Dick Edell

Richard Irving Edell (1944 to 2 May 2018) was an American lacrosse coach who led the men's teams of the University of Baltimore, the United States Military Academy and the University of Maryland. Born in Maryland, he played lacrosse at Towson University and was an honorable mention All-American midfielder in 1967. He coached Army for seven years and Maryland for 18, where he won three Atlantic Coast Conference titles and reached 13 NCAA tournaments including three championship games. He retired in 2001 because of inclusion body myositis with 282 wins, and was twice named national coach of the year by the USILA. He entered the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2004 and died of pneumonia in Columbia, Maryland.