McCarthy Inducted into Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Rick McCarthy, who recently completed his fifth season as an assistant coach for Wesleyan’s highly successful men’s lacrosse team, was one of seven individuals inducted into the Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame during a ceremony Jan. 10 at Yale University.

Serving as the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Western Connecticut State U. for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, McCarthy came back to join the Wesleyan staff in 2006 after serving in that capacity during the 2003 campaign. In December 2006, McCarthy was honored by the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA) as the Division III assistant coach of the year.

McCarthy began his lacrosse coaching career at Babson College in 1975. He has been involved in coaching for 38 years since his graduation from Yale University in 1968, handling mostly lacrosse and ice hockey, but also basketball and football at various levels of activity throughout southern New England.

He is a past-president of the New England Intercollegiate lacrosse Association (2002-03) and has been a member of the Division III men’s lacrosse national poll committee, the weekly NEILA rating board, the ECAC Division III men’s lacrosse advisory board and the USILA All-America advisory board.

More information on McCarthy is online here.