Tom Ryan is a lacrosse coach and former professional player.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Statistics 3.1 NLL 3.2 MLL 4 References

[edit] Playing career

Ryan played his High School ball at Canton Central in NY. Ryan attended Bowdoin College where he was an All-American attackman. He amassed 97-points in his senior year to become the leading scorer in school history. ^[1]

Ryan played in the National Lacrosse League where he was known as the "Dude" due to his long dreadlocked hair. ^[2] He scored 202 total career points (82 goals and 120 assists) while playing for the Boston Blazers, Baltimore Thunder and the Philadelphia Wings. In addition, he played in the Heritage Cup for Team USA in 2002.

Ryan played in Major League Lacrosse's inaugural season in 2001 with the New Jersey Pride.

Ryan's playing career was cut short by a series of concussions. ^[3]

[edit] Coaching career

In 2006, Ryan was named Head Coach of the U.S. Indoor Lacrosse team playing in the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. ^[4]

Ryan has served as a coach for the women's lacrosse teams at Towson University ^[5] and Loyola College. In addition, he has coached the men's lacrosse team at Connecticut College and Mount Ida College.^[1][5]

On May 9, 2007, the NLL announced that an expansion franchise had been granted to the city of Boston, and that Ryan had been named head coach.^[6] The team, which was named the Boston Blazers, was scheduled to begin play during the 2008 NLL season, but after a labour dispute that saw the season temporarily cancelled, the Blazers opted to sit out the 2008 season and begin play in 2009.^[7]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
1995	Boston		4	2	1	3	11	0		1	0	0	0	0	2
1996	Boston		10	17	15	32	54	8		1	1	1	2	5	2
1997	Boston		10	15	8	23	34	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Baltimore		12	8	19	27	58	6		3	1	5	6	11	2
1999	Baltimore		10	2	11	13	26	24		1	0	0	0	5	0
2000	Philadelphia		11	6	12	18	38	23		1	0	1	1	6	2
2001	Philadelphia		14	10	22	32	70	18		2	1	4	5	11	7
2002	Philadelphia		16	15	25	40	110	22		1	0	2	2	8	0
2003	Philadelphia		8	7	7	14	35	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
NLL Totals			95	82	120	202	436	113		10	3	13	16	46	15

[edit] MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2001	New Jersey		14	9	0	7	16	15	2.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLL Totals			14	9	0	7	16	15	2.5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Ryan, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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