Hartwick College, Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Bill Bjorness returns for his 10th year as head coach of the Hartwick College men's lacrosse team. Over the course of his career at Hartwick, he has piloted the Hawks to six post-season berths in his nine years as head coach. Bjorness started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Keuka from 1986-88. He then served as an assistant coach at Hartwick from 1989-1991. After his stint as an assistant at Hartwick, Bjorness moved on to become an assistant at his alma mater, RIT, from 1991-1993. He followed that stint at his alma mater by becoming the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Dartmouth College from 1994-1998. An active participant on the national coaching scene in the off-season, Bjorness has been on the coaching staff at the Top-205 Lacrosse Camp in Baltimore since its inception in 1988. He also serves on the staff at the Peak-200 Lacrosse Camp in Springfield, Mass. On the international level, Bjorness has served as an assistant coach for the Iroquois Men's National Team at the International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) World Championships. In 1994, he was the defensive coordinator for the Iroquois team that finished in fifth place at Manchester, England. Bjorness returned in 2002 and helped the team earn a fourth-place medal at Perth, Australia. He doubled as the general manager and assistant coach for the Iroquois at the 2003 ILF Boys Under-19 World Championships at Towson University (Md.), helping the squad finish fifth overall. In 2006, Bjorness served as co-head coach for the Iroquois National team at the ILF World Championships in London, Ontario, Canada. He piloted the team to an upset of Australia in the preliminary round and became the first team from outside the "big three" (Canada, the United States, and Australia) to defeat one of them. Iroquois advanced to the medal round, but fell to Australia in the bronze medal game. Bjorness also serves as the Chair of the Empire 8 Conference Men's Lacrosse Committee and has served three years on the NCAA Division III All-American Committee. Bjorness resides in Oneonta with his wife, Heidi and son Adam. [More on Coach Bjorness]