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Dino Mattessich Sport(s) Lacrosse Biographical details Place of birth Croatia Playing career 1971–1974 Maryland Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1977
1978–1979
1980
1981–1983
2006–2008U. of Baltimore (asst.)
U. of Baltimore
Maryland (asst.)
Maryland
ConnecticutHead coaching record Overall 26–15 (varsity) Accomplishments and honors Awards 2006 PCLL Coach of the Year Dominick A. "Dino" Mattessich is a Croatian-American university administrator and former college lacrosse coach and player. He served as the head coach for the University of Maryland and University of Baltimore varsity lacrosse teams and for the University of Connecticut club team.
Early life and college career
Mattessich was born in the former Yugoslavia, in what is now Croatia, and later emigrated to Freeport, New York.[1] As a freshman at Freeport High School, he was told that he would not make the varsity track team, and told to try playing lacrosse instead.[1]
Mattesich played at the University of Maryland from 1971 to 1974, including on the team that won the national championship tournament in 1973.[2] He graduated in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.[1]
Coaching and administrative career
In 1977, Mattessich served as an assistant coach at the University of Baltimore under Chip Silverman, who had agreed to coach the team for one season after the departure of former head coach Dick Edell.[3] Another UB assistant, Steve Hamp explained the relationship as, "Chip really wasn't the X's and O's guy; that was assistant coach Dino Mattessich. Chip was more of the motivator."[3] The following season, Mattessich took over as Baltimore's head coach.[4]
In 1980, Mattessich served as a defensive assistant at Maryland. In June 1980, he was promoted to replace Bud Beardmore as the head coach.[5] He served in that position from 1981 to 1983, and compiled a 26–15 record.[6]
He then served for twelve years as an associate athletic director at Towson State University in Towson, Maryland.[1][7] Mattessich was an associate athletic director at the University of Maine,[1] where he worked under athletic director Sue Tyler, former Maryland women's lacrosse and field hockey coach. Tyler appointed Mattessich as head of the search committee that selected John Giannini as the Maine men's basketball coach in 1996.[8] In 2001, he left Maine for the University of Connecticut to take a position as an associate athletic director.[9]
In 2006, Mattessich became the head coach of the club lacrosse team at the University of Connecticut. His son Brian played for him and graduated in 2006.[10] That season, Dino Mattessich was named the Pioneer Collegiate Lacrosse League Coach of the Year.[1] In 2008, one of Mattessich's former players at UConn said that he "runs the program like a Division I team, and the intense, offseason conditioning focus on skill development and team commitment. That is a big challenge for players, but it has paid off on the field."[11] Brian Mattessich took over as head coach in 2009, and Dino Mattessich continues to as a senior associate director of athletics.[12]
Mattessich provided the inspiration for a lacrosse player depicted on a 51-cent Canadian stamp issued in 2006 in commemoration of the World Lacrosse Championship. The illustration was based on a photograph of Mattessich taken by Bob Rothgaber during the 1974 Maryland–Hopkins NCAA tournament final that was used on the cover of Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition by Bob Scott. The stamp depicts the player in a Canadian national team uniform.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b c d e f UConn Lacrosse Coach Dino Mattessich Gives Back To The Game, College Lax.US, April 6, 2007, retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ 2009 Men's Lacrosse Media Guide, p. 65, University of Maryland, 2009.
- ^ a b '77 Bees Still Buzzing Despite Loss of Leader, Press Box Online, March 13, 2008.
- ^ "Bees' ten topples Morgan", The Baltimore Sun, Mar 15, 1978.
- ^ Names in Sports, Wilmington Morning Star, June 27, 1980.
- ^ 2009 Men's Lacrosse Media Guide, p. 50, University of Maryland, 2009.
- ^ W. Maryland's St. Rose blossoms in tournament, The Baltimore Sun, December 1, 1994.
- ^ Basketball search to begin; UMaine associate athletic director to lead committee, Bangor Daily News, June 19, 1996.
- ^ Dino Mattessich leaving UMaine for position at Connecticut, The Bangor Daily News, April 6, 2001.
- ^ Club Sports Newsletter (PDF), University of Connecticut, March 2007.
- ^ Landry playing lacrosse at UConn, Belmont Citizen-Herald, July 14, 2008.
- ^ Staff Directory, University of Connecticut, retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ Philip Tang, Bob Rothgaber, SPSBE '63: Putting His Stamp on Lacrosse, Johns Hopkins Magazine, September 2006.
- ^ Frederick Rasmussen, Md. inspires a Canadian stamp ; Photo from '74 Hopkins-Terps lacrosse is behind commemorative issue; back story, The Baltimore Sun, July 8, 2006.
Baltimore Bees head men's lacrosse coaches Howard Betz (1949) • Caleb Kelly (1950–1952) • William Pacy (1953–1959) • Jim R. McDonald (1960–1963) • George Mitchell (1964–1966) • William Harden Waesche, Sr. (1967–1972) • Dick Edell (1973–1976) • Chip Silverman (1977) • Dino Mattessich (1978–1979) • Richie Meade (1980–1983)
Maryland Terrapins head men's lacrosse coaches R. V. Truitt (1924–1927) • Jack Faber (1928–1930) • Jack Faber & Al Heagy (1931–1943) • No team (1944–1945) • Jack Faber & Al Heagy (1946–1963) • Al Heagy (1964–1965) • John Howard (1966–1969) • Bud Beardmore (1970–1980) • Dino Mattessich (1981–1983) • Dick Edell (1984–2001) • Dave Cottle (2002–2010) • John Tillman (2011– )
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- American people of Croatian descent
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- Croatian emigrants to the United States
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