The Virginia Cavaliers have a new head coach for their men’s lacrosse program and it is a coach that has plenty of familiarity with Charlottesville.
After moving on from two time national championship head coach Lars Tiffany, Virginia announced this morning that assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Kevin Cassese is going to be replacing Tiffany as the head man at UVA.
Got our guy, and he’s here to stay, @CoachCassese‼️ pic.twitter.com/Pww19CXW0C
— Virginia Men’s Lacrosse (@UVAMensLax) May 26, 2026
This is not the first time that Cassese has been a head coach. He was the head coach at Lehigh from 2008-2023 and finished with a career record of 136-104 and Lehigh won the Patriot League regular season and tournament titles in 2012, 2013, and 2021 under his leadership. Cassese also has assistant coaching stints at Duke and Stony Brook before becoming the head coach at Lehigh. While at Duke, the Blue Devils made the national championship in 2007…