Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: This CT coach driving for NCAA lacrosse championship three-peat, and more
Casey D’Annolfo had a rare night this week, the kind of tossing and turning a coach experiences after a loss. “Yeah, it hurt for sure,” D’Annolfo said, after his Tufts men’s lacrosse team’s winning streak ended at 42. “I didn’t sleep very well on Wednesday night because you do feel like you should win every game.
So when you don’t win … even when you do win, you’re still pretty hard on ...
Casey D’Annolfo had a rare night this week, the kind of tossing and turning a coach experiences after a loss. “Yeah, it hurt for sure,” D’Annolfo said, after his Tufts men’s lacrosse team’s winning streak ended at 42 . “I didn’t sleep very well on Wednesday night because you do feel like you should win every game.
So when you don’t win … even when you do win, you’re still pretty hard on yourself. ” D’Annolfo, who played at Conard High in West Hartford, where his father was a legendary multisport coach, is as conditioned to winning as any coach in collegiate athletics. Since taking over the program at Tufts, where he played from 2003-06, D’Annolfo’s record is 160-19 after a 21-11 victory over Middlebury in the New England Small College Athletic Conference quarterfinals Saturday.
For reference, D’Annolfo’s winning percentage, . 894, is even higher than Geno Auriemma’s . 886.
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