Joe Spallina

Biography

Joe Spallina embodies Long Island lacrosse, and after a successful run as the head coach of the Adelphi women's program, he took over the Stony Brook women's lacrosse team and turned it into an immediate winner. The engineer of the nation's best turnaround in 2012 and winningest coach in program history after only three seasons, Spallina has the Seawolves competing annually for the conference title while also bursting onto the national women's lacrosse scene. He completed his 14th season in 2025 with a stellar 224-45 overall mark, a 84-2 conference record across America East and CAA action and 12 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances to go with 11 conference titles. Under Spallina, Stony Brook has produced 24 IWLCA All-Americans, 15 Tewaaraton nominees, three Tewaaraton finalists, 11 conference championships, 12 NCAA Tournament second-round berths and four NCAA quarterfinal appearances.