Peter Milliman, the current head men's lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins University, will serve as the head coach of the Iroquois Nationals Men's Sixes Team at the World Games 2022 it was announced today by Leo Nolan, executive director of Iroquois program. The World Games will take place in Birmingham, Alabama from July 7-17, 2022, and will include both men's and women's Sixes competitions.

World Lacrosse Sixes is an outdoor adaptation of traditional field and box lacrosse and features teams with 12 players competing on a field that is 70 meters long by 36 meters wide.  The game is played with five field players plus one goalie for each team; the games are 32 minutes long (four eight-minute quarters) and feature a 30-second shot clock. Draws occur only at the start of each quarter with goalies initiating play after goals are scored.

"Peter's passion for the game, his innovative offense and team-building skills, along with a stated desire to learn from our player's creative style of play made him stand out among other applicants," said Rex Lyons, board member and head of the search committee.

Milliman recently completed his first season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins and guided the Blue Jays to the Big Ten championship game. Prior to arriving at Homewood, he had served for three seasons as the head coach at Cornell and led the Big Red to the 2018 NCAA quarterfinals and a three-year record of 28-10.  He served as the head coach at Pfeiffer and as an assistant at both Princeton and Cornell before being named the head coach at Cornell.

"I am excited for and humbled by the opportunity to serve as the head coach of the Iroquois Nationals," Milliman stated. "I look forward to working with some of the most uniquely talented and skilled players in the world at one of the premier international events in our sport."

This will not be Milliman's first time coaching at the international level. He served as the head coach of Team Russia at the 2014 FIL World Championship and was an assistant coach with Team USA at the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, where he helped lead the Americans to a third-place finish.