# Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse

The Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse team represents Cornell University in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.

## History

As a member of the Ivy League, Cornell has won 32 conference championships (20 outright, 12 shared), more than any other school. Princeton, with 27 conference championships (18 outright, 9 shared) is second. The Ivy League awards the conference championship to the team with the best record at the conclusion of the regular season. If two or more teams are tied with the same record the championship is shared.
The Cornell team was undefeated and untied in league play during 17 of their 20 outright championships, the most of any Ivy League team.
Since the introduction of the Ivy League lacrosse tournament in 2010 Cornell has won the tournament twice, in 2011 and 2018. The Big Red have appeared in the NCAA lacrosse tournament 30 times.
Cornell has won the three championships and were runner up five times, most recently in 2022 when they lost to Maryland 9-7.
Cornell maintains the oldest ongoing rivalry in college lacrosse with the Hobart College Statesmen. Their main Ivy League rivalry is with Princeton.
Cornell has claimed three NCAA national championships and four pre-NCAA era titles. Some of the all-time great lacrosse players and coaches have played for or coached the Big Red, including Mike French, Eamon McEneaney and Richie Moran.
Cornell played their first official season of lacrosse in 1892 and through 2023 have a record of 799–495–27 (.615).
In 2009, Max Seibald won the Tewaaraton Trophy, awarded to the "Most Outstanding" collegiate lacrosse player in the United States.
In 2013, Rob Pannell won the Tewaaraton Trophy while leading Cornell to the NCAA semifinals, also breaking the all-time career scoring mark that season.
Eamon McEneaney is one of the top all-time college lacrosse players, McEneaney teamed with Hall of Fame players Mike French, Dan Mackesey, Bill Marino, Bob Hendrickson, and Chris Kane, and coach Richie Moran to lead the Cornell Big Red to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1976 and 1977. His top season was 1975 when he scored 31 goals and handed out 65 assists for 96 total points in 17 games, and was named the USILA player of the year. That year, he was also awarded the Turnbull Award given to the top collegiate attackman. His career was played in an era when freshmen were not eligible to play varsity sports. McEneaney was also an outstanding football player, playing wide receiver. He was named to the All-Ivy second team in 1976, when he led Cornell in receiving and was second in team scoring. He was voted the outstanding player in the 1977 NCAA Championship game and represented the United States in the 1978 World Lacrosse Championships. McEneaney was inducted into the Cornell Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 and was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1995, he was named to the NCAA's Silver Anniversary Lacrosse Team, recognizing his place among the best players of the first quarter century of NCAA lacrosse. McEneaney's jersey number (#10) was retired by Cornell University on April 27, 2002, in memoriam.

## Head coaches

Cornell has had twelve men's lacrosse head coaches since 1892:
* No Head Coach (1892-1914), 69-65-12, .514 winning percentage
* Talbot Hunter (1915-1916), 7-8-1 record, .469 winning percentage
* Nicholas Bawlf (1920-1939), 62-63-11 record, .496 winning percentage
* Ray Van Orman (1940–1949), 24-45 record, .348 winning percentage
* Ross H. Smith (1950-1961), 75-56-3 record, .571 winning percentage
* Robert Cullen (1962-1965), 16-24 record, .400 winning percentage
* Ned Harkness (1966-1968), 35-1 record, .972 winning percentage
* Richie Moran (1969-1997), 257-121 record, .680 winning percentage
* Dave Pietramala (1998-2000), 23-17 record, .576 winning percentage
* Jeff Tambroni (2001-2010), 109-40 record, .732 winning percentage
* Ben DeLuca (2011-2014), 37-10 record, .787 winning percentage
* Matt Kerwick (2014-2017), 32-26 record, .552 winning percentage
* Peter Milliman (2018-2020), 28-10 record, .737 winning percentage
* Connor Buczek (2021–Present), 34-14 record, .708 winning percentage, as of the 2024 season
As of the 2024 season, the program has a record of 808-500-27, which is a .615 winning percentage, with 3 NCAA titles.

## Season results

The following is a list of Cornell's results by season:
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| No Head Coach (Independent) (1892–1914) ||||||
| 1892 | No Head Coach | 0–1 | | | |
| 1893 | No Head Coach | 1–3 | | | |
| 1894 | No Head Coach | 2–1 | | | |
| 1895 | No Head Coach | 1–4 | | | |
| 1896 | No Head Coach | No Season Held | | | |
| 1897 | No Head Coach | No Season Held | | | |
| 1898 | No Head Coach | 1–4 | | | |
| 1899 | No Head Coach | 4–3–2 | | | |
| 1900 | No Head Coach | 3–4 | | | |
| 1901 | No Head Coach | 4–3 | | | |
| 1902 | No Head Coach | 4–2 | | | Intercollegiate Champion |
| 1903 | No Head Coach | 2–4–1 | | | Intercollegiate Champion |
| 1904 | No Head Coach | 6–4–1 | | | |
| 1905 | No Head Coach | 4–5–1 | | | |
| 1906 | No Head Coach | 3–4–2 | | | |
| 1907 | No Head Coach | 7–0 | | | Intercollegiate Champion |
| 1908 | No Head Coach | 3–1–1 | | | |
| 1909 | No Head Coach | 2–3 | | | |
| 1910 | No Head Coach | 5–2 | | | |
| 1911 | No Head Coach | 2–7 | | | |
| 1912 | No Head Coach | 4–3–1 | | | |
| 1913 | No Head Coach | 5–3–1 | | | |
| 1914 | No Head Coach | 6–2–2 | | | Co-Intercollegiate Champion |
| No Head Coach: | No Head Coach: | 69–65–12 (.514) | | | |
| Talbot Hunter (Independent) (1915–1916) ||||||
| 1915 | Talbot Hunter | 1–5–1 | | | |
| 1916 | Talbot Hunter | 5–3 | | | Co-Intercollegiate Champion |
| 1917 | Talbot Hunter | No Season Held | | | |
| 1918 | Talbot Hunter | No Season Held | | | |
| 1919 | Talbot Hunter | No Season Held | | | |
| Talbot Hunter: | Talbot Hunter: | 7–8–1 (.469) | | | |
| Nicholas Bawlf (Independent) (1920–1939) ||||||
| 1920 | Nicholas Bawlf | 6–2–1 | | | |
| 1921 | Nicholas Bawlf | 4–5–1 | | | |
| 1922 | Nicholas Bawlf | 4–4–1 | | | |
| 1923 | Nicholas Bawlf | 6–2 | | | |
| 1924 | Nicholas Bawlf | 3–2 | | | |
| 1925 | Nicholas Bawlf | 3–4 | | | |
| 1926 | Nicholas Bawlf | 5–2 | | | |
| 1927 | Nicholas Bawlf | 4–2 | | | |
| 1928 | Nicholas Bawlf | 2–3–1 | | | |
| 1929 | Nicholas Bawlf | 1–5–1 | | | |
| 1930 | Nicholas Bawlf | 4–1–3 | | | |
| 1931 | Nicholas Bawlf | 2–2–1 | | | |
| 1932 | Nicholas Bawlf | 4–1 | | | |
| 1933 | Nicholas Bawlf | 6–1–1 | | | |
| 1934 | Nicholas Bawlf | 2–4 | | | |
| 1935 | Nicholas Bawlf | 0–5 | | | |
| 1936 | Nicholas Bawlf | 1–5 | | | |
| 1937 | Nicholas Bawlf | 1–4 | | | |
| 1938 | Nicholas Bawlf | 3–4 | | | |
| 1939 | Nicholas Bawlf | 1–5–1 | | | |
| Nicholas Bawlf: | Nicholas Bawlf: | 62–63–11 (.496) | | | |
| Ray Van Orman (Independent) (1940–1949) ||||||
| 1940 | Ray Van Orman | 2–6 | | | |
| 1941 | Ray Van Orman | 1–5 | | | |
| 1942 | Ray Van Orman | 2–4 | | | |
| 1943 | Ray Van Orman | 2–2 | | | |
| 1944 | Ray Van Orman | 4–1 | | | |
| 1945 | Ray Van Orman | 1–4 | | | |
| 1946 | Ray Van Orman | 1–8 | | | |
| 1947 | Ray Van Orman | 3–4 | | | |
| 1948 | Ray Van Orman | 3–5 | | | |
| 1949 | Ray Van Orman | 5–6 | | | |
| Ray Van Orman: | Ray Van Orman: | 24–45 (.348) | | | |
| Ross H. Smith (Independent) (1950–1955) ||||||
| 1950 | Ross H. Smith | 3–6 | | | |
| 1951 | Ross H. Smith | 3–9 | | | |
| 1952 | Ross H. Smith | 4–7 | | | |
| 1953 | Ross H. Smith | 7–5 | | | |
| 1954 | Ross H. Smith | 9–3 | | | |
| 1955 | Ross H. Smith | 8–3–1 | | | |
| Ross H. Smith (Ivy League) (1956–1961) ||||||
| 1956 | Ross H. Smith | 5–7 | 2–3 | | |
| 1957 | Ross H. Smith | 6–5 | 2–3 | | |
| 1958 | Ross H. Smith | 9–1–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |
| 1959 | Ross H. Smith | 9–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |
| 1960 | Ross H. Smith | 8–3 | 3–2 | | |
| 1961 | Ross H. Smith | 4–5–1 | 0–4–1 | | |
| Ross H. Smith: | Ross H. Smith: | 75–56–3 (.571) | | | |
| Robert Cullen (Ivy League) (1962–1965) ||||||
| 1962 | Robert Cullen | 4–4 | 3–2 | | |
| 1963 | Robert Cullen | 5–6 | 2–3 | | |
| 1964 | Robert Cullen | 3–7 | 1–5 | | |
| 1965 | Robert Cullen | 4–7 | 2–4 | | |
| Robert Cullen: | Robert Cullen: | 16–24 (.400) | | | |
| Ned Harkness (Ivy League) (1966–1969) ||||||
| 1966 | Ned Harkness | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| 1967 | Ned Harkness | 11–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |
| 1968 | Ned Harkness | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| Ned Harkness: | Ned Harkness: | 35–1 (.972) | | | |
| Richie Moran (Ivy League) (1969–1997) ||||||
| 1969 | Richie Moran | 8–3 | 4–2 | T-1st | |
| 1970 | Richie Moran | 11–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| 1971 | Richie Moran | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion |
| 1972 | Richie Moran | 10–3 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| 1973 | Richie Moran | 8–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |
| 1974 | Richie Moran | 12–2 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| 1975 | Richie Moran | 15–2 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| 1976 | Richie Moran | 16–0 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion |
| 1977 | Richie Moran | 13–0 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion |
| 1978 | Richie Moran | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Runner-Up |
| 1979 | Richie Moran | 10–3 | 5–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1980 | Richie Moran | 8–5 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1981 | Richie Moran | 8–4 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| 1982 | Richie Moran | 11–2 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| 1983 | Richie Moran | 8–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1984 | Richie Moran | 6–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1985 | Richie Moran | 8–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1986 | Richie Moran | 7–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1987 | Richie Moran | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Runner-Up |
| 1988 | Richie Moran | 9–6 | 3–3 | T–4th | NCAA Division I Runner-Up |
| 1989 | Richie Moran | 9–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 1990 | Richie Moran | 7–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 1991 | Richie Moran | 8–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 1992 | Richie Moran | 7–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |
| 1993 | Richie Moran | 4–7 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |
| 1994 | Richie Moran | 1–10 | 0–6 | 7th | |
| 1995 | Richie Moran | 8–6 | 3–3 | 4th | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 1996 | Richie Moran | 3–11 | 1–5 | 6th | |
| 1997 | Richie Moran | 3–11 | 1–5 | T–6th | |
| Richie Moran: | Richie Moran: | 257–121 (.680) | 124–50 (.713) | | |
| Dave Pietramala (Ivy League) (1998–2000) ||||||
| 1998 | Dave Pietramala | 6–7 | 4–2 | 3rd | |
| 1999 | Dave Pietramala | 7–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 2000 | Dave Pietramala | 10–4 | 5–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round |
| Dave Pietramala: | Dave Pietramala: | 23–17 (.575) | 13–5 (.722) | | |
| Jeff Tambroni (Ivy League) (2001–2010) ||||||
| 2001 | Jeff Tambroni | 7–6 | 4–2 | 2nd | |
| 2002 | Jeff Tambroni | 11–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 2003 | Jeff Tambroni | 9–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | |
| 2004 | Jeff Tambroni | 9–5 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 2005 | Jeff Tambroni | 11–3 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 2006 | Jeff Tambroni | 11–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2007 | Jeff Tambroni | 15–1 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| 2008 | Jeff Tambroni | 11–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2009 | Jeff Tambroni | 13–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Runner-Up |
| 2010 | Jeff Tambroni | 12–6 | 4–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| Jeff Tambroni: | Jeff Tambroni: | 109–40 (.732) | 49–11 (.817) | | |
| Ben DeLuca (Ivy League) (2011–2013) ||||||
| 2011 | Ben DeLuca | 14–3 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 2012 | Ben DeLuca | 9–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 2013 | Ben DeLuca | 14–4 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| Ben DeLuca: | Ben DeLuca: | 37–11 (.771) | 16–2 (.889) | | |
| Matt Kerwick (Ivy League) (2014–2017) ||||||
| 2014 | Matt Kerwick | 11–5 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2015 | Matt Kerwick | 10–6 | 4–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2016 | Matt Kerwick | 6–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |
| 2017 | Matt Kerwick | 5–8 | 3–3 | T–4th | |
| Matt Kerwick: | Matt Kerwick: | 32–26 (.552) | 13–11 (.542) | | |
| Peter Milliman (Ivy League) (2018–2020) ||||||
| 2018 | Pete Milliman | 13–5 | 4–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 2019 | Pete Milliman | 10–5 | 4–2 | 3rd | |
| 2020 | Pete Milliman | 5–0 | 0–0 | † | † |
| Pete Milliman: | Pete Milliman: | 28–10 (.737) | 8–4 (.667) | | |
| Connor Buczek (Ivy League) (2021–present) ||||||
| 2021 | Connor Buczek | 0–0 | 0–0 | †† | †† |
| 2022 | Connor Buczek | 14–5 | 4–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Runner-up |
| 2023 | Connor Buczek | 11–4 | 5–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2024 | Connor Buczek | 9–5 | 5–1 | 1st | |
| 2025 | Connor Buczek | 3–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Connor Buczek: | Connor Buczek: | 37–14 (.725) | 14–4 (.778) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 811–500–27 (.616) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
† NCAA cancelled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus. †† Ivy League cancelled 2021 collegiate season due to the COVID-19 virus.