Kevin corrigan notre dame biography
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'We have the pieces.' Notre Dame men's lacrosse ready to defend its national title
SOUTH BEND — It’s rare when Kevin Corrigan finds himself in a position unfamiliar to him in the lacrosse world. But that's the case right now: Defending national champion.
Entering his 36th year as Notre Dame's head lacrosse coach, Corrigan and his Fighting Irish finally broke through by winning the 2023 NCAA championship for the first time in program history. Notre Dame was runner-up in both 2014 and 2010.
With plenty of star power returning, expectations of a repeat are realistic for the top-ranked Irish as they begin the 2024 campaign Wednesday against Cleveland State.
More:Notre Dame men's lacrosse 2024 schedule, start times, results, record
“I’m not going to act like I know what I’m doing or I’ve got all the answers for coming off a national title, but at the same time, not much really changes,” Corrigan said. “You’re still looking at a whole new team that you have to start at the beginning with and figure out how you’re going to put together.”
Notre Dame was 14-2 last year, avenging both of its regular-season losses in the Final Four at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field by defeating Virginia, 13-12 (OT) in the national semifinals before knocking off Duke, 13-9.
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Gene Corrigan
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1v1 with Kevin Corrigan, Notre Dame Head Coach
Editor’s note: Please welcome University of Virginia lacrosse legend Chris Rotelli to LaxAllStars! Chris recently sat down with Kevin Corrigan for an interview about coaching NCAA Division I lacrosse. Enjoy!
Earlier this year I had the chance to interview Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan one-on-one, and today I’m excited to share my conversation with the worldwide lacrosse community.
Coach, thanks for taking the time out to chat. Here’s one for you: How do you explain the difference between winning and losing close games?
Kevin Corrigan: You know Chris I really don’t know, and if I knew the answer we’d win all the one goal games. But seriously, each game is different and the reasons that led to those outcomes are different every time, what you were capable of doing that day and what you’re not. But I will say this: the key to being your best in any game is not giving away goals and plays throughout a game, and making sure that people have to earn everything they get against you. And I feel that is something we haven’t done consistently throughout this year in a lot of games; some we won and some we lost. But this something that we’ve typically been very good at and need to get back to.
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