This summer's Seth Tierney Boys' Lacrosse Camp staff consists of the Hofstra Pride staff as well as former Hofstra players who now coach at the high school and collegiate level. Some staff also play professionally in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse. Additionally, some staff are current Hofstra athletes.

Seth Tierney Men's Lacrosse Head Coach Register for Seth Tierney Boys Lacrosse Camp Read About the Seth Tierney Boys Lacrosse Camp Seth Tierney became the fifth head coach in the 62-year history of the Hofstra Men's Lacrosse program when he was hired to the position in August 2006. Now in his fifth season, Tierney has led the Pride to 36 victories, the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association championship, the 2009 CAA regular season title and berths in three consecutive NCAA Championships from 2008 through 2010.

Tierney served as an assistant coach at Hofstra from 1995 through 2000 before leaving for a similar position at his alma mater Johns Hopkins University. During his six-year tenure with the Pride, Hofstra recorded six consecutive winning seasons with a combined overall record of 61-28 and a conference mark of 29-2, captured five league titles, received five top 15 final national rankings, and played in four NCAA Championship tournaments.
Tierney also coached seven All-Americans and nearly two-dozen all-conference players during his first tenure at Hofstra. Among them was midfielder Doug Shanahan, who would receive the inaugural Tewaaraton Trophy as College Lacrosse Player of the Year, the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the Division I Player of the Year, and the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award as the Division I Midfielder of the Year in 2001.

"During our search, we had the privilege of meeting many outstanding candidates including several former Pride assistants," Hofstra Director of Athletics Jack Hayes said. "Although all of them had exceptional and unique plans for Hofstra Lacrosse, Seth Tierney's presentation displayed the enthusiasm, intensity and passion that we were looking for. We are committed to assisting him move the program into the elite level of college lacrosse."

Last season, the Pride made its school record-tying third consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships and finished the year with a 9-5 record. Hofstra had two players named to the USILA All-America team, five named to the All-CAA team and two more named to the CAA All-Rookie Team. In 2009, Tierney directed the Pride to an 11-4 overall, a 6-0 mark during the CAA regular season and his second NCAA Championship bid. Five Hofstra players were named to the All-CAA Teams, including first team selection Jay Card, who was voted the CAA Player of the Year. In addition, four Pride players were named to the USILA All-America team and one was voted to the USILA Scholar-Athlete All-America Team. For his efforts, Tierney was named the CAA co-Coach of the Year.

The 2008 season saw Hofstra make a return to the NCAA Tournament after a one-year hiatus. The team posted a 10-6 record and won the CAA title in a thrilling overtime win over Drexel. Leading scorer Anthony Muscarella was named an honorable mention All-American, while Kevin Unterstein was the CAA Defensive Player of the Year and Jay Card earned CAA Rookie of the Year accolades. In addition, seven players received All-CAA honors and the Unterstein brothers, Kevin and Michael, were named North-South Game All-Stars and were both selected in the Major League Lacrosse Draft.

In his first year at the helm of the Hofstra program, Tierney took over a team that returned one starter from 2006's NCAA Quarterfinal squad and led them to a 6-8 record that saw seven losses decided by one goal. The team qualified for the CAA Championship, saw one of its star players - Kevin Unterstein - earn honorable mention All-America honors and had seven players named to All-CAA teams, including three All-Rookie selections.

Tierney returned to Hofstra after a six-year tenure at John Hopkins, with the final two seasons as associate head coach. As the Blue Jays offensive coordinator, he was the architect of one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the nation in recent years. Tierney directed the Blue Jays attack that finished second in the nation in scoring margin, sixth in scoring offense and 16th in man-up offense during Hopkins' NCAA title run in 2005. The Blue Jays led the nation in scoring offense and man-up offense in 2003 and finished fifth in both categories in 2004.

In Tierney's final season at Hopkins the Blue Jays posted a 9-5 record, advanced to the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, and ranked in the top 15 in the country in four statistical categories. With an emphasis on a balanced attack that puts pressure on the opposition at every position, individual awards have been plentiful at Hopkins. A total of 21 Blue Jay midfielders and attackmen earned All-America honors during Tierney's tenure in Homewood. Among them was Kyle Harrison, a two-time first team All-America, who received the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Lt. Enners Award in 2005 and the McLaughlin Award in 2004 and 2005.

Tierney played for the Blue Jays from 1988 through 1991 and served as team captain as a senior. He helped lead Hopkins to the NCAA Tournament in each of his four seasons, including an appearance in the 1989 NCAA title game. He received Hopkins' Turnbull-Reynolds Award as a senior as the player most exemplifying leadership and sportsmanship. Tierney was also selected to play in the North-South game as a senior.

After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Tierney continued his playing career by playing three seasons of indoor lacrosse for the New York Saints before serving as an assistant coach for the Saints for two seasons.

Tierney and his wife, Maureen, have two children - a son, Ryan (12), and a daughter, Erin (10). The Tierney family resides in Massapequa, New York.


Amplo, who was named associate head coach in August 2008, began his college coaching career in the fall of 1999 as a defensive specialist with the Hofstra midfielders. He served two seasons as an assistant coach under then-coach John Danowski, with the Pride advancing to the NCAA Championship both years.

In 2001 Amplo left Hofstra for Penn, where the Quakers posted their best record in 13 years, recording the program's first winning season and first nine-win campaign since 1989, going 9-4 overall and 3-3 in the Ivy League during the 2002 season.

Since his return to Hofstra in 2003, the Pride has posted a 76-49 record and advanced to five NCAA Championships, including the quarterfinals in 2006. During his Hofstra tenure, Amplo has had a hand in coaching 53 all-conference players, including five conference players of the year, four rookies of the year, as well as 21 All-Americans. Under his tutelage in 2001 Doug Shanahan was the inaugural recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy, given to the top collegiate lacrosse player, as well as the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as National Player of the Year, and the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award as Midfielder of the Year. He has also coached a Tewaaraton Award finalist in Chris Unterstein, as well as 13 North-South All-Stars (including MVP's Brett Moyer and Shanahan). During his 10 years on staff, Amplo has also coached six USILA Scholar-All-Americans.

Amplo's work with the Pride defense has consistently placed Hofstra among the best in the nation with the 2006 team ranking fifth nationally in scoring defense at 6.58 goals per game.

As a player, Amplo was a first team All-America East selection on defense during his senior year in 1999. He played in 58 games during his Hofstra career and recorded 91 ground balls. In 1999 Amplo tallied 40 ground balls and registered an assist while starting all 16 games for Hofstra, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals that season. He played on three (1996, 1997 and 1999) NCAA Tournament teams as a Hofstra player and has coached in four (2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006).

During his time as a student-athlete Amplo was elected chairperson of Hofstra's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for consecutive terms and served as the Hofstra representative for the America East Conference SAAC meetings. He was also a member of the NCAA Steering Committee during Hofstra's NCAA certification review.

The Farmingville, Long Island, native had a stellar scholastic career at Sachem High School in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, where he was a four-time letterman in both lacrosse and football. As a senior captain, he tallied 20 goals and 15 assists at midfield and led Sachem to Suffolk County and Long Island championships and the New York State championship game. He was named to all-conference teams in both lacrosse and football.

Coach Amplo also serves as director of the Blue and Gold Lacrosse Camps, which operates on the Hofstra campus and promotes the game of lacrosse to young people on Long Island. He is also the founder and director of the Long Island Classic and Clinic, which is one of the largest youth and high school tournaments and clinics in the nation. The annual event attracts more than 10,000 players and fans to Hofstra each July.

Active on the lecture circuit, Coach Amplo has been a featured speaker at several national and regional lacrosse conventions and clinics, including the US Lacrosse Convention, the Potomac (MD) Convention, the Philadelphia Coaches Association Convention, the Pacific Northwest Coaches Convention, the Southwest Coaches Convention, the Boston Coaches Clinic, Hudson Valley Lacrosse Night and numerous speaking engagements on Long Island.

Amplo graduated from Hofstra with a degree in geography and holds a master's in college student counseling from the University as well. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters, Sophia (5) and Charlotte (2) The Amplo family resides in Babylon, New York.


During his Hofstra coaching career, Smith helped develop 2001 Tewaaraton Trophy recipient Doug Shanahan, who also won National Player of the Year and National Midfielder of the Year accolades as well. He has also coached 39 all-conference players, six conference players and rookies of the year, 19 All-Americans and 21 North-South All-Stars. Two of those all-stars, Doug Shanahan and Brett Moyer, went on to win MVP honors at the North-South All-Star Game. In 2006 Smith directed Tewaaraton Trophy finalist Chris Unterstein and helped the Pride to a berth in the NCAA Quarterfinals. In is 11 years with the program Smith has also seen seven players go on to earn USILA Scholar All-America honors.

Smith began his coaching career in 1985 when he served as an assistant coach at Ohio Wesleyan University. While at Ohio Wesleyan, Smith also served as a physical education instructor, intramural director and ticket manager. In 1987 he joined the lacrosse staff at Army as an assistant and coached the Cadets from 1987 through 1990. Smith also served as a physical education instructor while at Army. He served as the varsity head lacrosse coach and the junior varsity head football coach at Division Avenue from 1990 to 1997. In addition to his Hofstra coaching duties, Smith is currently a teacher and assistant football coach in the Levittown School District.

As a player at Roanoke College, Smith was named to the USILA Division III All-American team in 1982 and 1983. He tallied 50 goals in 1981 and 51 in 1982. Smith concluded his college career as Roanoke's career leader and is currently second with 145 goals. He also ranks sixth in career scoring with 208 points and in the top 15 in career assists with 63. In 1996 Smith was inducted into the Roanoke College Athletic Hall of Fame.

Smith holds a bachelor's degree in physical education from Roanoke College, a master's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a postgraduate degree in educational administration from Hofstra. Smith and his wife, Carol, have three children - J.P. (17), Brendan (16) and Conor (12). The Smith family resides in West Islip, New York.


In 2007 as a junior, Unterstein earned USILA All-American honorable mention honors, and was named to the All-CAA second team as well as the All-CAA Tournament team. As a sophomore in 2006, Kevin, his twin brother Mike, and their older brother Chris combined to help lead Hofstra to a 17-2 record, a No. 2 national ranking and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. He was also named to the All-CAA Rookie Team as a freshman.

Following graduation in 2008, he became an assistant under Bill Tierney at Princeton, working with the defense and face-off specialists. He would follow Tierney to Denver to help coordinate the Pioneers' man-down unit and work specifically with the defensive midfielders and work with assistant coach Trevor Tierney with the defense and the overall face-off game.

A native of Shoreham, N.Y., he was a high school All-American at Shoreham-Wading River High, where he was part of four Suffolk County championships and one state championship.