Scranton Women's Lacrosse Scranton Men's Lacrosse Jim Rogalski made quite a splash in his first season as head coach of The University of Scranton men’s lacrosse program, leading the Royals to their first-ever Landmark Conference title and to their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in the program’s 25-year history. And to think that Scranton’s storybook season was only minutes away from not happening. The Royals found themselves trailing defending Landmark champion Goucher College by three goals with 10 minutes remaining in the fourth period in a must-win situation on Saturday, April 23, at Fitzpatrick Field. Nevertheless, Scranton fought back and pulled out a 9-8 victory in overtime, then defeated Catholic University twice within a five-day span before setting up another meeting with Goucher, this time in the Landmark Conference championship game. The Royals avoided the dramatics of the first meeting by building up an 11-5 lead midway through the fourth period en route to a 12-8 victory. And even though Scranton’s season came to an end days later with an 8-3 loss to 12th-ranked Gettysburg in the NCAA tournament, the Royals more than held their own, forging a tie with the heavily favored Bullets early in the third period. Another highlight was the selection of five Royals as allconference performers, including three first-team picks. It was the most representatives from Scranton on an allconference team since 1995. A native of Arnold, Maryland, Rogalski has coached extensively on the NCAA Division I and III level since his graduation from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1997. For the past six seasons, he has been on the coaching staff at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, beginning his career there as head assistant lacrosse coach in 2004 before being promoted to associate head coach in 2007. He has also served as an assistant coach at Drexel University, Washington & Lee University, Goucher College, Western New England College, and St. Mary's.
administrative duties, including game and practice planning, recruiting, monitoring NCAA compliance, and organizing clinics for local youth players and youth coaches. In his role as associate head coach over the past three years, he oversaw the Scarlet Knights's recruiting efforts, which resulted in nationally-ranked recruiting classes in 2007 and 2008 by Inside Lacrosse magazine and commitments from five high school all-Americans for this season and next year's freshman class. On the field, Rutgers also pulled off a major upset in the inaugural season of the Big East Conference in 2010, defeating NCAA runner-up Notre Dame, 10-8, on March 27 in South Bend, Indiana. During his undergraduate days at St. Mary's, he was a four-year letterman on the men's lacrosse team. A threeyear starter, Rogalski earned all-Capital Athletic Conference honors twice (1st team, 1996; 2nd team, 1995). He also coached there for two seasons as an assistant upon graduation before moving on to Western New England College and Goucher College in 1998 and 1999, respectively. Rogalski is the owner of Ski Lax, Inc., and co-owner of Coast to Coast Lacrosse Camp, Inc. Jim and his wife, Susan, reside in Clarks Summit with their two daughter, Ella and Lia. Coaching Highlights Overall Record: 9-8 (.529) Landmark Conference Championships (1): 2011 NCAA Tournament Appearances (1): 2001 Winning Records (1): 2011 (9-8) All-Landmark Conference Selections (5) Stephen Bruestle (1st team, 2011), Patrick Cefalu (1st team, 2011), Tim Cleary (1st team, 2011), Mike Rufo (2nd team, 2011), Taylor Nelson (2nd team, 2011) College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) District II All-Academic Selections (1) Christian Dugan (2nd team) United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) North/South All-Star Game Selections (1) Patrick Cefalu (2011)
Rogalski began a three-year tenure at Drexel in 2001, where he served as defensive and recruiting coordinator and whose first season was highlighted by nine wins, the fourth-most in the program's history at the time. He also coached three players who earned all-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) honors and another who was named the conference's rookie of the year in 2002. In his first three seasons under Jim Stagnitta's guidance at Rutgers, Rogalski handled a number of coaching and
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