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According to the Baltimore Sun's main page, the Navy Midshipmen have hired the white version of Rick Sowell. A major gaffe by the Sun had assistant coach Ryan Wellner pictured as the next head coach.
A major ooops! moment for the Baltimore Sun, regarded as one of the better publications in the nation to check out for lacrosse news. As we all know by now, Sowell looks like this:
All jokes aside, its a great day for Sowell and his family as he becomes the eighth men's lacrosse coach in Navy history. He has his work cut out for him as Navy finished 2011 with a 4-9 record. Congrats to coach Rick Sowell.
Some more stats on Sowell and his coaching career:
86-81 (.515) as a head coach
47-26 (.644) at Stony Brook
1990 Georgetown 8-5 .615 Assistant Coach
| 1991 | Georgetown | 7-5 | .583 | Assistant Coach |
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| 1992 | Georgetown | 9-3 | .750 | Assistant Coach |
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| 1993 | Georgetown | 9-4 | .692 | Assistant Coach |
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| 1994 | Georgetown | 10-3 | .769 | Assistant Coach |
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| 1995 | Georgetown | 10-4 | .714 | Assistant Coach |
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| 1996 | Georgetown | 8-5 | .615 | Assistant Coach |
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| 1997 | Georgetown | 9-5 | .643 | Assistant Coach |
NCAA First Round |
| 1998 | Georgetown | 10-5 | . 667 | Assistant Coach | NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 1999 | Dartmouth | 5-8 | .385 | Head Coach |
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| 2000 | Dartmouth | 5-9 | .357 | Head Coach |
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| 2001 | Dartmouth | 6-8 | .429 | Head Coach |
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| 2002 | Dartmouth | 6-7 | .462 | Head Coach |
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| 2003 | Dartmouth | 11-3 | .786 | Head Coach |
Ivy League Champions (program's first and only)/NCAA First Round |
| 2005 | St. John's |
2-11 | .154 | Head Coach |
Tabbed to re-start program |
| 2006 | St. John's |
4-9 | .308 | Head Coach |
Tabbed to re-start program |
| 2007 | Stony Brook | 8-5 | .615 | Head Coach | America East Championship Semifinals |
| 2008 | Stony Brook |
7-7 | .500 | Head Coach | America East Championship Semifinals |
| 2009 | Stony Brook |
9-6 | .600 | Head Coach | America East Championship Runner-Up |
| 2010 | Stony Brook |
13-4 | .765 | Head Coach | America East Regular Season/Tournament Champions; NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 2011 | Stony Brook | 10-4 | .714 | Head Coach | America East Regular Season Champion/Championship Runner-Up |