John Odierna

John Odierna is in his second season as an assistant men's lacrosse coach at Stevens Institute of Technology. In his first season under Gene Peluso, Odierna helped the Ducks reach the Empire 8 Championship semifinals after a 5-2 E8 regular-season record. Six Ducks earned all-conference honors, two more were named Scholar All-Americans by the USILA and one other was selected to play in the prestigious USILA North-South All-Star game.

Odierna came to Stevens after two seasons as an assistant at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Colby posted 15 victories while Odierna was on the sidelines and Mules' Ian Deveau was named NESCAC Player of the Year in 2013. In 2012, Colby tied for third in the NESCAC standings and three members of the squad were named all-conference.

As a student-athlete, Odierna played for Gettysburg College and was an USILA Honorable Mention All-American in 2011. He also a two-year Centennial Conference all-league selection and co-captain during his senior campaign. Gettysburg won back-to-back conference titles while Odierna suited up for the Bullets and reached the NCAA National Championship game in 2009.

A native of Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Odierna graduated from Gettysburg with a bachelor's degree in business management. He was also a USILA Scholar All-American in 2011.

What they are saying about Odierna:

"Over the past two years, John has shown that he is a talented, young coach with a passion to coach college lacrosse at a high level. I have been lucky enough to both work for Coach Peluso at Stevens along with John at Gettysburg, and I believe that this is a great fit for the Stevens Men's Lacrosse program."

Doug Sage
Head Coach – The University of Scranton

"I have known John since he was in the sixth grade and always knew he would be an extremely successful coach. Stevens has just hired one of the great young coaches in lacrosse and the nationally ranked program Stevens have built has added a piece to continue the amazing tradition. I am happy for Stevens and equally as happy for Coach Odierna. John's tireless work ethic will be a great addition to the Stevens staff. He brings a great deal of lacrosse knowledge to Stevens and will be an excellent motivator."

Mike Winkoff
FLG Lacrosse - Founder & Director

"John Odierna has always impressed me with his maturity and professionalism as a young coach. I believe John is the type of leader that Stevens will be very pleased to have join their program."

Peter Milliman
Assistant Coach – Cornell University