The guest speaker for our upcoming meeting will be Joe Breschi, Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach at UNC. Breschi led the Tarheels to the 2016 NCAA National Championship with a victory over a great and spectacular University of Maryland team (Fear the Turtle).
Breschi, a 1990 Carolina alumnus and former assistant coach for the Tar Heels, became the 12th head lacrosse coach in Carolina history on June 18, 2008. Breschi came to Chapel Hill from Ohio State where he had served as the head coach for the previous 11 seasons. He hit the ground running and his first recruiting class, which enrolled in August 2010, was ranked No. 1 in the nation by Inside Lacrosse Magazine. His past four recruiting classes have been tabbed in the Top 5 nationally. Carolina has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of his eight years as the head coach.
Breschi was one of the finest lacrosse players in the history of the ACC while playing for UNC head coach Willie Scroggs from 1987-90. He was also a member of two U.S. National Teams (1994 and 1998). After graduating from Carolina in 1990, Breschi coached at his alma mater for two seasons before going to Brown University as the head assistant coach from 1993-97.
Breschi and his wife, Julie, have five children, the late Michael Breschi, as well as four daughters, Samantha, Abigail, Lucy, and Emily.
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Mark Your Calendars!
9/21/16 – Joanne P. McCallie, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Duke University
10/5/16 – Lee Pace, Sports Historian
10/19/16 – Brian Kersey, Director of Basketball Officials, ACC