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Massapequa Names Michael Draper New Varsity Boys Lacrosse Coach
Draper will return to his alma mater from Adelphi University, where he was an assistant coach for seven years.
MASSAPEQUA, NY — Last week, the Massapequa Board of Education approved a new head coach for the boys' varsity lacrosse team. After seven years as the assistant coach at Adelphi University, Michael Draper will be the new coach, returning to his alma mater.
Draper has been a member of the Adelphi men's lacrosse staff since 2014, seeing four NCAA
tournament appearances, two NE10 regular-season titles and an NE10 Tournament
Championship crown. His responsibilities on the field included assisting the offense, coaching
the goaltenders and running the substitution box on gameday. Administratively, he writes the
scouting reports and recruits potential student-athletes to don the Brown and Gold.
Prior to Adelphi, Draper led the Massapequa Chiefs to a State Class A Championship in 2014. During his tenure, the Chiefs posted a record of 90-28, won four consecutive Nassau County Conference A Championships, were two-time Nassau County Champions and three-time Nassau County finalists. Over the course of his coaching career, Draper has mentored numerous collegiate
All-Americans, high school All-Americans and All-County student-athletes.
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Draper brought a wealth of playing and coaching experience to Adelphi after competing for four
years at SUNY Cortland. As a senior in 2003, he was awarded the Red Letter for men's lacrosse.
The Red Letter honor is the highest at Cortland and is given to the student-athlete in each sport
who distinguishes themselves as the most valuable asset, both on and off the field. In 2012, he
was named Cortland's Distinguished Young Alumnus for creating and implementing a cross-age
peer-mentoring program at Massapequa High School.
Draper has been teaching health education at Massapequa since 2005. Graduating with a Bachelor
of Science in Education from SUNY Cortland in 2003, Draper went on to earn his Master of
Science in Education from Hofstra University in 2007, and possesses an Advanced Certificate in
School District and Building Leadership from Stony Brook University.
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