Coach Profile
ZACH COLE
Career Highlights
- 2024 NLL
- Plays for the Las Vegas Desert Dogs
- 2023 ST JOES
- 255-411 (62%)
- 6G – 4A – 171 GB’s
- 2022 ST JOES
- 8 points in 34 games
- 598 – 878 (68% won)
- NATIONAL HONORS
- 2023 Inside Lacrosse Media Preseason Second Team All-American
- 2023 USA Lacrosse Preseason Second Team All-American
- 2023 USILA Preseason Second Team All-American
- 2022 Philly SIDA Academic All-Area
- 2022 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- 2022 Inside Lacrosse Media Second Team All-American
- 2022 USILA Second Team All-American
- 2022 USA Lacrosse First Team All-American
- 2021 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- 2021 USILA/Warrior and New Balance All-American Third Team Face-Off Specialist
- 2021 USILA/Warrior and New Balance Preseason All-American Third Team Face-Off Specialist
- 2021 Inside Lacrosse Media All-American Third Team Face-Off Specialist
- 2021 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention Face-Off Specialist
- 2020 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- 2020 Inside Lacrosse Media All-American Second Team Face-Off Specialist
- Two-time USILA Team of the Week (2/12/20, 3/23/21)
- 2019 College Crosse All-Freshmen Third Team Face-Off Specialist
- Drafted by Redwoods Lacrosse Club in 2023
- NORTHEAST CONFERENCE HONORS
- 2022 Player of the Year
- 2022 First Team All-Conference
- 2022 All-Championship Team
- 2022 Player of the Year
- 2021 Player of the Year
- 2021 First Team Face-Off Specialist
- 2019 First Team Face-Off Specialist
- 2019 Rookie of the Year
- 2019 Rookie Team
- 9x NEC Player of the Week (2/10/20, 2/24/20, 3/23/21, 4/20/21, 2/14/22, 2/28/22, 3/14/22, 3/21/22, 3/28/22)
- 3x NEC Rookie of the Week (2/11/19, 4/8/19, 4/22/19)
- SAINT JOSEPHS FACE-OFF RECORDS
- Owns program record for career face-off wins at SJU (1,042, through 64 games) Has won his FOs at a clip of 66.2 percent (1,042-for-1,573) over 64 games
- Owns program record for single-season face-off wins at SJU (299 in 2022)
- Second-most face-off wins in single-season history at SJU (255 in 2023)
- Third-most face-off wins in single-season history at SJU (220 in 2021)
- Fifth-most face-off wins in a single season (and most by a freshman) (169 in 2019)
- Ended his career with the top 13 single-game face-off wins in program history
- Tallied 20+ face-off wins on 19 occasions, only happening once previously in program history before his arrival
- SAINT JOSEPH’S GROUND BALL RECORDS
- Owns program record for career ground balls at SJU (678, through 64 games) Finished his career with more than double of ground balls than the next closest player (Corey Comen – 296)
- Owns program record for single-season ground balls at SJU (191 in 2022)
- Second-most ground balls in a single season in SJU history (171 in 2023)
- Third-most ground balls in a single season in program history (142 in 2021)
- Fifth-most ground balls in a single season (and most by a freshman) in program history (102 in 2019)
- Third-most ground balls in NCAA history (678)
- Ended his career with the top 10 single-game ground ball records in program history
- The only player in Hawk history to recover 15 ground balls (10 times)
- SAINT JOSEPH’S TEAM AWARDS
- 2019 Most Outstanding Performer
- 2019 Rookie of the Year
- NCAA FACE-OFF RECORDS
- Became just the fifth Division I player to eclipse 1,000 face-off wins in a career
- Fourth all-time in face-off wins (1,042)
- 24-24 performance against Providence ranks tied third-most in NCAA history in games with a 1.000 win percentage
- ON HAWK HILL
- 2023: Remained a key staple to the squad, playing in all 15 games Won 255 of his 411 face offs for a win percentage of .620, best in the A-10 and seventh-best in the country Topped the NCAA with 11.4 ground balls per game Added six goals and four assists to his tally on the year Recorded at least 15 face-off wins in all but four games Tallied 22 ground balls and went a perfect 24-24 at the X against Providence, the fourth-most wins in NCAA history while recording an unblemished win rate Scored twice in the win at Towson and against Hobart for just his second and third multi-goal games in his career Picked up 17 ground balls and won 24 of 29 face-off attempts while adding an assist against St. John’s Continued a future four-game point streak with an assist against #4 Duke, a goal against Richmond and an assist at Monmouth Became the fifth player in Division I history to eclipse 1,000 career face-off wins
- 2022 Recorded a school record in ground balls (191) and face-off wins (299) to lead the Hawks Tied-6th in NCAA history by going a perfect 21-21 from the X in the win against Wagner Led the nation in face-off winning percentage (.681) First in the country in ground balls per game (11.24) Also added four goals and five assists on the season Had 10+ ground balls on 11 separate occasions in his 17 appearances on the year Tallied six games with 20+ face-off wins
- 2021 Went 222-for-325 from the X, winning 68.3 percent of his opportunities, setting a then program-best record before breaking it the following season Also posted then SJU single-season program-record 142 ground balls over 13 games Averaged 17 face-off wins and 11 ground balls per contest and scrapped for double-digit ground balls in nine of 13 games Went over 70.0 percent from the X six times Won 13 or more of his face-off attempts in all 13 games Scored three times and added two assists on the season
- 2020 Recorded a .756 face-off win percentage (99-131) in six games before the season ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic Tallied 72 ground balls, an average of 12.00 per game Scored three goals and added an assist Tallied the game-winning goal in a 10-9 win over Drexel
- 2019 Turned in the most successful rookie face-off campaign in SJU history in 2019 Set a program record with 169 face-off wins as a freshman, recording a 62.6% win percentage Tallied 102 ground balls (SJU freshman record) Added three goals and three assists to his game Played in 13 games on the year
