he was the head coach of the Navy lacrosse team at the United States Naval Academy and at the University of Baltimore until they discontinued their athletics program. Meade was an assistant coach at Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and the United States Military Academy.

Early life and college

A native of Williston Park, New York, Meade attended and played lacrosse at Nassau Community College on Long Island.^[1] He then transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which he graduated with a B.A. in 1976.^[1] Meade earned an M.S. from North Carolina in 1979.^[1]

Coaching career

After a stint as an assistant coach for Duke, Meade became an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1979.^[1] The following year, he took over as the head coach of the University of Baltimore lacrosse team. He served in that position until 1983, when the school ended its athletics program, and amassed a 27–23 record.^[1] Meade then went to the United States Naval Academy, where he worked as an assistant professor of physical education and an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Navy lacrosse team.^[1] In 1989, he returned to North Carolina as offensive coordinator and attackmen and midfielders coach.^[1] Meade then served as offensive coordinator and attackmen coach for the Army lacrosse team at the United States Military Academy.^[1]

In 1995, Meade returned to Navy as its seventh head lacrosse coach.^[1] Meade has guided Navy to seven NCAA tournament appearances and five Patriot League tournament championships.^[2]

In 2008, Meade, along with UMBC head coach Don Zimmerman, was a candidate for the North Carolina head position after John Haus was fired, but Meade said he was not interested.^[3] Meade resigned as Navy's coach on May 9, 2011.

In 2012, Meade accepted a position as Furman's head men's lacrosse coach. His tenure with the Paladins ended on May 18, 2020 when the university eliminated the men's lacrosse program due to COVID-19 pandemic budgetary costs.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Player Bio: Richie Meade, United States Naval Academy, retrieved July 12, 2010.
^ Official 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Lacrosse Record Book (PDF), National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2008.
^ Navy lacrosse coach isn't interested in UNC opening, The Annapolis Capital, May 29, 2008. Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Furman Implements Furloughs, Discontinues Baseball and Men's Lacrosse," Furman University Athletics, Monday, May 18, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

[bio-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Player Bio: Richie Meade, United States Naval Academy, retrieved July 12, 2010.

[2] Official 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Lacrosse Record Book (PDF), National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2008.

[3] Navy lacrosse coach isn't interested in UNC opening, The Annapolis Capital, May 29, 2008. Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Furman Implements Furloughs, Discontinues Baseball and Men's Lacrosse," Furman University Athletics, Monday, May 18, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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