Bud Beardmore

Clayton Albert Bud Beardmore (1939 to 2016) was an American lacrosse coach who also played the game at the University of Maryland. A midfielder there, he earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1960 and first team honors in 1961 and 1962, and set the school record for a midfielder with 108 career points. After coaching at the Severn School, Hobart College and the University of Virginia, he returned to Maryland in 1970 and spent 11 years as head coach, amassing a 107 and 31 record and leading the Terrapins to the NCAA tournament championships of 1973 and 1975. He won the F. Morris Touchstone Award as Division I Coach of the Year in 1973, briefly worked in professional box lacrosse, and was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1980 and the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.