Regy Thorpe (born November 27, 1971, in

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) was a professional lacrosse player for the

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in the

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who is now retired. He played his entire NLL career with the Knighthawks. He also played with the

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. Currently, Thorpe is the head coach for the

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of Major League Lacrosse.

Career

Thorpe played for two years at

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, where he earned All-America honors and was named the NJCAA Defenseman of the Year in 1991. He was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 2011. He then enrolled at

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and helped the Orange to the national finals in 1992. In his senior season, Thorpe earned All-America honors after leading Syracuse to a national title as a team captain. Thorpe has been a member of the

since the team's inaugural season in

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. He is the only member of the original team still with the Knighthawks. During the

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, Thorpe was named team captain, in the absence of injured Mike Hasen, and helped lead his team to the winning of the

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. In August 2008, Thorpe was named the new GM of the Knighthawks. It was announced at the time that he had retired from playing to take the GM job, but in November, Thorpe signed a playing contract, becoming the first player-GM in NLL history. Thorpe gave up his front-office duties after the season, and it appeared his playing career was over as well, but in the first week of February 2010, he was re-signed to the Knighthawks roster to provide experience and physicality on the defense. A product of the

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program, Thorpe had also played with the

for the team's initial six seasons before retiring. He was initially acquired by the Rattlers in the 10th round of the 2001 MLL Supplemental Draft. Internationally, Thorpe represented Team USA in the 2002 and 2004 Heritage Cup, and also won a bronze medal with Team USA in the 2007

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Coaching

Thorpe was a

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for the

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, before becoming a Head Coach for the

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of the

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before the 2007 summer season. He also coaches the

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lacrosse team. On February 3, 2011, Thorpe was named the head coach of the

Retirement

Thorpe officially retired as an active NLL player on December 4, 2010.

Statistics

NLL

MLL

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorpe, Regy 1971 births Living people American lacrosse players Lacrosse players from New York (state) Major League Lacrosse coaches Major League Lacrosse players Rochester Knighthawks players Sportspeople from Auburn, New York Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse players