Jeff Tambroni

Biography

Jeff Tambroni returns for his 16th season as the head coach of Penn State men's lacrosse in 2026. One of the sport’s most decorated coaches enters the season seventh among all active Division I coaches in career wins with 239. During Tambroni's time in Happy Valley, Penn State players have earned 60 All-America awards, 16 USILA Scholar All-America honors, and 57 all-conference accolades. He coached three back-to-back Big Ten Offensive Players of the Year, Matt Traynor (2025) and TJ Malone (2023 and 2024). In his most recent season, he mentored the program’s first Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Hunter Aquino, who also set a new program record for most Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades in a single season with six. Tambroni coached Jack Fracyon, the 2024 and 2023 Big Ten Specialist of the Year, 2019 NCAA Attackman of the Year and Big Ten Offensive Player of the year (Grant Ament), the 2018 Big Ten Specialist of the Year (Gerard Arceri), the 2019 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (Chris Sabia), the 2013 CAA Player of the Year and 2013 and 2014 CAA Defensive Player of the Year (Austin Kaut). Additionally, Mac O'Keefe's 221 goals from 2017-2021 set the NCAA Division I career scoring record. He has led the Lions to two regular season conference championships and one conference tournament title. The veteran head coach guided the Nittany Lions to another historic campaign in 2025, reaching their second Final Four in the last three years and third in the last six seasons. The