Michael Waldvogel

Michael J. Waldvogel, born in Levittown, New York, is an American lacrosse player and coach who is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. At Levittown Division High School he earned first team All-County honors in 1964 and 1965, and at Cortland State he played defense and midfield and was named a First Team All-America defender in 1968 and 1969. He played in the 1969 North-South Collegiate All-Star game and went on to play for the United States national team in 1974 and 1978. Waldvogel began coaching as an assistant at Cornell University from 1970 to 1980, then served as the men's lacrosse head coach at Yale University from 1980 to 2002, where he is the winningest coach in program history and led the Bulldogs to three consecutive Ivy League crowns from 1988 to 1990. He coached the United States national team in 1990 and later became the head coach of the Fairfield University women's lacrosse team in 2008. He also served lacrosse as secretary and treasurer of the USLCA from 1989 to 1998 and as the United States delegate to the International Lacrosse Federation from 1993 to 2001.