F. Morris Touchstone Award

The F. Morris Touchstone Award is an award given by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association to the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I lacrosse head coach. The award was first presented in 1958.[1]

The award is named after F. Morris Touchstone who was head coach at the United States Military Academy from 1928 to 1957. His teams had a record of 214-73-4. Of his 82 first-team All-Americans, 42 played under Touchstone.[2] and won the national championship in 1944, 1945 (co-winner with Navy), and 1951 (co-winner with Princeton). Touchstone was inducted in the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1960.[3]

  1. ^ "US LAcrosse Division I Awards". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  2. ^ 2009 Army Lacrosse Media Guide[permanent dead link], Army Athletic Communications, United States Military Academy, p. 78–79, 2009.
  3. ^ "F. Morris Touchstone U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame Bio". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2008-05-12.