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Jeff Tambroni
Jeff Tambroni

Position:
Head Coach

Experience:
Third Season

Alma Mater:
Hobart '92


05/11/2013

No. 13 Penn State Falls to No. 11 Yale, 10-7, in NCAA First Round

Yale Uses 9-1 Second-Half Run to Earn a Spot in the NCAA Quarterfinals

05/08/2013

Eighth-Seeded Lions Host Yale on Saturday in NCAA First Round

Penn State Welcomes Yale to Happy Valley to Kick Off NCAA Tournament Campaign

05/05/2013

Penn State Earns First NCAA Bid Since 2005; Will Host Yale on Saturday

Nittany Lions Set to Host Ivy League Champions in Program's First NCAA Home Game

05/02/2013

No. 9 Lions Seek CAA Tourney Title on Friday vs. Towson

Penn State Looks to Win Program's First Postseason Tournament, Extend 10-Game Win Streak

05/02/2013

Penn State Sweeps CAA Season Awards

Kaut Named League's Player & Defensive Player of the Year; Tambroni Earns Coach of the Year; Sanders Tabbed Rookie of the Year

05/01/2013

Penn State Men's Lacrosse Beats UMass, 10-7, in CAA Semifinals

Penn State defeated UMass, 10-7, to earn a spot in the CAA Final in Happy Valley.

Photos by Steve Tressler

03/17/2013

Men's Lacrosse Wins at UMass (3/16/13)

Penn State defeated UMass, 7-5, in Amherst, Mass. (Photos by Steve LaCrosse)

02/24/2013

No. 8 Men's Lacrosse Falls to No. 3 Notre Dame, 10-9 in OT

No. 8 Penn State men's lacrosse dropped a 10-9 overtime thriller to No. 3 Notre Dame at Holuba Hall.

02/17/2013

No. 15 Men's Lacrosse Downs No. 9 Denver in Jacksonville

No. 15 Penn State men's lacrosse defeated No. 9 Denver in Jacksonville, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 17.

02/12/2013

Spring Sports Media Day

Spring Sports Media Day

2013 CAA COACH OF THE YEAR
2011 CAA CO-COACH OF THE YEAR

Jeff Tamboni enters his third season as head coach of the Penn State men's lacrosse team in 2012-13. During the 2012 campaign, Tambroni led the Nittany Lions to a second-place CAA finish with two USILA All-Americans and six All-CAA honorees. Penn State finished with a 9-6 overall record and a 5-1 mark in conference action.

The 2011 CAA Co-Coach of the Year, Tambroni led the Nittany Lions to a 7-7 record and their first-ever CAA tournament berth during his first year at the program's helm.

In 2011, eight Nittany Lions garnered All-CAA recognition and freshman goalkeeper Austin Kaut earned Rookie of the Year honors while being named a USILA Honorable Mention All-American.

Prior to Penn State, Tambroni spent 10 seasons as head coach at Cornell (2001-10). He guided the Big Red to a 109-40 record and three NCAA Final Four appearances (2007, 2009-10), including the 2009 national championship game.

Tambroni was named USILA Division I Coach of the Year following the 2009 season and was tabbed the 2007 and 2009 Field Turf/NCAA Division I Coach of the Year. Tambroni was also the 2004 and 2009 Ithaca Journal Male Coach of the Year and a three-time National Coach of the Week.

While at Cornell, Tambroni became the 10th-fastest coach to reach the 100-win mark when he accomplished the feat in his 134th career game in March 2010.

During his tenure, his players earned 37 first-team All-Ivy honors, including five Ivy League awards, and three conference Rookie of the Year selections. In addition, 39 players garnered All-America recognition.

Prior to serving as Cornell's head coach, he spent four seasons as a Big Red assistant coach (1997-2000). Tambroni also served as assistant coach at Loyola College in 1997 and at his alma mater, Hobart College, for three seasons. With the Statesmen, he helped the program reach the 1994 NCAA Division III national championship game.

A 1992 graduate, Tambroni earned his bachelor's degree in American studies. He earned first-team All-America honors as a senior and was twice named a second-team All-American (1990-91). The MVP of the 1990 NCAA title game, Tambroni helped lead the team to back-to-back NCAA championships (1990-91) and left Hobart tied for seventh on the school's all-time scoring list with 202 points.

Before embarking upon his collegiate coaching career, Tambroni coached the Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club of the English Lacrosse Union for one year and served as a visiting coach for the Czech-American Lacrosse Foundation in Prague in the summer of 1996.

Tambroni and his wife, Michelle, have three daughters, Carissa, Madison and Ella. Michelle played field hockey at Penn State from 1988-90 and earned All-America honors as a senior.

JEFF TAMBRONI YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD

Year W-L Pct. Season Notes
2001 7-6 .538
2002 11-4 .733 NCAA Quarterfinals
2003 9-4 .692 Co-Ivy Champions
2004 9-5 .643 Co-Ivy Champions, NCAA Quarterfinals
2005 11-3 .786 Ivy Champions, NCAA Quarterfinals
2006 11-3 .786 Co-Ivy Champions, NCAA First Round
2007 15-1 .938 Ivy Champions, NCAA Semifinalist
2008 11-4 .733 Co-Ivy Champions, NCAA First Round
2009 13-4 .764 Co-Ivy Champions, NCAA Runner-Up
2010 12-6 .667 Co-Ivy Champions, NCAA Semifinalist
2011* 7-7 .500 CAA Tournament
2012* 9-6 .600 CAA Tournament
TOTAL 125-53 .702


*Penn State

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