What's Your Vision? : Randy Mearns Part Two

About this episode

In this episode, Randy Mearns discusses his journey in lacrosse and his future aspirations after leaving St. Bonaventure.

Randy Mearns wiped his Instagram clean recently — a sure sign of rebirth. Last summer, Mearns was let go as head coach of St. Bonaventure’s men’s lacrosse program — a team he helped build from scratch over nine years, just as it was gaining momentum and producing NLL talent year after year. So what’s next? Mearnsi Lacrosse and a new role with the Greek National Team chasing a spot at the 2028 LA Olympics in Sixes. And the same lifelong mission: developing better players, teammates, and humans. From 17 seasons as head coach at Canisius to five Mann Cups as a player, a Minto Cup with St. Catharines, captaining an NLL champion Knighthawks team, and helping Team Canada win multiple world championship golds — Randy Mearns has done it all. In Part Two of this conversation, we dream big about the future of NCAA lacrosse, NLL lacrosse and where Randy’s next steps may be. Follow on X @BradChall | Insta @BradChalloner Guest @CoachMearns | @CoachMearns

People in this episode

Host: Brad Challoner

Guest: Randy Mearns

Topics covered

• NCAA lacrosse
• NLL lacrosse
• coaching
• player development
• Olympics
• sports leadership

Keywords

• Randy Mearns
• lacrosse
• St. Bonaventure
• Olympics
• NCAA
• NLL
• coaching
• player development
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Bonaventure, Mearnsi Lacrosse, Greek National Team

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