Head Coach Fran Meagher

Fran Meagher is the first coach of Moravian College’s men’s lacrosse program, which began as a varsity sport 2004. Meagher has a 23-74 record in six seasons.

Meagher also serves as Moravian’s intramural director, an assistant football coach, and a member of the physical education department faculty in his full-time position.

Coach Meagher came to Moravian with deep roots in the game of lacrosse. As a player, he played football and lacrosse for the legendary Joe Brune at Loyola Blakefield and played with many Hall of Famers during stints with two of the top post-collegiate clubs – the Mount Washington Wolfpack and the Maryland Lacrosse Club Rebels.

Coach Meagher began his coaching career at Johns Hopkins University in 1974 as a member of a staff headed by Bob Scott that is virtually a who’s who of Hall of Fame players and coaches – that team won a national championship! The ensuing 33 years of coaching include 19 years as head coach of two the oldest collegiate programs at Union College and Swarthmore College and two of the newest programs at DeSales University and Moravian College!

While at DeSales University, Coach Meagher was selected to coach the Division III All-Stars in the 2001 USILA North-South game. Currently, Coach Meagher is serving on the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship Committee and on the ranking committee of the USILA/STX Division III Top 20 weekly coaches’ poll. Coach Meagher continues to devote time to promote the game to younger players through an annual Holiday Clinic held at Moravian College and by teaching in some of the top summer camps, most recently at Princeton, Rutgers and Lehigh Universities.

Coach Meagher resides in Allentown with his wife Molly who is the head coach at home where the couple has raised six children.

Assistant Coach TJ Hirsch

Coach TJ Hirsch is in his third year as Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach/Assistant Director of Intramural Sports. TJ is a 2007 graduate of Moravian College. During his four years at Moravian, Hirsch did not miss a game and started every game. He set all of the college face-off and groundball records. Hirsch, who serves as the Greyhound coordinator of offense, played his HS lacrosse on the Lakeland Panas team from 1999 to 2003. A stellar senior season yielded All League and All Section honors. Hirsch began his coaching career working with the Putnam Valley, NY Middle School program from 2004 to 2006 after his college seasons were complete. He has worked numerous teaching camps while he was a student athlete and has continued this work as a college assistant. Hirsch lives in Bethlehem, PA.