SETH TIERNEY: HEAD COACH, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

Seth Tierney, associate head coach at Johns Hopkins University and formerly an assistant on the Pride staff, became the fifth head coach in the 58-year history of the Hofstra Men's Lacrosse program when he was hired to the position in August, 2006.

Tierney, 37, served as an assistant coach at Hofstra from 1995 through 2000 before leaving for a similar position at his alma mater Johns Hopkins University. During his six-year tenure with the Pride, Hofstra recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined overall record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five league titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played in four NCAA Championship tournaments.

Tierney also coached seven All-Americans and nearly two dozen all-conference players while at Hofstra. Among them was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would receive the inaugural Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player of the Year, the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the Year, and the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I Midfielder of the Year in 2001.

"During our search, we had the privilege of meeting many outstanding candidates including several former Pride assistants," Hofstra Director of Athletics Jack Hayes said. "Although all of them had exceptional and unique plans for Hofstra Lacrosse, Seth Tierney's presentation displayed the enthusiasm, intensity and passion that we were looking for. We are committed to assisting him to move the program into the elite level of college lacrosse."

Tierney returns to Hofstra after a six-year tenure at John Hopkins, the last two seasons as associate head coach. As the Blue Jays offensive coordinator, he was the architect of one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the nation in recent years. Tierney directed the Blue Jays attack that finished second in the nation in scoring margin, sixth in scoring offense and 16th in man-up offense during Hopkins' NCAA title run in 2005. The Blue Jays led the nation in scoring offense and man-up offense in 2003 and finished fifth in both categories in 2004.

This past season, Hopkins posted a 9-5 record, advanced to the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, and ranked in the top 15 in the country in four statistical categories. With an emphasis on a balanced attack that puts pressure on the opposition at every position, individual awards have been plentiful at Hopkins. A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and attackmen earned All-America honors during Tierney's tenure in Homewood. Among them was Kyle Harrison, a two-time first team All-America, who received the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. Enners Award in 2005 and the McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005.

Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988-91 and served as team captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull-Reynolds Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying leadership and sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in the North-South game as a senior.

After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Tierney continued his playing career by playing three seasons of indoor lacrosse for the New York Saints before serving as an assistant coach for the Saints for two seasons.

Tierney and his wife, Maureen, have two children; a son, Ryan (8), and a daughter, Erin (6).

JOE AMPLO: ASSISTANT COACH, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

Assistant Coach Joe Amplo is in the fifth year of his second tenure on the Hofstra University lacrosse staff. Amplo, a four-year letterman at Hofstra from 1996 through 1999, returned to Long Island in the fall of 2002 after one year as an assistant coach at Pennsylvania. At Penn the Quakers posted their best record in 13 years, recording the program's first winning season and first nine-win campaign since 1989, going 9-4 overall and 3-3 in the Ivy League in 2002.

Amplo began his college coaching career in the fall of 1999 as a defensive specialist with the Hofstra midfielders. He served two seasons as an assistant coach under John Danowski, with the Pride advancing to the NCAA Championship Tournament both years.

As a player, Amplo was a first team All-America East selection on defense as a senior in 1999. He played in 58 games during his Hofstra career and recorded 91 ground balls. In 1999, Amplo tallied 40 ground balls and registered an assist while starting all 16 games for Hofstra, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals that season. He played on three (1996, 1997 and 1999) NCAA Tournament teams as a Hofstra player and coached in a fourth in 2003.

The Farmingville, Long Island, native had a stellar scholastic career at Sachem High School in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, where he was a four-time letterman in both lacrosse and football. As a senior captain, he tallied 20 goals and 15 assists at midfield and led Sachem to Suffolk County and Long Island championships and the New York State championship game. He was named to all-conference teams in both lacrosse and football.

Amplo, who graduated from Hofstra with a geography degree, is married to the former Jennifer Niemczyk. The Amplo's have a daughter Sophia (1) and live in Babylon, New York.

MATT REWKOWSKI: ASSISTANT COACH, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

Matt Rewkowski is in his first year as an assistant coach on the Hofstra University men's lacrosse staff. The Long Island native will work primarily with the Pride offense and goalies.

Rewkowski, who served as an assistant lacrosse coach on the scholastic level in Denver, Colorado last year while a member of the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse, had an outstanding collegiate career at both Johns Hopkins University and Duke University. The 2005 graduate of Johns Hopkins University was a team captain of the Blue Jays' NCAA Championship team that season. As a senior, Rewkowski played in 11 games, starting five, and tallied 11 goals, and five assists. He recorded five man-up goals and scored one game winning goal.

As a junior at Hopkins, he was a third team STX/USILA All-American after finishing tied for second on the team with 26 goals, and tied for third with 11 assists. Included were seven goals and two assists in three NCAA Tournament games as the Blue Jays recorded a 13-2 season and advanced to the NCAA Championship semifinals. He registered at least two points in 12 of 15 games on the year. He scored three goals and added an assist in the NCAA Quarterfinals against North Carolina, and added three goals in the NCAA Semifinals against Syracuse. Rewkowski also tallied 12 man-up goals on the season.

Rewkowski played his first two seasons at Duke University where he earned honorable mention STX/USILA All-America honors as a sophomore after finishing the year with a team high 36 goals and 47 points. As a freshman at Duke, he finished fifth on the team in scoring with 17 goals and seven assists including scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against Maryland in ACC Tournament semifinals.

The Bethpage, New York native was a two-time All-America selection in lacrosse and the 2001 Nassau County Player of the Year, and an All-Long Island football pick at Bethpage High School.. Selected as the 15th pick overall in the 2005 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft by Baltimore and acquired by the Denver Outlaws with 8th pick of the 2005 Expansion Draft, Rewkowski tallied 11 goals and 12 assists for the Outlaws in 2006. He will play for the New Jersey Pride in 2007. Matt is single and resides in Bethpage, New York.