Lars Tiffany

Lars Tiffany
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamVirginia
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record67–26 (.720)
Biographical details
Born (1968-06-15) June 15, 1968 (age 56)
LaFayette, New York
Playing career
1986–1990Brown
Position(s)Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006Stony Brook
2007–2016Brown
2017–presentVirginia
Head coaching record
Overall154–87 (.639)
Tournaments6–4 (.600)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 2019 ACC Coach of the Year
  • 2016 Ivy League Coach of the Year
  • 2015 Ivy League Coach of the Year

Lars Tiffany (born 1968) is an American lacrosse coach. He is the current head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse program at the University of Virginia. Tiffany has led Virginia to back-to-back national titles (the 2019 NCAA Lacrosse Championship and the 2021 NCAA Lacrosse Championship, after the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19).[1][2] He was named 2019 ACC Coach of the Year.[3] As with his predecessor Dom Starsia, Tiffany came to Virginia after coaching his alma mater at Brown. There, he was the 2015 and 2016 Ivy League Coach of the Year. On November 1, 2022, he was named as the head coach for the Haudenosaunee men's national lacrosse team for the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Virginia Tops Yale for 6th Lacrosse Championship". ESPN via Associated Press. May 28, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. ^ "Virginia men's lacrosse holds off Maryland in final seconds to win national title, 17-16, ending Terps quest for perfect season". Baltimore Sun. May 31, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. ^ "Virginia's Lars Tiffany named ACC Coach of the Year". SB Nation. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  4. ^ Dejohn, Kenny (2022-11-02). "Lars Tiffany Named Head Coach of Haudenosaunee Nationals". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. ^ Newton, Matt (3 November 2022). "Lars Tiffany Named Head Coach of the Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse Team". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2022-11-03.