John Paul
	Position: Head Coach Experience: 1st season

Office: (734) 615-4286
Email: modo@umich.edu

In his first season as head coach of the Michigan men's lacrosse team, John Paul spent the last 14 seasons as head coach of the University of Michigan men's lacrosse club team, compiling a career record of 241-44. Under his direction, the team earned 13 straight Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) national tournament invitations (1999-2011), reaching at least the quarterfinals every year except one. His teams captured an unprecedented three straight national club team titles from 2008-10, and 11 of the last 13 Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA) championships, including each of the last five.

The Wolverines were ranked No. 1 in the MCLA poll for the better part of the 2008, '09, '10 and '11 seasons, and concluded 2011 with an 18-1 record, the CCLA title, and a No. 3 national ranking after falling, 7-6, in the national semifinals to Arizona State.

In the final four years competing at the club level (2008-11), Paul's teams posted a 76-2 overall record, 24-0 CCLA record and won three straight national titles and four conference titles. In 2008, the Wolverines did something no other MCLA team had, completing a perfect season with a 20-0 record, culminating with the program's first national club team championship. In 2009, the Wolverines duplicated the feat by again going 20-0 and repeating as national champion. U-M tallied a streak of 50 consecutive wins from the end of the 2007 season midway through 2010, and closed the year with an 18-1 mark, a fourth straight CCLA title and a three-peat as national champion. In that three-year span, Paul's teams posted a 58-1 mark.

Seventy Wolverines earned MCLA All-America recognition under Paul, including 22 on the first team. Michigan has also boasted 38 MCLA Scholar Athletes during his tenure. His teams produced 141 All-CCLA honorees, by far the highest total in the conference. In 2008, Brekan Kohlitz became the first Wolverine selected in the Major League Lacrosse draft when he was selected in the fifth round by the Washington Bayhawks.

Away from the field, Paul's teams excelled in the classroom and community as well, maintaining a team GPA well above 3.0. Team members made regular visits to patients at the U-M Mott Children's Hospital and participated in children's reading programs and a mentoring program at local schools.

Paul has been involved with Michigan lacrosse as a player and coach since 1986-87. A three-year captain for the Wolverines, he transitioned into the coaching profession in 1989 at Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor) while still at U-M. He served as an assistant coach at Michigan while also working in the athletic department's development office for five years. Paul assumed head coaching duties for the U-M club team in 1998.

Paul brings international coaching experience as well, serving on the coaching staff of the 2002 USA West team that won the International Open division of the World Lacrosse Championships in Perth, Australia. He also served on the USA West staff when the team claimed the 2005 Asia Pacific Games championship in Osaka, Japan.

Paul served as president of the MCLA from 2002-09 and is a former member of the US Lacrosse Board of Directors (2002-05). He also served on the Executive Board of the US Lacrosse Coaches Council and on the Board of the Michigan Chapter of US Lacrosse.

Paul was drafted in 1989 by the Detroit Turbos of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. He also played post-collegiate club lacrosse for the Motor City Lacrosse Club until 1996. Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan in history (1994). He and his wife, Lisa, live in Ann Arbor.

John Paul's Team / Player Achievements
3 MCLA National Championships
5 MCLA Semifinal Appearances
12 MCLA Quarterfinal appearances
11 CCLA Championships
1 Player drafted professionally (MLL)
70 MCLA All-Americans
22 First-Team All-Americans
38 MCLA Scholar Athletes
141 All-CCLA Selections

John Paul's Year-by-Year Michigan Club Coaching Record