Richie Meade (born c. 1955) is an American college

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coach and the former head coach at Furman University. Prior to coaching at Furman, he was the head coach of the Navy lacrosse team at the

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and at the

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until they discontinued their athletics program. Meade was an assistant coach at Duke University, the

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, and the

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Early life and college

A native of

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, Meade attended and played lacrosse at

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on Long Island. He then transferred to the

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, from which he graduated with a

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in 1976. Meade earned an M.S. from North Carolina in 1979.Player Bio: Richie Meade
United States Naval Academy, retrieved July 12, 2010.

Coaching career

After a stint as an assistant coach for

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, Meade became an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1979. The following year, he took over as the head coach of the

lacrosse team. He served in that position until 1983, when the school ended its athletics program, and amassed a 27–23 record. Meade then went to the

, where he worked as an assistant professor of physical education and an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Navy lacrosse team. In 1989, he returned to North Carolina as offensive coordinator and attackmen and midfielders coach. Meade then served as offensive coordinator and attackmen coach for the Army lacrosse team at the

. In 1995, Meade returned to Navy as its seventh head lacrosse coach. Meade has guided Navy to seven NCAA tournament appearances and five Patriot League tournament championships. In 2008, Meade, along with

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head coach Don Zimmerman, was a candidate for the North Carolina head position after John Haus was fired, but Meade said he was not interested. Meade resigned as Navy's coach on May 9, 2011. In 2012, Meade accepted a position as Furman's head men's lacrosse coach. His tenure with the Paladins ended on May 18, 2020 when the university eliminated the men's lacrosse program due to

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budgetary costs."Furman Implements Furloughs, Discontinues Baseball and Men's Lacrosse," Furman University Athletics, Monday, May 18, 2020.
Retrieved March 7, 2023.

References

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