Pat Coyle (lacrosse)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | King |
| Born | September 17, 1969 |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Position | Defense |
| Shoots | Left |
| NLL teams | Colorado Mammoth Vancouver Ravens Toronto Rock Ontario Raiders Detroit Turbos |
| Pro career | 1994–2008 |
| Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2017 NLL Hall of Fame, 2014 | |
Pat Coyle (born September 17, 1969 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a retired lacrosse player. He was inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2017.
In his National Lacrosse League career, Coyle played for the Detroit Turbos, the Ontario Raiders, the Toronto Rock, and the Colorado Mammoth. Coyle was named Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and won five NLL Championships; four with the Toronto Rock and one with the Colorado Mammoth. He has been the head coach of the Colorado Mammoth since 2017.
Professional career
In 1994, Coyle played with the Detroit Turbos of the MILL, but was suspended indefinitely from the MILL for striking a referee.[1] When the MILL became the NLL in 1998, it was decided that the suspension did not apply to the new league, and Coyle was signed by the Ontario Raiders.[1] The Raiders became the Toronto Rock the next season, and Coyle went on to win four championships with the Rock before being traded to the Vancouver Ravens after the 2004 season.[2] However, just weeks before the 2005 season began, the league announced that the Ravens would not play in 2005, and Coyle immediately became a free agent. He was signed by the Colorado Mammoth, where he won his fifth championship in 2006.[3] During the 2008 season, Coyle announced that he would be retiring after the season.[1]
Capturing the league’s first-ever Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2002, he was later named to the Mammoth’s All-Decade Team in 2012 and eventually became the first defenseman in NLL history to be inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame in 2014.[4] Coyle joined his 2006 championship winning teammates in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2017.[5][6]
As a coach, Coyle was originally hired during the 2014 season to coach alongside Chris Gill and Dan Stroup as a collective unit, he was named head coach in 2018.[7]
Statistics
NLL
Reference:[8]
| Pat Coyle | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP |
| 1994 | Detroit Turbos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 1.00 | 3.83 | 4.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 19.00 |
| 1998 | Ontario Raiders | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 48 | 1.00 | 6.38 | 6.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Toronto Rock | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 43 | 1.00 | 7.45 | 3.91 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 1.00 | 7.50 | 8.00 |
| 2000 | Toronto Rock | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 39 | 1.00 | 6.60 | 3.90 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 0.50 | 5.50 | 9.00 |
| 2001 | Toronto Rock | 14 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 104 | 65 | 1.00 | 7.43 | 4.64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0.50 | 7.50 | 4.50 |
| 2002 | Toronto Rock | 15 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 109 | 60 | 1.07 | 7.27 | 4.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0.50 | 12.50 | 2.00 |
| 2003 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 99 | 31 | 0.75 | 6.19 | 1.94 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
| 2004 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 86 | 19 | 0.88 | 5.38 | 1.19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 |
| 2005 | Colorado Mammoth | 16 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 88 | 21 | 1.06 | 5.50 | 1.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
| 2006 | Colorado Mammoth | 15 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 97 | 6 | 0.80 | 6.47 | 0.40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0.67 | 5.33 | 0.67 |
| 2007 | Colorado Mammoth | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 0.33 | 5.08 | 0.33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 |
| 2008 | Colorado Mammoth | 15 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 14 | 0.60 | 4.93 | 0.93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 |
| 154 | 28 | 105 | 133 | 940 | 375 | 0.86 | 6.10 | 2.44 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 119 | 82 | 0.67 | 6.61 | 4.56 | ||
| Career Total: | 172 | 31 | 114 | 145 | 1,059 | 457 | 0.84 | 6.16 | 2.66 | ||||||||||
GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.
References
- ^ a b c Borrelli, Tom (April 8, 2008). "Borrelli: Coyle Wants to Walk Away a Winner". Lacrosse Magazine Online. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ "Ravens Acquire Coyle". NLL.com. August 3, 2004. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
- ^ "Coyle Signs with Mammoth". NLL.com. December 20, 2004. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
- ^ jamesyouness (2023-07-10). "Mammoth Sign Head Coach, Assistant General Manager Pat Coyle to Multi-Year Contract". Colorado Mammoth Pro Lacrosse Team. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ "Pat Coyle Inducted Into Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame". NLL.com. November 15, 2017. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Pat Coyle - Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame". 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ jamesyouness (2023-07-10). "Mammoth Sign Head Coach, Assistant General Manager Pat Coyle to Multi-Year Contract". Colorado Mammoth Pro Lacrosse Team. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ^ "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.