Branden Geldart finished his third season as the assistant men's lacrosse coach at Oberlin College and first as the offensive coordinator in 2020 after serving as the defensive coordinator the past two seasons.
Geldart's offensive was off to a solid start for the Yeomen through four games as Oberlin ranked third in the conference in both goals per game (13.25) and assists (33) while scoring on man-up opportunities at a 43.8% clip (7-for-16) before the remainder of the spring season was canceled.
In 2019, the Yeomen picked up 531 ground balls and held opponents to a .321 shot percentage. Under his guidance, goalie Calvin Filson '20 made a career-best 157 saves and turned away 51 percent of the shots he faced.
In 2018, Oberlin drastically improved its goals against total going from 219 in 2017 to 149 under Geldart. Filson made 133 saves and turned away over 50 percent of the shots he faced. The Yeomen's backline scooped up a large portion of the team's 502 ground balls while also causing 123 turnovers.
Geldart came to campus after coaching two seasons at Catholic University of America where he taught defensive schemes, slide packages and positioning. Under Geldart, the Cardinals defense only allowed 7.92 goals per game in 2017 after surrendering 9.62 gpg in 2016.
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Prior to his first collegiate job, he coached at Camp Greylock in 2013 and for the Old Line State Lacrosse Club team in the summers of 2011 and 2012.
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Geldart graduated with a bachelor of science in social sciences from Frostburg State University.
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