Rick Senatore
enters his first season as Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach at
Franklin Pierce University. Senatore comes to Franklin Pierce
following three years at fellow Northeast-10 Conference member
Saint Anselm College. He turned around a program which posted a
3-11 record the year prior to his arrival into a program which
earned NE-10 Tournament bids in each of his three seasons,
including a semifinal appearance in 2009.
Senatore led Saint Anselm to winning records both overall and in
NE-10 play each of the last two seasons, posting identical 8-7
clips in 2008 and 2009, along with 6-4 and 5-4 marks in conference,
respectively. He earned NE-10 Coach-of-the-Year honors in 2007
after the Hawks won four of their last five games, including the
first two wins over nationally ranked programs in school history,
and was selected to coach the East squad in the New England
Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) All-Star Game.
Over his three years at Saint Anselm, 10 players were named
All-New England, five All-Northeast-10, four selected for the NEILA
Senior All-Star Game and one picked to the NE-10 All-Academic team.
Senatore is also active within the NEILA, serving as Division II
Poll Committee Leader and Academic All-New England Committee
Leader.
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Prior to taking over at Saint
Anselm, Senatore served three years as Head Boy’s Lacrosse
Coach at Hopkinton High School. He started the program in 2004 at
the junior varsity level, competing at the varsity level for the
first time in 2005. In the program’s second year at the
varsity level, the Hawks posted a 12-4 record and advanced to the
New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA)
small-school state semifinals. Senatore was named Coach of the Year
in the NHIAA and was selected to coach the New Hampshire Senior
All-Star Team for his efforts.
Senatore is co-founder and director of Granite State Lacrosse,
which runs a series of camps, indoor leagues and the New Hampshire
Tomahawks Elite Lacrosse Club.
Senatore is a 1991 graduate of the University of Massachusetts,
where he played under legendary coach Dick Garber. He was a
four-year starting midfielder and helped the Minutemen to four
straight NCAA Division 1 Tournament appearances and a Top 10
national ranking in each of those seasons. During his freshman
year, he was selected to try-out for the Under 19 US National Team.
Senatore was a team captain, named to the Division 1 All-New
England Team and was selected to play in the NEILA Senior All-Star
Game.
A native of Lindenhurst, N.Y., Senatore played on the prestigious
Long Island Empire State Team and was a Newsday All-Long Island
selection in football. He currently resides in Bedford, NH with his
wife, Valerie and their two children.
