NEW YORK — Head men's lacrosse coaches from 36 colleges and universities in the New York Metropolitan area have joined together to form a new lacrosse organization to be known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association with its primary purpose to promote student-athletes both in the classroom and on the lacrosse field.

The new organization will mirror many of the programs and policies of the New England Lacrosse Association, which has promoted the game of lacrosse throughout the New England region for many years.

Jason Miller, head coach of Division I St. John’s, and Tom Gill, head coach of the United States Merchant Marine Academy Mariners (USMMA), have brought together the following 11 Division I schools, nine Division II schools and 16 Division III schools in the Metropolitan region to help grow the game.

The schools and their head coaches are:

Division I

Hofstra University (Seth Tierney)
Long Island University (Eric Wolf)
Manhattan College (Drew Kelleher)
Monmouth University (Brian Fisher)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (Travis Johnson)
Princeton University (Matt Madalon)
Rutgers University (Brian Brecht)
St. John’s University (Jason Miller)
Stony Brook University (Anthony Gilardi)
Wagner College (Bill McCutcheon)
United States Military Academy (Army West Point) (Joe Alberici)

Division II

Adelphi University (Gordon Purdie)
Caldwell University (Matt Klank)
Dominican College (Daniel Steigert)
Felician University (Brendan Bonacum)
Georgian Court University (Mickey Hover)
Mercy College (Jordan Levine)
Molloy College (Bernard Dell’Aquila)
Pace University (Tom Mariano)
St. Thomas Aquinas College (Larry Ayers)

Division III

Bard College (Brian Praetorus)
Drew University (Doug Sage)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Pat Scarpello)
Kean University (Shelley Sheiner)
Manhattanville College (Ryan Bohlander)
Montclair State College (Matt Poskay)
Mount St. Mary (Eric Seideman)
Mount St. Vincent (Ryan Mello)
Stockton University (Kevin Zulauf)
Stevens Institute of Technology (Gene Peluso)
SUNY Farmingdale (Sean Chamberlain)
SUNY Maritime (Justin Manjares)
SUNY New Paltz (Dwayne Stewart)
SUNY Purchase (Michael Bocklet)
United States Merchant Marine Academy (Tom Gill)
Vassar College (John McCreery)