Oberlin College Athletics

Thomas Klosowski was named assistant men's lacrosse coach in June of 2023. He will serve as the team's defensive coordinator, face-off coach and recruiting coordinator.

After spending the 2023 season in a similar role at Bates College, Klosowski returned to the North Coast Athletic Conference after four seasons (2019-22) as an assistant coach at Kenyon College where he and Head Coach Ryan Polak first got the opportunity to work together. 

Kloswoski made his return to the NCAC known to his opponents in 2024, coaching up a defense that finished with a conference-best penalty-killing percentage of 75.8%. Klosowski's defense also excelled at forcing turnovers, with the Yeomen defense averaging over 12 caused turnovers per game, good for second in the conference and a top-thirty rank in all of division three. Returning nearly all of the starters from the 2024 season, Klowowski will look to build upon the already stifling defense in 2025.

During his time in Gambier, Klosowski helped take the Owls into the NCAC Tournament each season, which included runner-up finishes in 2022 and 2021. Guiding the third-ranked defense in the country in 2022, Klosowski’s rearguard led the NCAC in caused turnovers, man-down goals, scoring defense, and goals allowed.

The historic 14-win season in 2022 also featured Kenyon’s first-ever NCAC playoff win and highest finish in school history. Throughout his tenure, he helped mentor 29 All-NCAC selections, including 2022 NCAC Defensive Player of the Year Mayo Amorello. Furthermore, he instructed three USILA All-Americans and six USILA Scholar All-Americans.

A native of Miami, Florida, Klosowski had the Owls ranking in the top-40 nationally and second in the NCAC in face-off percentage while also assisting all athletics teams with their strength and conditioning programs.

Klosowski brings additional experience as a former high school and club head coach and is 
also owner and operator of TK Athletics LLC (Miami, FL), an organization intended to build youth, middle, and high school developmental programs in South Florida.

The 2010 Miami-Dade Player of the Year out of Gulliver Prep in Miami, Klosowski went on to earn All-American honors at Onondaga Community College (Syracuse, NY) where he won two  National Junior College Athletic Association championships. He would later play at The Ohio State University before transferring to the University of Miami to earn a bachelor’s of science in sports administration. 

A former member of the Polish National Team, his playing career would continue professionally as he spent time with the Florida Launch of the MLL and he also played for the Columbus Crows of the IBLA.