Washington Bayhawks Name Jarred Testa Head Coach
December 18, 2007 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Chesapeake Bayhawks News Release
Washington, DC (Dec 18, 2007) - The Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse announced today that Jarred Testa has been named head coach, according to Bayhawks GM Scott Hiller.
"After a national search we just felt Jarred possesses all of the outstanding qualifications you would look for in a head coach," said Hiller. "He is intense, organized, has experience as an MLL player, coached collegiately and was very successful in his only season as an MLL head coach."
In 2006 Testa led the expansion Denver Outlaws to a league-tying best 10-2 regular season record and the Western Conference title. They fell to the Philadelphia Barrage in the championship game. In 2006 the Outlaws boasted the league's third-ranked defense and top-ranked offense, scoring 197 goals during the 2006 season and outscoring opponents by an average of six goals per game.
Testa played three seasons in Major League Lacrosse. In 2001 and 2002 he played for the Baltimore Bayhawks and helped the Bayhawks to the 2002 title. He took the 2003 season off but returned in 2004 to play for the Long Island Lizards. He finished his MLL career with 30 goals in 31 games.
Testa served as an assistant coach for the University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 2000 until 2003. In his final season at UMBC, the Retrievers took the second-largest leap in the preseason power rankings of any team in college lacrosse moving from 29th to 13th. In conjunction with that leap, UMBC's offense tallied 44 more goals in just one more game (95 in 2002-139 in 2003). Prior to his position at UMBC, Testa was an assistant coach with the United States Merchant Marine Academy for three seasons (1998-2000).
Testa played collegiately at Hofstra and served as a team captain his last two years while leading the Flying Dutchmen to a pair of NCAA tournament berths.
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