Matt Blamey

84 Wins

54 Losses

2023 Summary

Coach Blamey was named Head Coach for the University of Arizona Men’s Program in June 2017. After only his second season with the Wildcats, Blamey was recognized as the 2019 SLC Coach of the Year. Prior to Arizona, Blamey served as Head Coach for the Sierra Nevada College Men’s Lacrosse Program in Lake Tahoe. In his two seasons at SNC, the Eagles finished with a combined record of 24-7, capturing two consecutive WCLL Championships. In 2017 Sierra Nevada achieved its highest national ranking ever as the No. 3 seed heading into the MCLA National Championship Tournament. Prior to SNC, Blamey was at the helm for Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. After a successful inaugural MCLA season with Dominican in 2015, Coach Blamey was named the WCLL Division 1 Coach of the Year. He also served as Defensive Coordinator at Sonoma State University for two years before his time at Dominican.

Prior to relocating to California, Blamey was the founder and head coach of the Northern Virginia Community College Men’s Lacrosse Program (NOVA), the first NJCAA lacrosse program in the state. Before NOVA he spent six years as the Head Coach at South Lakes High School in Reston, VA., during which time he was recognized twice as the Liberty District Coach of the Year.

Growing up playing defense in Northern Virginia, Blamey earned multiple MVP honors as Captain for Gar-Field High School. A four-year varsity starter, he was selected First Team All-Conference three of those years, and was a two-time Virginia Commonwealth Games starter and an All-Met nominee his senior year. After graduating in 1996, he continued his playing career as a defender with the University of Mary Washington.

Hometown: Woodbridge, VA
High School: Gar-Field High School
College: University of Mary Washington

Statistics By Season

Season	Team	GC	OVR	CONF	PLAY	TOURN
2023	Arizona	12	6 - 6	2 - 5	0 - 0	0 - 0
2022	Arizona	15	9 - 6	5 - 3	0 - 1	0 - 1
2021	Arizona	7	2 - 5	1 - 2	0 - 0	0 - 0
2020	Arizona	6	2 - 5	1 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0
2019	Arizona	12	8 - 5	4 - 3	0 - 1	0 - 0
2018	Arizona	11	2 - 9	1 - 3	0 - 0	0 - 0
2017	Sierra Nevada	17	12 - 4	8 - 1	2 - 0	1 - 1
2016	Sierra Nevada	17	14 - 2	10 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 1
2015	Dominican	11	8 - 3	4 - 2	0 - 0	0 - 0
2013	Sonoma State	18	13 - 5	6 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 1
2012	Sonoma State	12	8 - 4	4 - 2	0 - 1	0 - 0

Career Stats

138	Games Coached
63 - 45	Record as Head Coach
21 - 9	Record as Asst Coach
46 - 22	Conference Record
5 - 4	Playoff Record
2 - 4	Tournament Record

Honors and Awards

Season	Honor
2019	Coach of the Year