Dave Cottle

Dave Cottle
Sport(s)	Lacrosse
Current position
Title	Consultant
Team	Chesapeake Bayhawks
Biographical details
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Playing career
1975–1978	Salisbury
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979 1980–1982 1983–2001 2002–2010 2011–present	Salisbury (GA) Severn School Loyola Maryland Chesapeake Bayhawks (cons.)
Head coaching record
Overall	279–115
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2005 ACC championship 2004 ACC championship
Awards
2008 ACC Coach of the Year 1988 USILA Coach of the Year 3 × All-American (as player)

Dave Cottle is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently a consultant to the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse and Marquette University, which announced it was addding men's and women's varsity lacrosse on December 16, 2010.^[1] He was previously the head coach for the Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team at the University of Maryland from 2002 to 2010. Cottle also coached the Loyola College men's lacrosse team from 1983 to 2001.

College career

Cottle attended Northern High School in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He later enrolled at Salisbury State University in Salisbury, Maryland, where he played lacrosse from 1975 to 1978. During his playing career, he set numerous school and NCAA records. In his freshman season, 1975, Cottle led the nation in scoring, and became the second player in history to surpass 100 points in a season. As of 2008, he remains Salisbury's all-time leader in goals (179), assists (123) and points (302). He was named an All-American three years.^[2]

Coaching career

Loyola College

Cottle began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Salisbury and then spent three years as the head coach at the Severn School, where he compiled a 26–9 record.^[3] In 1983, he took over as head coach at Loyola. In 1988, he led the Greyhounds to the NCAA tournament, and repeated the feat each subsequent season of his career at Loyola for a total of 14 appearances. Each of those years, the Greyhounds finished the season ranked in the top ten. In 1989, Cottle guided his team to become the only one in school history to finish the regular season undefeated. In 1990, Loyola advanced through the NCAA tournament to the final, before losing to Syracuse. The Greyhounds finished the 1994 season with a 11–2 record, one of their best in history, and recorded their first ever win over cross-town rival Johns Hopkins, 17–15.^[2] In 1999, Loyola under Cottle became the first team with a top seeding to not advance to the NCAA semifinals (Final Four).^[4]

Maryland

Cottle was hired as the head coach for the University of Maryland men's lacrosse team in September 2001. In his first season, 2002, the Terps finished 9–4 and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. Beginning in 2003, Maryland made an appearance each subsequent season of Cottle's tenure. In 2003, the Terrapins appeared in the national tournament semifinals for the first time since 1998 and finished ranked number-three in the nation. The following season, Maryland won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship for the first time since 1998. In 2005, Cottle led the Terps to a second consecutive ACC title. Maryland again made Final Four appearances in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, Maryland had an attacking corps composed entirely of freshman, but advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals before being eliminated by Virginia in an overtime game.^[2]

In 2010, Maryland earned the number-three seed in the NCAA tournament, and were strong favorites to reach the semifinals after number-two seed Syracuse was upset by Army in the first round. The Terrapins, however, were upset by Notre Dame in the second round. The following day, Cottle announced his resignation. Maryland athletic director Deborah Yow had earlier told Cottle that he was expected to reach the semifinals for a contract extension to be considered.^[5]

The Terrapins finished each of his nine seasons with a winning percentage of no less than 0.625. The team also has advanced to the NCAA tournament eight out of nine years. Cottle received criticism, however, due to his inability to lead his team to the NCAA finals. The Terrapins have not secured a national title since 1975, despite being the largest school in the state of Maryland, a traditional bastion of lacrosse talent.^[4][6] In 2001, some Maryland supporters had been critical of the athletic department's selection of Cottle over interim head coach Dave Slafkosky or former Syracuse star Gary Gait, who was an assistant for the Maryland women's team at the time.^[6][7]

Chesapeake Bayhawks

In July 2010, the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse hired Cottle as a consultant.^[8]

Personal life

Cottle currently resides in Edgewater, Maryland with his wife. The couple has three children: two daughters and a son.^[2]

References

1. ^ Marquette University to Add Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Marquette University, retrieved December 16, 2010.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Player Bio: Dave Cottle, University of Maryland, retrieved March 14, 2009.
3. ^ Gary Lambrecht, Dirrigl is out as Loyola coach ; Sources say he'll be asked to resign after four seasons; Toomey takes over; College Lacrosse, The Baltimore Sun, p. 3E, December 21, 2005.
4. ^ ^{a b} LACROSSE; UMass (David) Is Next for Virginia (Goliath), The New York Times, May 28, 2006.
5. ^ Mike Preston, Terps men's lacrosse coach Cottle resigns, The Baltimore Sun, May 23, 2010.
6. ^ ^{a b} The Ballad of Dave Cottle, The Washington Times, May 14, 2008.
7. ^ Cottle quiets critics with ACC title, The Diamondback, May 3, 2005.
8. ^ Cottle headed to MLL's Bayhawks; Former Terps’ coach takes consultant job, The Diamondback, July 23, 2010.

Persondata
Name	Cottle, Dave
Alternative names	David Cottle
Short description	Lacrosse coach
Date of birth
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Date of death
Place of death