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Pat Myers Named Assistant Men's Lacrosse Coach at Bucknell
June 21, 2005 LEWISBURG, Pa. - New Bucknell head men's lacrosse coach Frank Fedorjaka has tabbed former Ohio State star Pat Myers as assistant coach. Myers, who currently plays midfield for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse, was an assistant coach at Cornell this past season and helped lead the Big Red to an 11-3 record, an Ivy League championship and the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. At Bucknell Myers will serve as offensive coordinator and coach the EMO unit. Off the field he will be the program's chief liaison in several important areas, including roles as recruiting coordinator, academic monitor and strength and conditioning supervisor. "I am extremely excited to have Pat on board," said Fedorjaka. "His expertise on the offensive side of the ball in relation to individual player development and team offense should pay immediate dividends. He comes in with lots of fresh ideas, and he has played lacrosse at the highest level. Not only is he the son of a coach, but he has been an assistant at two national-caliber programs under very well respected head coaches in Ohio State's Joe Breschi and Cornell's Jeff Tambroni. Pat brings us a tremendous amount of energy and passion for teaching the game, and he was an outstanding student himself at Ohio State, so he understands and respects the scholar-athlete model that is so vital to Bucknell's mission." Fedorjaka recently completed the seventh season of his second stint as an assistant alongside legendary head coach Sid Jamieson, who retired from active coaching following the 2005 season. Fedorjaka was named Jamieson's successor in January and now welcomes Myers to round out his staff. At Cornell Myers worked with an offense that ranked fifth nationally in scoring at 11.8 goals per game. At one point this past season the Big Red were ranked third in the national polls, their highest listing since 1987. Myers assisted in all facets of practice planning, scouting, game plan development and recruiting. He also coordinated a position-specific lacrosse clinic for players in Upstate New York. A 2003 graduate of Ohio State, Myers was a four-year letterman on the Buckeyes lacrosse team. He was the Great Western Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year in 2000 and was an all-conference selection in 2002 and 2003. A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Myers played in the 2003 North-South All-Star Game and he ended his Buckeye career with 61 goals, 28 assists and 89 points. Myers was selected in the 2004 MLL Supplemental Draft and made his pro debut on May 22, 2004 against the Baltimore Bayhawks. After graduation Myers served as a volunteer assistant under head coach Breschi at Ohio State, helping the 2004 Buckeyes earn their highest ranking in school history (sixth). The squad posted an overall record of 12-4 and finished it's a perfect 5-0 in the GWLL to claim the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. A native of Kinnebunk, Maine, Myers was a two-time prep All-American at Kinnebunk High School. He later coached the Maine U-19 Select All-Star Team to a 9-4 record at the 2003 Hotbeds Camp and served as camp director of the Big Dog I/II Lacrosse Camps. Myers joins a Bucknell program that was nationally ranked for nearly all of the 2005 season, when it finished 8-5. The Bison upset then-second-ranked Navy in overtime in March - the highest ranked team Bucknell has ever beaten in lacrosse - and went on to finish in a three-way tie with Navy and Army atop the Patriot League regular-season standings. Bucknell fell to Army 9-8 in overtime in the Patriot League Tournament semifinals and was subsequently passed over for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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