Richard Carrington, Assistant Lacrosse Coach

Richard Carrington begins his first season with the VMI Keydets lacrosse program in the fall of 2011 and into the spring of 2012.

Carrington joins Anken's staff with an extensive coaching résumé. He most recently served as the head men's lacrosse coach at NCAA Division III Alvernia University in Reading, Pa. While at Alvernia, which competes in the Middle Atlantic Conference, Carrington lead the Crusaders to their lowest goals-against-average in program history last season.

Prior to his arrival in Reading, Carrington founded the men's lacrosse program at Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia). As the program's first coach, Carrington was responsible for recruiting the 37-member inaugural class representing 10 different states and Canadian provinces.

Carrington has also had assistant coaching stints at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, N.C. and Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. In 2008, Carrington helped Mars Hill to the program's first Deep South Conference Championship. To his credit, Carrington coached a much-improved defensive unit that allowed 10.29 goals per game in 2008, down from 11.21 in the previous season. That unit produced three All-Conference selections and a participant in the North-South All-Star Game.

Carrington earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mars Hill in 2003. As an undergraduate he competed as a four-year defensive starter for the Lions and graduated as Mars Hill's career ground ball leader (268).

This season Carrington will work directly with the Keydets' defensive unit with an added focus on the defensive development of all midfielders. His additional responsibilities will include recruiting, scouting, game planning as well as organizing camps and coaching clinics.

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