Cortland Men's Lacrosse will host its annual alumni weekend from Friday, Oct. 9 to Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. The team will honor seven legends of the program as well as the 2009 Team, Cortland's fourth national championship team.

Weekend Itinerary (view Red Dragon Network for registration and pricing, available at a later date):
 

Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
-Gathering at Central City	8:00 PM - Close
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026
-Golf at Walden Oaks Golf Course	9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
-Dinner and C-Lax Legends Ceremony (Corey Function Room)	5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
(cash bar begins at 5:30 PM, inductions begin at 6:00 PM)
-Reception at Central City	9:00 PM

 
Hotel Options:
The Fairfield Inn                                                         (607) 299-4455
The Hampton Inn                                                       (607) 662-0007
 

Plan on returning for another great weekend of comradery and good times. We look forward to seeing you!! Stay tuned for updates and news through My Red Dragon, the Alumni office and the very grateful men's lacrosse program. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
 
Lelan Rogers
Head Men's Lacrosse Coach
(315) 575-9157
lrogers@cortland.edu


Honorees for the weekend include: 
 
Rich Barnes 1989
Rich Barnes has had a storied lacrosse career as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. An All-America goalie at Herkimer Country Community College in 1987, Barnes came to Cortland and earned All-America honors in both the 1988 and 1989 seasons, helping the Red Dragons make NCAA appearances in both years and earning the Red Letter Award in 1989. He garnered USILA Coach of the Year honors and guided Cortland to the national title in his one season as head coach in 2006, leading the Red Dragons to an 18-3 overall record and a 13-12 victory in overtime over three-time defending national champion Salisbury in the title game. He spent 18 seasons as an assistant coach at Cortland, Le Moyne, and Ithaca, helping Le Moyne win the 2007 Division II national title. 
 
A Cortland, N.Y. native, Barnes has also made his mark as a renowned sports photographer, contributing action photographs for major media outlets, including USA Today, ESPN Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and USA Lacrosse Magazine.
 
Sid Jamieson 1964
Sid Jamieson coached the Bucknell University lacrosse program for 38 years and was an assistant coach on the football staff for 25 seasons, while also acting as a catalyst for advancing the Native American presence on the international lacrosse scene as the Iroquois National Team coach in the 1980's.
A Youngstown, N.Y. native, Jamieson competed for four years on the football team, three seasons on the lacrosse team, and one year on the baseball team at Cortland. Following his graduation from Cortland, he joined the Bucknell staff and embarked on a celebrated career that included USILA Coach of the Year honors in 1996, 248 career victories, and 17 conference titles. From 1983-86, he founded and served as the first coach of the Iroquois National Team, leading squads at the World Lacrosse Games in 1984 and on tours in Great Britain and Australia. He was presented with both the Iroquois Nationals Award, and the Spirit of Tewaaraton Award, one of lacrosse's most prestigious tributes.
Jamieson was a 2006 inductee into the C-Club Hall of Fame, and has been inducted into the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, the Native American Hall of Fame, the Bucknell University Athletics Hall of Fame, and the IMLCA Hall of Fame.
 
Alexander "Sandy" Kapatos 1981
Alexander "Sandy" Kapatos had a legendary lacrosse coaching career at Adelphi University that featured four national championships as head coach and another national title as an assistant coach, and he amassed over 300 combined head coaching victories between the high school and college levels. 
 
A two-time All-America goalie at Nassau Community College and a member of Maryland's ACC championship team, Kapatos was an assistant coach at Cortland from 1979-81, including serving as Defensive Coordinator during the 1980 and 1981 national finalist seasons. He joined Adelphi in 1992 as Defensive Coordinator and helped lead the team to the national title in 1993. He then served as head coach from 1994-2007, leading the team to national championships in 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2007. Kapatos went on to coach at the high school level from 2008-2023 at Ravenscroft School, posting 157 wins and earning US Lacrosse Coach of the Year honors in 2012. 
 
Kapatos has been inducted into the Adelphi Athletic Hall of Fame and the Long Island Metro Lacrosse Hall of Fame. 
 
Don King 1964
Don King had a tremendous high school coaching career in Cortland following his graduation from SUNY Cortland. In addition to his time on the lacrosse team at Cortland, the Fairport, N.Y. native was also a running back for the Red Dragons' football team. After earning his bachelor's degree, he spent time as an assistant coach at Penn State and the US Army, before returning to Cortland to complete his master's degree. 
 
King began coaching both football and lacrosse at Cortland High School, where he guided the 1988 "Miracle Tigers" lacrosse team to the New York State Class B title. His teams also claimed four division championships, in 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1994, and King finished his Cortland High School coaching career with 206 victories over 21 seasons and one Section 3 Coach of the Year award in 1989. He has had the honor of serving as a coach of the Empire Games and with the North-South High School Game, and is a member of the USLCA Century Club. 
 
Also a high school teacher for many years, King was inducted into the New York Upstate Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame in 1997. 
 
Kirk Ventiquattro 1981 (Posthumously)
Kirk Ventiquattro ranks as one of the winningest high school lacrosse coaches in New York State history. He graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees from Cortland, before helping to start the lacrosse program at Carthage High School in 1988. From 1989-2018, Ventiquattro earned 458 coaching victories, led teams to 24 Frontier League titles, six Section 3 championships, and mentored over 200 NCAA lacrosse players. He also coached the Philippines National Team to a top-10 finish at the ILF World Championship in Israel in 2018, and to a top-15 finish at the 2023 World Lacrosse Championships.
 
He was inducted into the New York Upstate Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame, the North Country Sports Hall of Fame, and the Carthage Lacrosse Hall of Fame. After being diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, he helped to establish the Team 24 Foundation, which raises over $20,000 each year to support those impacted by cancer. 
 
Gerry Walsh 1973
After helping Cortland to the first national title in program history, Gerry Walsh went on to a tremendous high school coaching career at Yorktown, The Harvey School, and Brewster, recording 328 victories over 29 years. 
 
He played as a defenseman for the Red Dragons on the 1973 USILA national championship team and on the 1972 Division I national semifinalist squad. After graduation, Walsh guided Yorktown High School to six Section 1 titles, four state finals appearances, and was chosen as the Hudson Valley Coach of the Year twice. He then helped The Harvey School win the New England Small School title, before leading Brewster to a Section 1 title and garnered Hudson Valley Coach of the Year honors again.
 
Walsh helped to found the Hudson Valley Chapter of US Lacrosse, the Brewster Youth Lacrosse Program, the Northeast Lacrosse Academy, Brewster Lacrosse Camp, and the New England Lacrosse Camp, and spent multiple years on the board of the Hudson Valley Lacrosse Coaches Association and on various state and section selection and seeding committees. 
 
Steve Beville - Honorary
Steve Beville is the winningest coach in Cortland program history, leading the Red Dragons to an overall record of 255-65 (.797%) over 17 seasons with the program. He guided Cortland to the national title and earned USILA Coach of the Year honors in 2009, led Cortland to four national title games, 13 SUNYAC titles, reached the NCAA tournament in 15 of a possible 16 times, and coached student-athletes to 84 All-America honors.
 
After 10 seasons at Colorado College and eight years at Vermont, the Syracuse, N.Y. native took over Cortland for the 2007 season and continued the Red Dragons' success on the national level with three consecutive national title appearance, culminating in the national title in 2009. Beville also served as the head coach of the Iroquois National Team, guiding the squad to its first-ever medal with a bronze finish at the FIL World Championships in 2014, and was an assistant coach for the Iroquois U19 team that won bronze at the World Championships in Finland in 2012. 
 
Beville has an overall collegiate record of 403-176 across 35 seasons, and retired in 2023 with the sixth-most wins across Divisions I, II, and III. He was also inducted into the New York Upstate Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame in 2010.
 
2009 National Championship Team
Under Steve Beville, Cortland finished the 2009 season with a 19-2 overall record, winning its final 12 games of the year on the way to the program's fourth national title. 
 
The Red Dragons clinched their ninth straight NCAA tournament appearance with a 14-13 victory over Geneseo in the SUNYAC Finals, and began the national tournament with a 15-12 home win over Springfield in the second round and a 6-5 win over over Western New England in the quarterfinals. Cortland then hosted Middlebury in the national semifinals, with the Red Dragons using an overpowering performance in the second half for a 16-8 win to secure a fourth straight trip to the national championship game.
 
Playing for the national title against Gettysburg in Foxborough, Mass., Cortland fell behind by a 4-2 score late in the first quarter. The Cortland defense then used a stretch of 38:03 holding Gettysburg without a goal, spanning  through the second and third quarters, and Most Outstanding Player Brandon Misiaszek had a career-high five goals, to lead the Red Dragons to a 9-7 victory.