Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 1 Welcome To Harvard! Welcome To Harvard! We are thrilled to introduce you to and to showcase the transformative and exemplary experience that awaits you as a student-athlete at Harvard. Lacrosse began at Harvard in 1881 making it one of the most-storied programs in collegiate lacrosse, dotted with Ivy League Titles and NCAA Tournament Appearances throughout its history, including the 1st National Championship in 1881. With our long history in lacrosse as a foundation, combined with Harvard’s commitment to excellence in athletics, our world-class facilities and our incomparable academic reputation, we are confident that you and many other student-athletes who aspire to be great as players, teammates, thinkers and creators will see Harvard as the ultimate & perfect combination of academics & athletics. The following pages will expose you to the core elements of the Harvard Lacrosse Experience academically, athletically, socially and so much more. We hope you can spend some time clicking through the sites, using this web-based document as your digital tour guide, so that when you arrive in Cambridge you will have some sense of the mission of Harvard, the physical layout of its historic campus and start to envision yourself as a student & athlete at Harvard. Your experience at Harvard will encompass both sides of the Charles River, connected by a beautiful bridge that connects the residential/academic with the athletic. This bridge symbolizes the marriage of the core pieces of your Harvard experience and represents how tightly connected this world will be for our student-athletes. Our current players will play a central role and gateway to your son’s visit and represent the best and brightest and a true model of the student-athlete experience. Our new staff, assembled in July 2019 has already begun the work to create a consistent Ivy League Champion and Top 10 program and are poised to show you all that Harvard has to offer for the elite athletes who want to be great on the field and off. Welcome to Harvard, there is truly no place like it in the world! Gerry Byrne The Frisbie Family Head Coach #VERITAS #HLX1881 Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 3 The Coaching Staff 4 Team Crimson 5 The Harvard Lacrosse Experience 6 Top Videos 7-8 Top Playlists 9 Harvard Campus 10-11 Harvard Lacrosse Facilities 12 The House System 13-14 The Houses 15 The Harvard Academic Experience 16-17 Academic Support 18 Career Development 19 The Harvard Athletic Experience 20 Harvard Square 21 Traveling to Harvard 22 Hotels 23 Parking at Harvard 24 Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 4 Gerry Byrne Neil Hutchinson Will Corrigan The Frisbie Family Head Coach Assistant Coach/Offensive Coordinator Assistant Coach/Offensive Cell: (617) 320-0302 Cell: (410) 372-7829 Assistant & Faceoff Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Cell: (574) 229-8948 [email protected] @ByrneCrimson @nhutch42 @willcorrigan17 Read Bio Read Bio Read Bio Ted Bergman Lars Keil Assistant Coach/ Goalie Director Of Lacrosse Coordinator & Defensive Assistant Operations Cell: (610) 547-1885 Cell: (978) 973-5842 [email protected] [email protected] @tedbergman8 Read Bio Read Bio Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 5 Tim Mullen Chloe Amaradio Yulander Wells Jr. Strength and Conditioning Coach Athletic Trainer MS,LAT ATC Deputy Director of Athletics P: (617) 495-3466 P: (617) 495-2200 P: (617) 496-6767 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Read Bio Read Bio Read Bio Amanda Ferrill Kristan Strout Communications Manager Assistant Director of Varsity Club P: (617) 495-2206 P: (617) 495-3757 [email protected] [email protected] Read Bio Read Bio Darryl Lemus Becca Addison Destin Gilbert Licensed Mental Health Sports Dietitian Equipment Manager dddddddCounselor P: (617) 495-2200 P: (617) 495-2217 P: (617) 495-2200 [email protected] [email protected] Read Bio Read Bio HarvardMLacrosse Harvard Men’s Lacrosse HarvardMLax HLX1881 Harvard Lacrosse Network Harvard Lacrosse Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 6 HLX1881.com is the online portal for the Harvard Lacrosse Experience, serving as the headquarters for parents and HLX1881.com prospective student-athletes to learn about every aspect of the Harvard Lacrosse Experience. ‘HLX 1881’ is our video home on YouTube. Featuring playlists of our highlights, tours of campus, The Harvard Experience, and more, HLX 1881 shows our program and HLX 1881 YouTube Channel culture through a lens that can’t be captured in words. Watch HLX 1881 on YouTube Camps, Tournaments Learn more about our skills camps, training days, coaching clinics, prospect days and more. and Clinics Here you can read the latest headlines, review the roster Harvard Men’s Lacrosse and our schedule as we prepare to begin another season in the Ivy League. Home Page Supporting and developing our community is a pillar of Community Engagement our program. Learn More about our continued relationship with Harlem Lacrosse, our commitment to run/bike/walk 4 Million Yards to support Yards For Yeardley, our annual Bike to the Beach fundraiser for autism research, our support of Play for Runway, and other ways we extend and engage those in our community. Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 7 More available on our YouTube Channel Welcome To Harvard Lacrosse HLX Campus Tour An intimate, and picturesque look at the A stunning view of our historic campus, Harvard life of a Harvard lacrosse player Square, and the great city of Boston. Harvard Lacrosse Highlights Harvard Lacrosse Facilities Relive and recap some of our memorial moments Enjoy an inside look at the historic, and impressive from last season, and years past. athletic facilities that we call home. Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 8 More available on our YouTube Channel A View of Harvard Square Preseason Training Trip to NYC View our vibrant downtown area filled will Enjoy a recap of our trip to the 9/11 Memorial and restaurants, galleries, shops and more. FDNY Engine 315 Ladder 125. Crimson Cribs: Dunster House Fall Trip To Vermont Enjoy an inside look at our of our incredible Check out highlights from our Fall Trip to Burlington, Residential Houses. VT as we scrimmaged Manhattan College and UVM. Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 9 More available on our YouTube Channel One Clip / One Drill HLX360° Dive into these 30-45 minute episodes that focus on Film. Drills. Community. HLX360°. As an extension of 1-2 clips from college and pro games for insights “One Clip/One Drill”, this playlist dives into the drills using and X & O's from the Harvard Staff followed by a drill Five minute videos covering every aspect of the game. to teach the concepts discussed. The Harvard Lacrosse Experience Experiencing Harvard University The student-athlete experience at Harvard University is Delve into the intellectual diversity of Harvard an experience like no other. Within our program, the through the voices of our campus community. experience becomes even more special and unique. Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 10 Widener Memorial Library Harvard Memorial Church Website Website Map Video Map Video Smith Student Center Harvard Science Center Website Website Map Map Memorial Hall Freshman Dining Hall Website Website Map Map Video Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 11 Harvard Yard Littauer Center of Public Administration Website Website Map Map Baker Library William James Hall Website Website Map Map Center for Government and International Studies Langdell Hall Website Website Map Map Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 12 Click Here to view HLX Athletic Facilities Spark Harvard Stadium Jordan Field Built in 1903, Harvard Stadium was the world’s first Jordan Field is our 2nd Field Turf surface and the site of massive reinforced concrete structure and the first many Harvard Lacrosse practices and games. Jordan large permanent arena for American college Field has an amazing atmosphere as fans surround the athletics. It is one of four stadiums in the country fence, providing an electric game experience. designated as a national historic landmark. Palmer Dixon Dillon Field House Palmer Dixon (PD) is our 24,000 square foot Dillon Field House is the home of Harvard Lacrosse. On strength and conditioning facility. It features 24 the 3rd floor, we have our locker room, nutrition area Olympic training stations allowing our entire team to and coaches offices. The 2nd Floor is home to Dillon train together. The racks line the perimeter of a 45 Lounge where we often watch film or meet our families yards turf surface, used for speed and agility for post-game tailgates. Our athletic training room is training. located on the first floor. Harvard University Men’s Lacrosse: A Guide to Your Visit 13 The Houses, a cornerstone of the Harvard experience, serve as the foundation for residential life. Ninety-eight percent of all undergraduates live in one of the twelve houses. Featuring dining halls, common spaces, academic facilities, and cultural activities, the Houses forge a link between living and learning while emphasizing collaboration. Following your first year at Harvard, you and up to eight friends create a ‘blocking group’. Once assembled, your blocking group enters the housing lottery