Taylor Wray (born June 27, 1981) is a Canadian lacrosse coach and former player. Wray is the current Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's University men's lacrosse team. Wray played for the Calgary Roughnecks and Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. Taylor's older brother Devan Wray is a former NLL player and former assistant coach for the Edmonton Rush.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Saint Joseph's |
| Record | 120–69 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 27, 1981 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2003 | Duke |
| 2004–2006 | Calgary Roughnecks |
| 2007–2012 | Philadelphia Wings |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Queens University of Charlotte (asst.) |
| 2007 | National Sports Academy |
| 2008–2011 | Lehigh (asst.) |
| 2012–present | Saint Joseph's |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Professional career
editBorn in Edmonton, Alberta, Wray began his career with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2004, and won the NLL Championship with the Roughnecks that year. Wray was named both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2004.
In July 2007, Wray was traded to the Philadelphia Wings in a three-team blockbuster trade.[2]
Coaching career
editPrior to the 2008 NCAA season, Wray was named Assistant Coach of the Lehigh University lacrosse team, under Head Coach Kevin Cassese. Prior to this, He had served as Assistant Coach for Queens University of Charlotte.[3]
During the summer of 2011, Wray was named Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's University men's lacrosse team. Prior to the start of the 2013 season, Philadelphia head coach Johnny Mouradian announced that Wray has told the team he will not be returning to Wings.
Wray improved the St. Joseph Hawks' win total by six in 2012. In his third season as coach, Wray led the Hawks to the NEC Regular Season Championship, after going undefeated in conference play. The Hawks were regular season champions four out of the next five seasons and appeared in three NEC Title Games.[4]
Wray won his first conference tournament in 2022 while once again leading the Hawks through NEC play undefeated. The Hawks made their first ever NCAA Tournament that year, losing to Yale in the first round 18–16.[5][6]
Wray is the winningest coach in Saint Joseph's lacrosse history with a record of 120–69 in 13 seasons. Over that time, Wray has won eight conference coach of the years, coached four All-Americans, and two PLL draft picks.[4]
Personal life
editWray married Lauren Gallagher, a former All-American Lacrosse player at Duke. They have two sons and a daughter.[4]
Statistics
editNLL
edit| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2004 | Calgary | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 82 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | Calgary | 11 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 90 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2006 | Calgary | 14 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 102 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Calgary | 16 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 119 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Philadelphia | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 86 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Philadelphia | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2010 | Philadelphia | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011 | Philadelphia | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NLL Totals | 104 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 634 | 250 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 8 | |||
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "Devan Wray hired as assistant coach". NLL.com. November 4, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "Three Team Blockbuster Trade Announced". NLL.com. July 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Taylor Wray's Lehigh University Coaches Bio". LehighSports.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ a b c "Taylor Wray - Head Coach - Men's Lacrosse Coaches".
- ^ "Saint Joseph's Lacrosse Team Page". Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Official". Retrieved May 4, 2024.