When John Tillman took the reigns of Maryland men’s lacrosse in 2010, he took over a program that had lost its footing among the college lacrosse elites.
The Terps hadn’t played in a championship game since 1998, and blue-bloods such as Virginia, Johns Hopkins and Syracuse were busy adding multiple national titles to their trophy cases.
Tillman led Maryland to a championship game in his first year at the helm, and would make four title appearances between 2011 and 2016. While the Terps came back empty-handed every time, that’s all part of the process in the eyes of the Cornell alum.