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Stephen Brundage Joins Men's Lacrosse Staff
September 25, 2009 | Men's Lacrosse
Stephen Brundage was a starter on attack for the Loyola men's lacrosse team that lost to Princeton 8-7 in the 2001 NCAA quarterfinals. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em - eight years later, that is.
Brundage - a successful player on the high school, college and professional levels - is the newest member of the Princeton staff, though he is not exactly unfamiliar with his co-workers.
Brundage comes to Princeton from Drexel, where he coached with new Tiger head man Chris Bates the last two seasons. Also on the Drexel staff a year ago and now on the Princeton staff is Greg Raymond, who worked with former Princeton coach Bill Tierney before spending last year with Bates.
As he did at Drexel, Brundage will work primarily with the offense at Princeton. The Tigers return two starting attackmen, cousins Chris and Jack McBride, and one starting midfielder, Scott MacKenzie. Princeton also has an army of young players to fill in the positions vacated by graduates Tommy Davis, Mark Kovler and Rich Sgalardi.
Brundage is the second all-time leading scorer at Central New York high school power West Genesee, where he was a high school All-America. He went on to start every game of his four-year career at Loyola, which included the loss to Princeton in the NCAA quarterfinals. During his time in college, he was a two-time All-America, a team captain and a team MVP. He graduated with a degree in marketing after spending the 2005 season as an undergraduate assistant coach with the Greyhounds.
He then spent three years as a mortgage broker while also playing in Major League Lacrosse for the Chicago Machine. Bates gave him his full-time coaching oppourtunity in 2008 at Drexel.