HEAD COACH He enjoyed a successful playing career at Duke, helping the Blue Devils to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and winning ACC Tournament titles in 2001 and 2002. Serving as the team captain in 2003, he earned the Eric Tyler Hardy Defensive Player of the Year award and was a four-‐time selection to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. "For the people who know Taylor like I do, it is understood that he is going to be a star in this profession," said Mike Pressler, Wray's coach at Duke and the current head coach at Bryant University. "In my 29 years of college coaching, I've never come across a better leader. He is a young man of impeccable character and high moral fiber and just one of the true gentlemen in our game today. It's going to be very exciting for me to follow Taylor's coaching career from afar as he very quickly takes the Saint Joseph's program to the next level, as we know he will." Upon graduating from Duke in 2003 with a bachelor's of science degree, he was drafted second overall by the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League. He made an immediate impact, being named the 2004 Rookie of the Year, the Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-‐Star while helping Calgary to the NLL Championship. A three-‐time NLL All-‐Star, played for the Philadelphia Wings from 2008-‐11 and served as team captain in 2011. A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Wray has also excelled internationally. He is currently an assistant coach for the Canadian National Team; he was the defensive coordinator for the 2012 U-‐19 Team and is currently the defensive coordinator for the 2014 Men's National Team. He served in the same role for the 2010 National Team, which finished second at the 2010 World Championships. As a player, he was a member of the National Team which captured the International Lacrosse Federation World Championship for field lacrosse in 2006 and for indoor lacrosse in 2007. He was named to the All-‐World Team in 2007. Wray received a master's degree in teaching from Queens University in 2006. His wife, Lauren (nee Gallagher), was an All-‐American lacrosse player at Duke. They have two sons, Jackson and Ryan.
ALL-‐TIME SJU COACHING RECORDS
Year Head Coach Overall W-‐L Pct. CONF. W-‐L Pct. Postseason 1993-‐97 Pat Dennin 25-‐46 .352 5-‐2 .714 1998-‐04 Paul Perdue 44-‐59 .427 36-‐20 .643 3 MAAC Tournaments (‘00 Champs, ‘03 Runner-‐up); ECACs 2005-‐11 Pat Cullinan 28-‐76 .269 23-‐31 .426 ‘07 MAAC Runner-‐Up 2012-‐Present Taylor Wray 11-‐20 .355 2-‐10 .167 Totals 20 years 108-‐201 .350 66-‐63 .512
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