Bio

James DeLanoy is set to enter his 13th season as head coach for Rivier University men's lacrosse in 2024.

DeLanoy, the 2022 GNAC Coach of the Year, brings a wealth of knowledge to his team, which he led to a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Quarterfinals appearance in 2023. The same team saw eight players named to the GNAC All-Academic team as the squad also earned the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Academic Team Award. Attacker Michael Ference was named the GNAC Offensive Player of the Year after posting 73 points and was joined on the First Team by Jeffrey Potter, Coby Mercier, and Adam Hailey. Since the 2019 season, Delanoy has coached 21 All-Conference and 27 All-Academic selections.

He spent the previous seven seasons at Southern New Hampshire University where he served as the associate head coach and offensive coordinator. Over those seven seasons, DeLanoy was able to recruit and graduate three student-athletes who became NCAA All-Americans. He was also selected to be the head coach for the East squad in the 2008 New England Interscholastic Lacrosse Association (NEILA) All-Star Game.

A 1992 graduate of New England College, DeLanoy was a member of the lacrosse team all four years and was named captain in his junior and senior years. He still holds the school record for points per game (7.16 in '92) and is the third all-time leading scorer at the time of graduation. He is also the first student-athlete in NEC history to record more than 100 goals and 100 assists in a career.

Since graduating from NEC, DeLanoy has become one of the area's best lacrosse coaches. He helped start the Derry Youth Lacrosse program, which produced Adam Reel who played in the 2004 NCAA Division I Championship game with Navy. DeLanoy also went back to his roots and was the assistant coach/offensive coordinator at Pinkerton Academy; he is a 1988 graduate of Pinkerton. In his short three seasons there, he helped guide the Astros to three New Hampshire State Championships. In 2018, DeLanoy was invited back to campus to be inducted into the Pinkerton Academy Hall of Fame. 

DeLanoy also made an appearance as an assistant coach with the Bermuda World's team at the 2006 World Games hosted in Ontario, Canada.

Learn more about Coach Delanoy's complete lacrosse background here.

DeLanoy resides in Derry, NH with his wife, Heather, son J.J., and dog Sugar.