Given the question: Facts: - sport: lacrosse - player teams: syracuse - coach team: syracuse -lrb- asst. -rrb- syracuse - coach years: 1980-1998 1999 & ndash ; present - current team: syracuse - current title: head coach - awards: national lacrosse hall of fame - name: john desko - overall record: 147-43 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john desko .
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john desko is the head coach of the men 's lacrosse team at syracuse university taking over the reins in 1999 from hall of fame coach roy simmons , jr. .desko has an overall record of 147-43 and a post-season record of 27-5 -lrb- an .844 winning percentage , the best of any head coach in the history of the ncaa division i lacrosse tournament -rrb- .he has won five ncaa championships as head coach and six more as an assistant coach .in eleven years as head coach , he has coached the syracuse lacrosse team to seven ncaa finals appearances and nine final fours .desko also coached team usa to a runner-up finish at the 2006 world lacrosse championship .john earned all-america honors as he helped syracuse to a 10-5 record in 1979 and the school 's first ncaa playoff berth .desko 's two younger brothers , dave and jeff , were also all-american lacrosse players at syracuse .john was named usila division i coach of the year for 2008 after guiding the orange to a title over johns hopkins .the desko family grew up in camillus playing high school lacrosse at west genesee , the 15-time state champions .desko resides in syracuse with his wife , cindy , and their four children ; timothy , nicole , casey and ryan .timothy attended syracuse and played on the lacrosse team .most recently , desko led the orange to their 10th national championship with a thrilling 10-9 overtime comeback victory over cornell on may 25 , 2009 .