Siena University Athletics

Liam Gleason was named the 10th head coach in Siena Lacrosse history on June 26, 2018. The Wading River, Long Island native enters his eighth season at the helm of the program for the 2026 season. 

Gleason guided the Saints to win the MAAC Championship in 2025, qualifying the Saints for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 11 seasons. Siena equaled its most victories (11) since 2014, defeating #19/#16 and top conference seed Sacred Heart 12-8 in the championship.  

The Saints earned a record haul of 13 All-MAAC awards including four major awards. Freshman Logan Banek became the sixth MAAC Rookie of the Year in program history and doubled as the MAAC Faceoff Specialist of the Year.  Pratt Reynolds was the unanimous choice for MAAC Offensive Player of the Year while Gleason was named the MAAC Coach of the Year.  Additionally, 23 student athletes from the men's lacrosse team were named to the MAAC All-Academic team.  

Under coach Gleason's direction, the Saints have reached at least the MAAC Semifinals Round in four consecutive seasons after an 11-5 overall record in 2025 including 7-1 record inside Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) play. 

In 2024, playing as the #5 seed, Siena defeated the defending MAAC champions and #4 seed Marist in Poughkeepsie 12-9.  In season, the team also appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter for "Best Comeback" on the "Best of Saturday" segment in which the winning goal was scored with 2.6 seconds remaining to lift Siena to a 11-10 win against Manhattan on April 13 after team trailed 10-7 with 48 seconds remaining.  

Siena Men's Lacrosse had a sizeable haul of All-MAAC end-of-the-season awards with six All-MAAC selections including one major award winner with sophomore Caden Olmstead, being named the fifth MAAC Rookie of the Year in program history.  Olmstead was also named to the All-MAAC Second Team as an attack and was one of 10 players named to the All-MAAC Rookie Team. 

Senior Brian Mack earned All-MAAC First Team honors for the first time and the program's 35^th such selection. Joining Mack on the defensive line was senior Trevor Marsala, who was named to the All-MAAC Second Team on defense. Siena had two players named to MAAC All-Rookie Team with Olmstead and Patrick Radomski bestowed with that honor.

In the classroom, the team set the bar higher with a program-record 20 student-athletes bestowed the honor of being named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

It was a banner year for coach Gleason in 2023 as he successfully guided the Saints to the MAAC Championship Game for the first time since 2014 and earned its most victories (nine) since the team last won the MAAC title that same season.  Along their playoff journey, Siena defeated top seeded (RV) Manhattan 11-8 at Riverdale's Gaelic Park in a MAAC Semifinal.  And, for the first time in program history, Siena hosted its first postseason game at Hickey Field and defeated #5 Sacred Heart 13-11 in a MAAC Quarterfinal.  It also marked the first time since 2014 that the team had won a postseason game.

Four student-athletes were named to the Men's Lacrosse All-MAAC Teams. Marsala, a junior defense, was selected to the All-MAAC First Team while All-MAAC Second Team honors went to Mack, a junior defense, graduate student midfielder Christian Watts and graduate student goalkeeper Christopher Yanchoris.  Marsala also became the first player in program history to be named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) squad as he was one of 13 total selections across the Northeast to be honored.  Watts was selected for the United States Intercollegiate Association (USILA) Senior All-Star Game at Cabrini University in Radnor, Pa.  Additionally, Yanchoris was the first player in program history to be twice named a USILA Division I Scholar All-American.  

The Saints once again achieved a high GPA collectively as the team earned the USILA Team Academic award for a second consecutive season (3.35 term GPA and 3.27 cumulative GPA).  21 student-athletes on the team earned at least a 3.5 GPA for the spring team and four were named to the College Sports Communicators At-Large Academic All-District Team including Jack Erb, George Rusnak, Pratt Reynolds and Yanchoris.  

In 2022, Gleason guided the Saints to the Metro Atlantic Conference Championships as the No. 4 seed, the first such earned postseason achievement since 2014.  Siena went 6-9 overall with a 3-3 mark in conference play.  

Under Gleason's watch, five student-athletes received recognition onto the All-MAAC Teams. Reynolds took home three postseason honors, most recognizably the MAAC Rookie of the Year. Reynolds becomes the first player in program history since Bryan Neufeld in 2009 to win the league's Rookie of the Year honor, and fourth overall winner. Reynolds also took home All-MAAC Second Team Attack honors, as well as a selection to the MAAC All-Rookie Team.

Graduate student Jack Kiernan took home an All-MAAC First Team Attack selection, while Marsala (defense), Nick Pepe (short stick midfield), and Yanchoris (goalkeeper) all took home All-MAAC Second Team honors.

in 2021, Gleason coached a pair of Saints to First Team All-MAAC honors and one MAAC All-Rookie Team selection. 

Despite the 2020 season being shortened, Siena collected a pair of non-conference wins over LIU and NJIT, both coming at home. The Saints finished the season fifth in the nation in caused turnovers per-game (10.33) and saves per-game (14.83). 

Just a year into his tenure, the Saints went 6-7 overall in his first season in 2019, and saw four players from the Green and Gold earn All-MAAC honors. Prior to his appointment to head coach, Gleason spent seven seasons as the associate head coach at perennial national power UAlbany. 

“I’m extremely honored for the opportunity to return to Siena College and head the men’s lacrosse program,” said Gleason, who previously served as an assistant coach for the Saints under Brian Brecht from 2008-10. “I’d like to thank Vice President and Director of Athletics John D’Argenio, Associate Director of Athletics Lori Anctil, and the entire search committee for choosing me to be the next head coach. Additionally, I’d like to thank UAlbany Head Coach Scott Marr and Director of Athletics Mark Benson for my fantastic experience over the past few years which helped prepare me to take on this new role. I’m excited for the opportunity to build Siena back into a MAAC Championship contender, and I look forward to rekindling the relationships I previously made with our loyal alumni base.”

In 10 prior seasons in the Division I coaching ranks at both Siena and UAlbany, Gleason’s teams have made seven NCAA Tournament appearances, won six conference tournament championships, and captured eight regular season titles. Overall, his squads have posted a combined 123-52 (.703) record including a 56-7 (.889) mark in conference action.

“We are excited to welcome Liam back to Siena,” remarked D’Argenio upon Gleason's appointment. “It was very evident when he was here previously that he possessed the makeup to be a successful head coach. He comes from an outstanding program at UAlbany where he was part of the team’s national success, while also being an accomplished recruiter in the geographic areas where Siena has been successful in the past.”

UAlbany earned berths to the NCAA Tournament in each of Gleason’s final six seasons with the program, punctuated by the school’s first-ever trip to Championship Weekend this spring. The Great Danes amassed an 89-35 (.717) overall record including a 36-3 (.923) ledger in the America East Conference, while capturing six regular season and five tournament titles over his seven seasons with the program from 2012-18. Gleason, who also served as UAlbany’s defensive coordinator, developed 25 All-Conference defensive players throughout his tenure with the program.

In 2018, Gleason helped guide UAlbany to a program record-tying 16 wins and the school’s first-ever NCAA Tournament Semifinals appearance. The Great Danes were the No. 1 ranked team in the nation in both the USILA Coaches’ and Inside Lacrosse Media Polls for six consecutive weeks from Feb. 26 – Apr. 2, and had six players earn USILA All-American honors. Gleason was instrumental in the development of USILA Most Outstanding Goalie and First Team All-American JD Colarusso, and his defensive unit ranked 11th nationally in scoring defense (8.63).

Gleason previously helped guide UAlbany to peak rankings of No. 4 nationally in both 2016 and 2017, and in 2017 administered the nation’s top-man down unit at 82%. The Great Danes advanced at least as far as the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament in four of his final five seasons with the program.

Gleason earned his first collegiate head coaching position when he was appointed the first head coach of nearby Division II The College of Saint Rose in 2011. He helped start the fledgling Golden Knights’ program, laying the groundwork for the school’s inaugural season in 2012.

Gleason first entered the coaching ranks serving as Brecht’s assistant and defensive coordinator at Siena for three seasons from 2008-10. Gleason helped orchestrate one of the most definitive three-year runs in Siena Lacrosse history, which culminated with the program’s first-ever MAAC Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009. The Saints posted a 34-17 (.667) overall record including a 20-4 (.833) league mark over Gleason’s three seasons, winning MAAC Regular Season Championships in both 2009 and 2010.

Under Gleason’s defensive direction, the Saints led the nation in scoring defense with a 6.25 mark in 2008, and ranked second nationally in both goals against average (6.5) and man-down efficiency (82%) in 2009. He oversaw a defensive unit which boasted a pair of future Siena Athletics Hall of Famers in defenseman Chris Viviano ’09 and goalie Brent Herbst ’11, who were named the MAAC Defensive Players of the Year in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

A 2007 graduate of UAlbany with a BA in sociology and a minor in education, Gleason played in 28 games spanning two seasons for the Great Danes after transferring in from Division II Adelphi University. He was selected 33rd overall in the Fourth Round of the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft by the New Jersey Pride.

Gleason and his wife, the former Jaclyn Rosada who starred for the UAlbany Women’s Soccer program from 2006-09, are the proud parents of a seven-year-old daughter, Kennedy, a four-year-old son, Penn, and a two-year-old son, Tate.

Year-by-Year With Coach Gleason 

YEAR	OVERALL	PCT	MAAC	PCT	CONF FINISH	HIGHLIGHTS
2019	6-7	.462	3-4	.429	T-5th	Winning record at home (4-3) for the first time since 2014; Four players earned All-MAAC honors
2020	2-4	.333	N/A	N/A	N/A	Collected non-conference wins LIU and NJIT
2021	0-8	.000	0-6	.000	8th	Three players earned All-MAAC honors, including two First Team All-MAAC selections and one member of the MAAC All-Rookie Team
2022	6-9	.400	3-3	.500	4th	Five players earned All-MAAC honors, including one First Team All-MAAC selection, the MAAC Rookie of the Year, and one member of the MAAC All-Rookie Team
2023	9-7	.562	5-4	.556	4th	Reached MAAC Championship Game for the first time since 2014; most wins (nine) since the 2014 season; hosted first postseason game in program history; four players earned All-MAAC honors including one First Team All-MAAC selection; first student-athlete in program history to be named a USILA Division I Scholar-Athlete for a second time
2024	8-8	.500	5-4	.556	5th	Reached at least the MAAC Semifinals for a third consecutive season; six players were named to the All-MAAC team including the fifth MAAC Rookie of the Year in program history as well as one All-MAAC First Team selection and two members of the All-Rookie Team
2025	11-5	.688	7-1	.875	2nd	Won MAAC Championship for the first time since 2014; record 13 student athletes were named to the All-MAAC team including four major award winners; named MAAC Coach of the Year; program-record 23 student athletes were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
TOTALS	42-48	.466	23-22	.511