{"id":94100,"date":"2023-07-20T10:39:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=94100"},"modified":"2023-07-21T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:29:03","slug":"umw-rugby-director-lacrosse-assistant-coach-savor-international-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/20\/umw-rugby-director-lacrosse-assistant-coach-savor-international-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Rugby Director, Lacrosse Assistant Coach Savor International Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UMW Athletics\u2019 Gearoid Dunbar and Tyler Houston are recently back from the World Lacrosse Championship in San Diego \u2013 Dunbar as a player and Houston as a coach in the international competition held from June 20 to July 1.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94101\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"94101\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/20\/umw-rugby-director-lacrosse-assistant-coach-savor-international-competition\/dunbar-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW Director of Rugby Gearoid Dunbar (20) stands with brother Ruairi Dunbar (2) in San Diego, California, where both played for the Irish national team in this summer&amp;#8217;s Lacrosse World Championship.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-94101 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Dunbar photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-225x300.jpeg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-768x1024.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Dunbar-photo-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW Director of Rugby Gearoid Dunbar (20) stands with brother Ruairi Dunbar (2) in San Diego, California, where both played for the Irish national team in this summer\u2019s Lacrosse World Championship. (Provided photo.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At UMW, Dunbar is director of rugby, overseeing both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams. But he played as long stick midfielder (LSM) for the Irish national field lacrosse team in the 10-day international competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won all of our pool games, and then had three one-goal game losses to finish up 12th in the world,\u201d Dunbar said. \u201cWe were looking to finish a lot higher, but we had a good number of players injured throughout the games. \u2026 It becomes a battle of attrition toward the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A native of Carlow, Ireland, Dunbar was first and foremost a rugby player, both for the Carlow Rugby Club and for his championship-winning college team, Institute of Technology Carlow.<\/p>\n<p>But when he initially came to the United States, living first in Las Vegas, Nevada, he picked up lacrosse and played for three years before temporarily moving back to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Though the U.S. is home now, Dunbar has for several years played both field and indoor lacrosse for Ireland, including in previous world championships. But he said this summer\u2019s competition was particularly meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, he got to play alongside brother Ruairi Dunbar, who recently moved in with him in Fredericksburg. For another, it\u2019s possibly Gearoid Dunbar\u2019s last time playing field lacrosse for the Irish national team \u2013 though he will try out once more as an indoor lacrosse defenseman for the Ireland team for next summer\u2019s indoor championship in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his focus is on UMW\u2019s renowned men\u2019s and women\u2019s rugby programs. This month the men\u2019s team <a href=\"https:\/\/umweagles.com\/sports\/mrugby\/2022-23\/releases\/20230711dh5alr\">hired Charbel Medlej \u201916<\/a> as the men\u2019s coach. The longtime women\u2019s coach is Kris Kabza and assistant coach is Bill Lucas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94102\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"94102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/20\/umw-rugby-director-lacrosse-assistant-coach-savor-international-competition\/houston-and-swiss-team\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1075\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Swiss national lacrosse team poses at the World Lacrosse Championship. Tyler Houston, assistant coach of UMW men&amp;#8217;s lacrosse, is standing, back row, second from left.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-300x202.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-1024x688.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-94102 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Houston and Swiss Team\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-300x202.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-1024x688.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-768x516.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Houston-and-Swiss-team.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swiss national lacrosse team poses at the World Lacrosse Championship. Tyler Houston, assistant coach of UMW men\u2019s lacrosse, is standing, back row, second from left. (Provided photo.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Houston is an assistant coach of UMW men\u2019s lacrosse under Coach Drew Delaney. For the Swiss national team Houston is defensive coordinator \u2013 an opportunity that arose from a UMW study-abroad experience he had as an undergraduate.<\/p>\n<p>As a student lacrosse player majoring in history and art history at UMW, Houston worked with the <a href=\"https:\/\/international.umw.edu\/\">Center for International Education<\/a> to get college credit for a summer sports internship in Austria and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>During his 1\u00bd month undergraduate experience in Europe, he impressed officials from the Swiss national lacrosse team. And soon after graduation he found himself coaching the Swiss team\u2019s defense at the 2016 World Lacrosse Championships. He repeated the role in 2018 and again this summer \u2013 despite having \u201cnot a single ounce of Swiss blood,\u201d he said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Coaching lacrosse is a passion, he said, whether for UMW or for the Swiss team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to pinch myself,\u201d he said, \u201cthat the sport I grew up loving to play has gotten me all over the country and all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/umweagles.com\/landing\/index\">UMW Athletics<\/a> online for schedules, rosters, game coverage and news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMW Athletics\u2019 Gearoid Dunbar and Tyler Houston are recently back from the World Lacrosse Championship in San Diego \u2013 Dunbar as a player and Houston as a coach in the international competition held from June 20 to July 1. At UMW, Dunbar is director of rugby, overseeing both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams. 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