RAPKIN NAMED DOMINICAN COLLEGE HEAD MENS LACROSSE COACH
Orangeburg, NY (7/10/09) Dominican College Director of Athletics, Joseph Clinton, has announced the hiring of Manny Rapkin as the Chargers Head Mens Lacrosse Coach. Rapkin spent last season as the interim coach after the resignation of Nick Ballou.
Orangeburg, NY (7/10/09) Dominican College Director of Athletics, Joseph Clinton, has announced the hiring of Manny Rapkin as the Chargers Head Men's Lacrosse Coach. Rapkin spent last season as the interim coach after the resignation of Nick Ballou.
Rapkin, who resides in Orangeburg, NY, was named interim coach last September when Ballou resigned. Rapkin posted a 2-12 record and a 0-6 East Coast Conference (ECC) mark in 2009, with victories over American International College and Farmingdale State.
Rapkin spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons as an assistant coach for the Chargers. Prior to coming to Dominican, he was an assistant coach at Desert Mountain High School from 2002-2003 and then at Saguaro High School, both located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Rapkin spent the past summer coaching at the Adrenaline Lacrosse Camps in California.
Rapkin played collegiate lacrosse and football at Siena College, a NCAA Division I member of the MAAC Conference. A Rockland County native, Rapkin is a graduate of Clarkstown North High School and began his coaching career as an assistant at his high school alma mater in 1985.