Andrew Stimmel |

Andrew Stimmel coached five seasons and was just the second head coach in Marquette University men's lacrosse history.

During the 2023 campaign, Marquette knocked off eventual Championship Weekend team, No. 5 Penn State, and defeated Michigan, a team that advanced to the NCAA regional finals, by five goals in February. The Golden Eagles played one of the most difficult schedules in the country last season, including a game at the eventual NCAA Champion and closed the season with four-straight games against teams ranked in the top-12 in the USILA Coaches Poll.

Coaching internationally, Stimmel guided Team USA to a gold medal in the World Lacrosse Men's U-21 Championship in Limerick, Ireland during the summer of 2022. He served as an assistant coach for the Americans, who downed the Canadians, 12-10, in the title contest.

Marquette played just seven games and went 3-4 overall in 2020 before the season was cut short due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Stimmel and the Golden Eagles returned to the BIG EAST tournament semifinals in 2022 for the first time since 2019.

Stimmel led the Golden Eagles to an 11-10 victory at Cleveland State on Feb. 1 in his first NCAA Division I game as head coach and MU had a record-setting offensive pace during his first season. Through seven games, the MU offense posted its highest goal (17.14) and point (11.71) per game averages in program history and the squad scooped up 31.86 ground balls per game, its highest single season average.

Stimmel's first MU squad relied heavily upon true freshmen, including four starters and a total of eight who saw significant action as first-year players. MU's top-three point producers, Chris Kirschner (20 points), Cowan (17) and Stegman (15) made up the NCAA's only true freshman starting attack unit, while close defenseman Woodward served as the team's top coverman.  

Playing against one of the nation's toughest schedules in 2021, Stimmel faced a full BIG EAST Conference slate for the first time and picked up his first BIG EAST win at home over St. John's, 9-8, on April 14. Defenseman Mason Woodward earned USILA All-America recognition and was a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team, as was attackman and leading scorer Devon Cowan.

“Andrew is one of the rising stars in the lacrosse world and we are thrilled to know that he will be leading the Marquette men’s lacrosse program,” said Marquette Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Scholl in June 2019. “He cares greatly about the student-athlete experience, believes deeply in Marquette and our values and he can flat out coach. He has been a winner at every stop along the way and we expect that to continue in Milwaukee. We are proud to welcome Andrew, his wife Vanessa, and sons, JJ and Rhys, back to the Marquette family.”

Stimmel, who was an assistant at Marquette in 2016, spent each of the last previous three seasons (2017-19) as the offensive coordinator at Yale, which he helped lead to the 2018 NCAA National Championship and a runner-up finish in 2019. The national title was Yale’s first in 135 years and the squad has posted historic offensive production with Stimmel guiding the attack.

The Bulldogs scored a combined 574 goals in 2018 and 2019, a mark which placed them third in NCAA Division I history over a two-year span. In addition to scoring a program-record 296 times in 2019 (No. 7 all-time), the 2018 NCAA Champions scored 278 goals, led by Tewaaraton Award winner and USILA First Team All-American Ben Reeves.

Including his time at Marquette, Stimmel coached in each of the previous five NCAA tournaments and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals as a student-athlete in 2008.

From his return to New Haven for the 2017 campaign, Yale notched an overall record of 42-13, won an Ivy League Tournament crown in 2017 posted a regular season record of 17-2 in league action. In addition to Reeves, Stimmel has worked at Yale with double-digit USILA All-Americans, including TD Ierlan, Jackson Morrill, Conor Mackie, Jack Tigh, Michael Quinn, Tyler Warner, Christopher Keating, Mark Gilcini, Michael Keasy. He has also mentored numerous professional lacrosse draft picks during his career.

He was tabbed in January 2019 to serve as an assistant coach of the United States Men’s Under-19 Team at the 2020 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships, which was originally slated for Limerick, Ireland in July 2020. On Team USA he assists head coach Nick Myers, under whom he played as a collegian at Ohio State.

In addition to his work with the Yale offense, Stimmel has roots on the defensive side of the ball, having played as a defensive midfielder in college and served as a defensive coordinator at MU.

“Andrew has a track record of success with championship-caliber programs and experience coaching elite units on both sides of the field.” Scholl said. “He is a value-driven leader who has built meaningful relationships with his student-athletes, including our own during his one year with the program.”

Stimmel spent one year at Marquette as an assistant coach on the 2016 team that earned the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Championship after claiming the BIG EAST Tournament title with a championship game victory at then-No. 1 Denver. In his work with the defensive unit, goalies and face-off specialists, Stimmel tutored USILA All-Americans Liam Byrnes, B.J. Grill and Jacob Richard, and worked with All-BIG EAST performers, goalie Cole Blazer and face-off specialist Zachary Melillo.

His defense at Marquette ranked No. 8 nationally in 2016 by allowing just 8.13 goals per game and his work with the face-off specialists resulted in a 55.6 winning percentage, which was 14th nationally.

Prior to his arrival in Milwaukee in June of 2015, Stimmel served as an assistant coach at Yale for the previous two seasons, working with a defense that ranked in the top-20 in goals-against average and man-down defense during both campaigns. His 2014 face-off group also ranked 13th in NCAA Division I by winning 57.9 percent of its draws to lead the Ivy League.

The Bulldogs (11-5) finished the 2015 season ranked 10th in the final Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and ended the year ninth in goals against, allowing the opposition just 8.13 goals per contest behind All-Ivy League goalie Eric Natale. Yale won the Ivy League tournament by topping then-No. 9 Brown and then-No. 15 Princeton before falling to national finalist Maryland, 8-7, in the NCAA First Round.

He also served with the Bulldogs in 2015 as the Director of Player Development, a role which was created for him in the fall of 2014. In the position, Stimmel assisted student-athletes in acclimating to their roles on the field, in the classroom and in the community through the creation, analysis and modification of individualized player development plans. He served as the team's community service coordinator and worked in conjunction with the strength and athletic training staff.

In 2014, the captain of the 2010 Ohio State lacrosse team, volunteered as the Bulldogs' goalie coach. As a team, the Bulldogs' defense led the Ivy League and finished 12th in the nation allowing 8.53 goals per game. Yale also ranked among the national leaders in man-down defense and face-offs.

Stimmel served as head coach at Grove City (Pa.) College for two seasons (2012-13) prior to his work at Yale and led the Wolverines to a quarterfinal appearance in the 2013 national tournament. His squad finished fifth in the final Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll after a 10-2 regular season and earned a first-ever top seed in Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association Playoffs. For his efforts, Stimmel was named the 2013 Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division II National Coach of the Year.

He transformed a 3-7 team in 2011 into a 7-5 squad his first year as a head coach. While compiling a 17-7 overall regular-season record, Stimmel produced four All-Americans and had the conference's best face-off percentage.

A two-year starter as a defensive midfielder at OSU, Stimmel was the 2010 team defensive MVP, the 2009 Buckeye Power Club Award Winner and helped the Buckeyes to the 2008 NCAA quarterfinals and a share of the ECAC title. He was also a three-time scholar-athlete recipient and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. He graduated in May of 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in business logistics.

Stimmel, who was taken by the Ohio Machine in the 2013 MLL Supplemental Draft, has also been the director of curriculum and co-director of recruiting for Low and Away Lacrosse Camps in Pittsburgh.

Additional coaching experience came with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Lacrosse as head coach of the 2011 U-15 National Developmental Program. That team won a national title while also he served as an assistant on the 2010 U-17 and U-19 squads that also won national championships.

Stimmel and his wife, Vanessa, were married in 2012 and have three young sons, JJ, Rhys and Kyler. They reside in Mequon.