MICHIGAN MEN'S LACROSSE CAMPS WITH KEVIN CONRY

Head Coach Kevin Conry

Kevin Conry enters his eighth season at the helm of the University of Michigan men’s lacrosse program after being announced on June 21, 2017 as the second head coach in program history.

Conry boasts 20 years of collegiate coaching experience at the Division I level.

Since taking over the Wolverine program following the 2017 campaign, Conry has brought U-M to new heights winning back-to-back Big Ten Tournament titles in 2023 and 2024, making two-straight NCAA Tournament appearances as well as having the first All-American citations in the history of the program.

In 2024, Conry’s squad tied a program-record 10 wins with three wins over ranked opponents, while recording 349 points to rank second in U-M history and ending the season ranked 11th in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. The Wolverine defense kept opponents to just 11.24 goals per game which marked a new low for the Michigan program. Individually, a trio of U-M student-athletes earned USILA All-American and Inside Lacrosse Media All-American citations as Beau Pederson was named to the first team and Justin Wietfeldt notched his second-straight second team nod. Michael Boehm rounded out the group with an honorable mention citation. Wietfeldt was also named First Team All-Big Ten, while Boehm, Pederson and Tiernan garnered second team honors. In the classroom, a program record five Wolverines were named to the USILA Academic All-America squad, while six were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and 34 notched Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Michigan earned its first double-digit win season in 2023 under Conry’s tutelage with 10 wins and captured its first Big Ten Tournament title and NCAA Tournament win. U-M set program records in points (360), goals (230) and assists (130) and ended the season ranked No. 8 nationally in the Inside Lacrosse Media poll. Furthermore, U-M notched the program’s first-ever USILA All-American in Wietfeldt, while three notched All-Big Ten honors and seven were named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team. Additionally, three Wolverines were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and 36 were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Conry’s team got out to the fastest start in program history in 2022 going 7-0 including a win over a ranked opponent. Josh Zawada set the program standard with 77 points en route to a USILA All-American honorable mention citation. Zawada also paced all freshmen in the 2020 campaign and the Wolverines with 32 points as he earned freshman All-America honors in the Covid-shortened season.

The Wolverines led the Big Ten Conference in caused turnovers per game and man-down defense in the 2019 season, while its finished 35th nationally in points per game and 36th in assists per game.

In Conry’s first season at the helm of the Michigan program, U-M won its first five home games at the brand new U-M Lacrosse season. The Wolverines defeated two ranked opponents and Brent Noseworthy became the first All-American in the history of the Michigan men’s lacrosse program. Noseworthy was named to the Inside Lacrosse Media All-America third team and was also an honorable mention selection for USILA All-America. Furthermore, Michigan ranked as high as No. 15 in the Maverick Media Poll and No. 17 in the USILA Poll.

Prior to his time at Michigan, Conry was part of one of the most successful era in Maryland men’s lacrosse history where he served two years as the associate head coach and three as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator.

Conry, who was named associate head coach at Maryland prior to the 2016 campaign, was part of one of the most successful eras of Maryland men's lacrosse, including the Terrapins' 2017 national championship. In five seasons, he helped lead the Terps to four NCAA Final Fours and five Big Ten Conference titles.

In 2017, Conry’s defensive unit earned a long list of accolades, including the Schmeisser Award, which was presented to Tim Muller for being the nation's top defenseman. Isaiah Davis-Allen earned First Team USILA All-America honors for the second straight year, becoming the first Maryland defender to achieve the feat since 1975-76.

The 2016 Maryland defense featured a bevy of experience developed under his guidance, including five USILA All-Americans. The Terrapins won a school-record 17 games en route to their third consecutive NCAA Final Four appearance. Conry's defense ranked 10th nationally in scoring defense (8.35 goals/g) and third in man-down defense (73 percent).

Conry's defensive unit led the nation in scoring defense in 2015, allowing just 7.1 goals-per-game en route to Maryland's second straight NCAA Final Four appearance. Kyle Bernlohr received the Kelly Award as the nation's top goalkeeper, making the Terps the first team to win the award in back-to-back seasons with different goalkeepers since 1961-62 (Niko Amato, 2014).

In 2014, Maryland ranked third in the nation, allowing just 7.24 goals-per-game as Amato and defender Goran Murray captured USILA All-America first team honors. The stout defense helped the Terps advance to their third NCAA Final Four in four seasons, while Amato received the Kelly Award for the nation's top goalkeeper.

In his first season in College Park, Conry oversaw a defensive unit that ranked first in the ACC in points allowed and ninth nationally, while playing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Under his tutelage, five Terrapin defenders earned All-American honors in 2013, led by senior Jesse Bernhardt, who became the first Terp since 2006 to garner a first-team selection.

Conry made the transition to College Park after a successful four-year stint at Fairfield University, where he was the Stags' associate head coach for two seasons. He was responsible for turning around a defensive unit that ranked 39th in the nation prior to his arrival into a unit that ranked among the top 16 in the country for three-straight seasons.

In addition to the six-on-six defensive improvements, he also helped the Stags improve in man-down defense, with Fairfield ranking among the top 17 in the nation since 2010. He was also a big factor in Fairfield's recruiting efforts, including the Stags' 2013 freshman class, which was ranked the 12th-best incoming class in the country.

Prior to joining the Fairfield coaching staff, he spent the 2007 season at Penn State University, where he helped recruit the 2008 Nittany Lions' freshman class, which Inside Lacrosse ranked the fifth-best class in the nation. The Nittany Lions finished the 2007 season with the 13th-best defense in the country, allowing just 7.92 goals per game.

Conry started his coaching career at Siena College, where he served as an assistant from 2004-06.

A 2004 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Conry was a four-year member of the Blue Jays' lacrosse team, helping the squad to a runner-up finish in the 2003 NCAA Division I Championship. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Johns Hopkins and went on to earn a Master's of Science in Education from the University at Albany in 2006.

A native of Rockville Centre, N.Y., he is married to the former Elizabeth Hannan. The couple has three daughters, Izzy, Lily, and Charlie.