Dino Mattessich

Dominick A. Dino Mattessich is a Croatian-American university administrator and former college lacrosse player and coach. He was born in the former Yugoslavia, in what is now Croatia, and later emigrated to Freeport, New York, where, after being told as a high school freshman that he would not make the varsity track team, he took up lacrosse. He played at the University of Maryland from 1971 to 1974, including on the team that won the 1973 national championship tournament, and graduated in 1974 with a degree in physical education. He coached the University of Baltimore varsity team, then served as head coach at Maryland from 1981 to 1983 with a record of 26 wins and 15 losses, and in 2006 became head coach of the University of Connecticut club team, which earned its first MCLA national ranking under him. His administrative career ran through Towson, Maine and Connecticut to Hofstra University, where he is deputy director of athletics, and a lacrosse player on a 2006 Canadian stamp for the World Lacrosse Championship was based on a photograph of him.