The F. Morris Touchstone Award is an award given by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association to the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I lacrosse head coach. The award was first presented in 1958.
The award is named after F. Morris Touchstone who was head coach at the United States Military Academy from 1928 to 1957. His teams had a record of 214-73-4. Of his 82 first-team All-Americans, 42 played under Touchstone.2009 Army Lacrosse Media Guide, Army Athletic Communications, United States Military Academy, p. 78–79, 2009. and won the national championship in 1944, 1945 (co-winner with Navy), and 1951 (co-winner with Princeton). Touchstone was inducted in the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1960.
Award winners Year Coach School 1958 Albert Twitchell Rutgers 1959 John Faber Maryland 1960 Willis Bilderback Navy 1961 James Adams Army 1962 J. Bruce Munro Harvard 1963 Rix Yard Denison 1964 A. Barr Snively New Hampshire 1965 Robert Scott Johns Hopkins 1966 Donaldson Kelly Washington College 1967 Ferris Thomsen Princeton 1968 Robert Scott Johns Hopkins 1969 Avery Blake Pennsylvania 1970 Howard Myers Jr. Hofstra 1971 Richard M. Moran Cornell 1972 Robert Scott Johns Hopkins 1973 Clayton Beardmore Maryland 1974 Jack Emmer Washington & Lee 1975 Richard Szlasa Navy 1976 Dick Garber Massachusetts 1977 Richard M. Moran Cornell 1978 Dick Edell Army 1979 Bob Shillinglaw Delaware 1980 Roy Simmons Syracuse 1981 William Scroggs North Carolina 1982 Paul Doherty Adelphi 1983 Tony Seaman Pennsylvania 1984 Tony Seaman Pennsylvania 1985 Dom Starsia Brown 1986 Bryan Matthews Navy 1987 Richard M. Moran Cornell 1988 Dave Cottle Loyola 1989 Dick Garber Massachusetts 1990 Mike Waldvogel Yale 1991 Dom Starsia Brown 1992 Bill Tierney Princeton 1993 John Danowski Hofstra 1994 Peter Lasagna Brown 1995 Dick Edell Maryland 1996 Sid Jamieson Bucknell 1997 Jack McGetrick Hartford 1998 Jon Hind Butler 1999 Bob Shillinglaw Delaware 2000 Dave Pietramala Cornell 2001Tony Seaman Towson2002Dave PietramalaJohns Hopkins2003Jim StagnittaRutgers2004 Richie MeadeNavy 2005Mike Pressler Duke 2006Greg CannellaMassachusetts2007Scott Marr Albany2008John Desko Syracuse 2009 Jeff Tambroni Cornell 2010 John Danowski Duke 2011 Dom Starsia Virginia 2012 Charley Toomey Loyola 2013 John Danowski Duke 2014 Eric Seremet Air Force 2015 Bill Tierney Denver 2016 Joe Breschi North Carolina 2017 Shawn Nadelen Towson 2018 Andy Shay Yale 2019 Mike Murphy Pennsylvania 2020 no award (Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic) 2021 Kevin Warne Georgetown 2022 John Tillman Maryland 2023 Kevin Corrigan Notre Dame 2024 Kevin Corrigan Notre Dame 2025 Connor Buczek Cornell
By individual Rank Name Number of AwardsWinning years1-T Richard M. Moran 1971, 1977, 19871-T Robert Scott1965, 1968, 19721-T Tony Seaman1983, 1984, 20011-T Dom Starsia 1985, 1991, 20111-T John Danowski 1993, 2010, 20136-T Dick Edell1978, 19956-T Dick Garber1976, 19896-T Dave Pietramala2000, 20026-T Bob Shillinglaw1979, 19996-T Bill Tierney 1992, 20156-T Kevin Corrigan 2023, 202412-T Multiple winners tied with 1
By University Rank School Number of AwardsWinning years1 Cornell1971, 1977, 1987, 2000, 2009, 20252-T Johns Hopkins1965, 1968, 1972, 20022-T Navy1960, 1975, 1986, 20042-T Pennsylvania1969, 1983, 1984, 20192-T Maryland1959, 1973, 1995, 20226-T Brown1985, 1991, 19946-T Massachusetts1976, 1989, 20066-T Duke 2005, 2010, 20139-T Army1961, 19789-T Delaware1979, 19999-T Hofstra1970, 19939-T Princeton1967, 19929-T Syracuse1980, 20089-T Rutgers1958, 20039-T Loyola 1998, 20129-T North Carolina 1981, 20169-T Towson 2001, 20179-T Yale 1990, 20189-T Notre Dame 2023, 202420-T Multiple winners tied with 1
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