Syracuse, N.Y. – Le Moyne College head men's lacrosse coach Dan Sheehan has announced the hiring of Justin Schneidman as an assistant coach.

Schneidman, who is the first full-time assistant coach in the program's history, comes to Le Moyne after serving three seasons as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Colgate University.

"Adding Coach Schneidman to our staff is a huge win for the program," said Sheehan. "He was a highly-decorated player and is one of the rising young stars in the coaching ranks. What's even more impressive is he's an awesome person and I couldn't be happier to have him working with the young men in our program."

After serving as a volunteer assistant for the 2021 season at Colgate, he was promoted to a full-time position as defensive coordinator in August 2021. He helped the 2021 Raiders advance to the Patriot League tournament semifinals for the first time since 2015. While leading the defense over the last two seasons, the Raiders finished in the top-40 nationally in scoring defense each year. The 2022 team ranked 18th nationally in man-down defense, while the 2023 squad was 31st in caused turnovers per game.

Before his tenure at Colgate, Schneidman was on the staff at Division-I Fairfield for two seasons (2017-19) after starting his collegiate coaching career with a pair of seasons at Division-III Manhattanville (2016-17).

Prior to coaching at the collegiate level, he served as a coach for Primetime and Sweetlax Upstate Lacrosse Clubs, starting in 2010, and continuing into his tenure at Colgate.

A native of Katonah, N.Y and a product of John Jay-Cross River High School, Schneidman was a two-time USILA All-America First Team selection at Cortland State. A sophomore starter at close defense on the 2009 national championship team, he was a three-year All-SUNYAC selection, including first team in 2010 and 2011, two-time First Team All-ECAC honoree (2010 and 2011) and 2011 North-South all-star game selection. He concluded his career with 139 ground balls, 81 caused turnovers, four assists and one goal over 59 games played. Schneidman is the all-time caused turnover leader with 81 and holds the top two single-season marks with 50 (2010) and 31 (2011). In October 2020, he was named to the SUNYAC All-Decade Team.

Schneidman graduated cum laude from Western Connecticut State with a bachelor's degree in business administration in supervisory management in 2014.

The Dolphins closed out the 2023 season with a 17-1 record after appearing in the NCAA semifinals for the 17th time in the last 21 full seasons.