OK, so there is really not much to say…The all-time winningest coach in school history, Dave Pietramala is as much a part of the history and tradition of the Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse program as anyone. He spent four years as a standout defenseman for the Blue Jays from 1986 though 1989 and the last 16 years rebuilding the program to the status it held during his playing days. He has been a great friend of my site, laxcoachmike.com, and we have him back for the fourth time. This is an awesome podcast!

The record of the program – with its 44 national championships, nine NCAA titles, 44 NCAA Tournament appearances and 183 First Team All-Americans – is as daunting as it is impressive and no one has ever embraced the program quite like Pietramala

The only candidate for the head coaching position when it became available after the 2000 season, Pietramala had watched the program slip, albeit slightly, from its glorious run in the 1970s and 1980s. The Blue Jays hadn’t won a national championship since 1987 when he arrived and hadn’t played in a national championship game since 1989.

Enter Pietramala, who was targeted, courted and hired by then Johns Hopkins President William Brody and Director of Athletics Tom Calder in a matter of days. It took less time than that for “Petro” to start piecing together a recruiting class that would change the course of the program.

When the history of the Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse program is discussed, the general consensus is that Pietramala is the benchmark among players who roamed the defensive side of the field. Over the last 16 years he’s also worked his way into the discussion of coaching greats who have patrolled the sidelines at Homewood. In fact, with this first victory of the 2015 season, he passed the legendary Bob Scott as the winningest coach in school history with his 159th victory.

Pietramala cut his teeth in the coaching ranks the way so many have; with a series of stops on the assistant coaching trail. He spent times as an assistant at the Gilman School (1990) and Johns Hopkins (1991) before stops at the University of Pennsylvania (1992-93) and Loyola (1994). He returned to Homewood as the defensive coordinator for three years (1995-97) before accepting the head coaching position at Cornell in August of 1997. Just under three years later he was back home and the program has been in his care since.

Pietramala as the Head Coach at Johns Hopkins

Pietramala has guided the Blue Jays to a 176-69 record, 15 trips to the NCAA Tournament, seven appearances in the Final Four, the 2005 and 2007 National Championships, two other appearances in the NCAA Championship game (2003, 2008) and the inaugural Big Ten Tournament title in 2015.

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