Marquette University Men's Lacrosse

In the 2025 season and his first season as head coach, Richard guided Marquette to a 7–7 overall record and a 2–3 mark in BIG EAST Conference play, helping t...

Andrew Smistad enters his first season as offensive coordinator and assistant coach with the Marquette University men’s lacrosse program for the 2025-26 academic year. “I know Coach Smistad will inspire our team to be the best version of themselves off the field while pushing them to new heights on the field,” head coach Jake Richard said at the time of the hire in July 2025. “Surrounding our athletes with men worth emulating is paramount to our mission. Throughout the interview process Coach Smistad showcased a specific vision for our offense. He’s excited to introduce new ideas while creating continuity and building off the momentum from last year.” Smistad was a member of the MU program for three years and served as team captain during the first two seasons of intercollegiate competition (2013-14). He played in nine games during the 2013 campaign for the Golden Eagles as a defensive midfielder and suffered a season-ending injury during the preseason of his final season. Smistad has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He helped the Bobcats to a 9-7 record in 2025, while working primarily with the Bates offense. He began his collegiate coaching journey after serving as head coach of the Calgary Shamrocks, a Canadian Junior box lacrosse team in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League's Junior B Tier I league. Joining the program as an assistant coach in 2016, Smistad was promoted to co-head coach in 2018 and ser

Four-time USILA All-American and PLL first round pick Mason Woodward is in his first season as assistant coach on the Marquette University men's lacrosse sta...

Patrick Gifford currently serves as Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Marquette University. In his role, he works with the men's lacrosse and men's and women's track and field specifically with the sprinters, jumpers, throwers and multi's. Gifford arrived at Marquette after spending the past few years in the private sector as owner of ECT Strength & Performance. During this time, he also worked with the men's soccer program at Wisconsin Lutheran College and assisted at Franklin High School the Croatian Eagles Soccer Club with strength and speed work. Prior to ECT, Gifford served as Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning at Florida International University where he directly oversaw baseball and softball while assisting with football. Gifford also spent four years at Hillsdale College as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach directly overseeing the training for the college's 14 teams. Prior to Hillsdale Gifford had stops at Liberty University, the Miami Marlins, Mississippi State University and Michigan State University. Gifford graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's in Kinesiology in 2009. Gifford and his wife, Katie, have three sons, Evan, Clayton and Tucker.

Will Roberts enters his third season on the Marquette men's lacrosse coaching staff in 2024-25 and his first as defensive coordinator after being elevated fo...