Jack Emmer

Jack Emmer, whose full name is John S. Emmer, is a retired American lacrosse coach who held the record for the most wins by a coach in NCAA lacrosse history when he retired in 2005 with 326 victories. He grew up in Mineola, New York, and played lacrosse as a defenseman and football as a wide receiver at Rutgers University, earning a second-team All-American selection from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. He then began a head coaching career at Cortland State in 1970, moved to Washington and Lee in 1973, where his teams reached ten NCAA tournaments, and took over Army lacrosse at West Point in 1984. He is one of only two head coaches to lead three different teams to the NCAA men's lacrosse semifinals, and he coached an all-star collegiate United States team to gold at the 2002 World Lacrosse Championship. He entered the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2005. His win record was later passed by Jim Berkman of Salisbury University.