Dom Starsia

Dom Starsia, born in New York City on April 21, 1952, is an American lacrosse coach and former player. He had never played or seen lacrosse before enrolling at Brown University in 1970, where he also played wide receiver for the football team, yet he became an outstanding defenseman and earned Third Team All America honors in 1973 and 1974 and captained the 1974 Brown team. After college he was a club All-American and played for the United States national team at the 1978 World Lacrosse Championship. As a coach he led Brown to Ivy League titles in 1985 and 1991 and then coached the University of Virginia men's team from 1993, winning NCAA national championships in 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2011, including an unbeaten 17 and 0 season in 2006. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2008 and later coached high school lacrosse at Blue Ridge School.