Lance Olson joined the St. Bonaventure men's lacrosse coaching staff in July 2025 and is in his first season with the program.
Olson is a rising star in the men's lacrosse coaching ranks, serving as head coach at Emmanuel (Ga.) University since 2023.
The 2025 Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year, Olson inherited a program averaging under four wins per season in the eight years prior to his hiring and led the Lions to an 8-6 regular season mark this spring.
In addition to directing an improvement from a 1-15 campaign to 8-6, Olson's team also recorded the highest cumulative GPA in program history.
He earned the head coaching job at Emmanuel following a stint on staff at Montevallo where he was the Falcons' defensive coordinator, goalie coach and faceoff specialist coach from 2022-23. In his two seasons on staff, Montevallo won 22 games while the Falcons goalie ranked top-10 nationally in save percentage.
As a student-athlete, he played at Emmanuel from 2017-20 as a midfielder and helped lead the program to its first postseason tournament berth in program history. He earned 2020 Conference Carolinas All-Conference honors and was a two-time pick to the league's Academic All-Conference Team. He completed his collegiate career on Bonnies head coach Brendan Storrier's squad at Limestone where he was on the Saints' Final Four team and was selected to the 2022 All-South Atlantic Conference teams.
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