Villanova University

Mike Corrado Position: Head Coach Experience: 6th Season Alma Mater: Villanova ('87)

The 2011-2012 season marks Mike Corrado's sixth year as the head coach at Villanova and his 17th overall with the program. Corrado was appointed head coach during the summer of 2006 after being named the associate head coach one year earlier.

The 2009 and 2010 back-to-back CAA and BIG EAST Coach of the Year has led the Wildcats to unprecedented success in recent seasons. During the past five years, Corrado has garnered a .571 overall winning percentage while posting a .667 winning percentage the past three seasons. His career record currently stands at 44-33 following the conclusion of the 2011 campaign, while posting a 32-16 record over last three years.

2011 proved to be another historic season under Corrado's direction. After guiding the team to an 11-5 overall record and going 3-3 in the highly-competitive BIG EAST Conference, Villanova earned their first-ever at-large berth to the 2011 NCAA postseason after successfully navigating one of the toughest regular-season schedules in the nation. Traveling to the University of Denver in what would be the first NCAA tournament game to be played west of the Mississippi, the Wildcats narrowly fell to the Pioneeres, 13-10, on Denver's home turf.

Despite the loss, 2011 saw Villanova reach their highest ranking in program history at No. 7 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse and USILA polls while being ranked well inside the top-20 for 14 weeks during the season.

In 2010, Corrado guided Villanova to a 10-5 overall and 4-2 conference record in the inaugural season of BIG EAST men's lacrosse, finishing in third place in the league and marking just the third time in program history that Villanova had won at least 10 regular-season games since its inception as a varsity sport in 1981.

In 2009, Villanova made their first NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the CAA Championship by defeating Towson, 10-9, in the conference finals. The Wildcats then faced lacrosse powerhouse UVA in the first round of NCAA competition.

Corrado has led several players to individual accolades since being appointed head coach. Under his defensive tutelage, Corrado guided the most decorated Villanova Lacrosse player of all time into the national spotlight in long-stick midfielder Brian Karalunas. Following the 2011 season, Karalunas became Villanova's first three-time USILA All-American and the first men's lacrosse player to be named a first team All-America selection. Additionally, the back-to-back 2010 and 2011 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year was twice named a First Team All-BIG EAST honoree in addition to being selected as the 35th overall pick in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse Collegeiate Draft by the Long Island Lizards. Karalunas finished his career as Villanova's and the NCAA's career leader with 153 caused turnovers and ranks ninth all-time at Villanova with 213 ground balls. Additionally, Chris Ficke and Karalunas were both selected to play in the USILA Division I/II North/South All-Star game following the conclusion of the 2011 season.

On the offensive end, Kevin Cunningham (2011 All-BIG EAST First Team, 2010 All-BIG EAST Second Team), Jack Rice (2011 All-BIG EAST First Team), Paul Webber (2010 USILA Honorable Mention All-American, BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year, First Team All-BIG EAST) and Mark Scioscia (2010 All-BIG EAST Second Team) have all earned national recognition under Corrado's expertise.

In his time at Villanova, Corrado has served in several capacities including mentoring the defense and serving as the recruiting coordinator. His expertise specifically lies with coordinating defensive efforts, and in 2003 and 2004, the Wildcats scoring defense ranked first and seventh in the nation, respectively. In 2005, Villanova improved to fourth in the country, allowing just 7.13 goals per game.

A former standout defenseman for the Wildcats, Corrado is in his second stint at Villanova having also served as an assistant under former Head Coach Randy Marks from 1992-95. Upon leaving Villanova, Corrado took a position at Conestoga High School before accepting a head coaching position with the Haverford High School varsity men's lacrosse team.

In November of 2005, Corrado was inducted into the Villanova Varsity Club Hall of Fame, being just the fourth lacrosse player to ever receive this honor. Previous inductees from the men's lacrosse program include Bob Adams (Class of 1980), Bill Hook (1980) and teammate Drew Cunningham (1985).

As a student-athlete, Corrado was a four-year starter at Villanova from 1984-1987. He was the team's Rookie of the Year in `84 and named co-captain and Most Valuable Player in his senior season when he collected a team-high 93 ground balls. For his career, Corrado tallied four goals and five assists from the offensive end of the field and was an All-County player for Islip (N.Y.) High School prior to becoming a Wildcat.

Upon graduation in 1987, Corrado served four years in the U.S. Navy where he was based out of Norfolk, Va. He is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War and recently retired as a Commander from the Naval Reserves.

Corrado received his Master's degree in Education from Temple University in 2002. Michael and his wife, Valerie, live in Drexel Hill, Pa. with their son, Matthew.