Oberlin College Athletics

Topher Grossman finished his 10th season as the head coach of Oberlin’s men’s lacrosse team in 2020.
 
During his tenure, Grossman has rejuvenated a Yeomen lacrosse program that won just 17 games in the six seasons before he took over to 60 wins from 2011-2019. After earning NCAC Coach of the Year honors in his first season in 2011, Grossman has gone on to lead the Yeomen to winning seasons in four out of the last seven years (2013-2015, 2018).
 
The Grossman File

• Has Led Oberlin to 19 NCAC wins over the last seven years (2013-2019) after the program had not won a conference game since 1995
• In 2018, freshman Max McAllister earned All-NCAC honors as a face-off specialist.
• In 2015, he mentored sophomore Kinori Rosnow to a nation-leading face-off percentage of .715 (206-288), which Rosnow backed up in 2016 by earning All-NCAC First-Team honors and IMLCA All-Region
• His 2013 team's 8-6 record was the Yeomen’s first season winning season since 1995
• Prior to Oberlin, Grossman spent three seasons (2008-11) as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at his alma mater Connecticut College while also working one season as an assistant coach at Adrian College (Michigan)
• A 2005 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-American and First-Team All-NESCAC honoree as a goalie he averaged 13.4 saves per game in the cage while graduating with a degree in biology