Women's Lacrosse Coach
- Coach John McCloskey
John McCloskey enters his second season as Head Coach of the Centenary College Women’s Lacrosse program. Last spring with the Lady Cyclones, Coach McCloskey’s began his second stint as a Head Coach at the college level, but his first with the women’s game. He led the Centenary women to an overall mark of 6-8, while going 0-6 in the Skyline Conference. This spring, Centenary begins competition as a member of the PAC (Pennsylvania Athletic Conference).
From 1984-2001, McCloskey was the Head Men’s Lacrosse at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. There he built a winning Division I program without the benefit of athletic scholarships. Lehigh was the 1999 Patriot League Champions while posting the programs best record in school history at 12-3. The program was nationally ranked six times during his career there, and produced the 1999 Nation’s Best Man-down Unit and Nations Top Goal Scorer. Coach McCloskey amassed a career record at Lehigh of 136 wins and 122 losses. After leaving the Division I level, he took over the Emmaus High School girl’s program in 2006 and led them to a perfect 8-0 record and the Lehigh Valley Conference Championship. He was also named the Penn-Valley League Coach of the Year that same season.
Prior to his tenure at Lehigh University, McCloskey was the Associate Head Lacrosse Coach at Roanoke College, leading their program to the 1983 NCAA Championship game.
John holds a Master’s of Education – Guidance/Counseling from Lynchburg College, as well as a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from the University of Delaware. At Delaware McCloskey earned All American Midfield honors and at Dundalk (Baltimore, MD) High School All-American Attack honors, along with being a First Team All-Baltimore Metro player in both Soccer and Lacrosse. His senior season he was a member of the Soccer State Championship team and County Championship Lacrosse team.
He presently resides in Bethlehem, PA with his wife Karen and their two daughters Lauren and Paige.
- Coach Lorie Khalil
Lorie Khalil returns for her fifth season with the Centenary Women’s Lacrosse program, and second as Coach McCloskey's assistant. In her first three years with the Lady Cyclones, Coach Khalil was one of the programs Co-Head Coahes. Her main responsibility is the Lady Cyclones defensive strategies and is responsible for the team's approach of how to defend opponents and their impact players.
Coach Khalil is a graduate of Moravian College, where she was a two-year member of their women’s basketball team. Prior to transferring to Moravian, Khalil originally attended Delaware Valley College where she also played two-seasons for their women’s program. While at DVC, she was a participant on their 2000-2001 ECAC Mid-Atlantic Region Championship team. Before her college career, she was a very successful three sport athlete at Catasauqua High School, in Pennsylvania.
In addition to her coaching responsibilities at Centenary, Khalil has just recently completed her third season as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach and also works as the College’s Director of Field Management.