Peter Dolan joined the Rutgers men’s lacrosse staff in January of 2021 as the team’s Volunteer Assistant Coach. Dolan works with Rutgers’ specialists (face-off and goalkeepers) as well as assisting with day-to-day office responsibilities, player development, on campus recruiting, video, and scouting needs.
The Scarlet Knights made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and earned victories in each postseason, advancing to the Final Four (2022) and Quarterfinals (2021)
In 2023, Rutgers claimed eight wins and finished No. 15 in the RPI. Rutgers finished its season with an 8-6 record. The Scarlet Knights were nationally ranked for the entire season, peaking at No. 6. RU claimed four wins over NCAA Tournament teams, three wins over teams in the top-15 of the selection RPI, and their three ranked wins during the year included a win over then-No. 5 Loyola and overtime wins over rival Princeton and eventual Big Ten Tournament champion Michigan. Three players were named All-Conference and three players were named All-Americans.
In 2022, Rutgers had a historic season with the program's first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The Scarlet Knights set a new program record with 15 wins, smashing the previous record of 11. RU downed a record six ranked foes during the season (No. 10 Army, No. 19 Loyola, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 12 Ohio State, No. 14 Harvard and No. 3 Penn), while advancing to the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game for the first time since 2016. Rutgers hosted an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since 2003 and defeated Harvard in front of 5,212 fans, the third largest crowd for an NCAA Tournament First Round game since 2003. RU then defeated No. 3 Penn in the NCAA Quarterfinals to match the highest ranked win in program history. Dolan mentored goalkeeper Colin Kirst, who was named a Second Team All-American.
In the summer of 2022, Dolan served as an assistant coach for Team Ireland at the U-21 World Championships, helping the team to a seventh place finish.
In 2021, Rutgers went to the NCAA Tournament for the program's first NCAA appearance since 2004. The Scarlet Knights grabbed a 12-5 opening round victory over Lehigh that was RU's first NCAA win since 1990. RU had five ranked wins in the course of the season (No. 6 Penn State, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 14 Johns Hopkins, No. 14 Ohio State and No. 10 Lehigh) in a historic campaign for the program. Overseeing the specialists, Dolan saw goalkeeper Colin Kirst named Big Ten Specialist of the Year and an All-American.
Dolan joined the Scarlet Knights after previously serving as an assistant coach with Western New England University. Prior to that, he worked as an assistant coach at Lasell University for three years. While he was on the staff at Lasell, the Lasers won 25 games, including a 16-2 season in 2019, advancing to the conference championship game.
Dolan also brings experience working in private face-off training with the Face-Off School and working with Rutgers alumni Joe Nardella at Faceoff Factory. He also coached with 3d New England Lacrosse, working with high schoolers and youth level athletes (men’s and women’s) for both indoor and outdoor.
A native of Pearl River, N.Y., Dolan graduated from Lasell in 2017 with a Major in Communications. He was a member of their 2017 men’s lacrosse GNAC conference champion team. He played in 41 games throughout his college career, taking 304 career faceoffs and registering 72 ground balls and seven points.
The son of Rich and Cindy, Dolan has two sisters who also played collegiate lacrosse (Caroline, Muhlenberg College Class of 2019, and Annie, current student-athlete at Occidental College). Dolan previously worked as a content producer with Lax Sports Network, working on broadcasts for MLL and collegiate games.
