Taylor Wray was named the James H. Greene, Jr. Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse at Penn on July 11, 2025.
Wray came to Penn from Saint Joseph’s University, where he was an eight-time conference Coach of the Year and the winningest men’s lacrosse coach in program history. Wray led the Hawks to eight regular-season conference championships in 14 seasons and the program’s first NCAA Championship appearances. He enters his Penn tenure with an overall career record of 127-79 (.616 win percentage) and a 57-21 (.764) record in conference play.
Wray took over a program on Hawk Hill that was winless the year before he arrived. By his third season, Saint Joseph’s was 11-4 and won the Northeast Conference regular-season championship with a 6-0 record. That 2014 season began a three-year stretch where SJU won three consecutive NEC regular-season titles with a combined record of 17-1.
The Hawks won the NEC regular-season title again in 2018, then from 2021-24 won 25 consecutive conference games en route to four regular-season titles—two in the NEC and two in the Atlantic 10. In 2022 and 2024, St. Joe’s also won the postseason conference tournament and qualified for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship for the first two times in program history.
During his last five seasons at Saint Joseph’s, Wray led the Hawks to a 54-23 record (.701 winning percentage) and a 30-3 mark (.909) in conference play.
Wray recruited and coached the first 10 All-Americans in SJU program history, as well as 76 all-conference selections, three conference Offensive Players of the Year, three conference Defensive Players of the Year, four conference Rookies of the Year, four conference Scholar Athletes of the Year, and two conference Players of the Year.
Wray’s leadership made an impact off the field as well. He helped fundraise $2 million for facility and locker room improvements, set an all-time team high for cumulative GPA, and coached 14 USILA Scholar All-Americans. He was the IMLCA league representative for the NEC from 2017-22 and a member of the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee in 2017 and 2019.
From 2007-11, Wray was an assistant coach at Lehigh, serving as the defensive and recruiting coordinator. He helped recruit Lehigh’s first-ever top 20 recruiting class and was instrumental in building the team that went on to win the 2012 and 2013 Patriot League championships. He began his coaching career at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. as a graduate assistant coach, helping the team improve from 3-7 his first year to 9-5 his third year in 2006.
Wray has also served as a head coach and assistant coach for Team Canada from 2010-23. He was the senior men’s co-head coach in 2023 and its defensive coordinator in 2010, 2014 and 2018. Wray was Canada’s U20 head coach in 2012 and 2016 and defensive coordinator in 2022.
The Edmonton, Alberta native was a four-year letter winner and team captain at Duke, earning team Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2003. He helped the Blue Devils to three NCAA Championship appearances and two ACC titles as a player.
Following graduation, Wray embarked on a professional career in the National Lacrosse League with the Calgary Roughnecks (2004-06) and Philadelphia Wings (2007-11). He was named the 2004 NLL Rookie of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year, helping Calgary to a league title. He was also an NLL All-Star from 2006-08. In addition, Wray was a member of the Canadian National Team, helping win the International Lacrosse Federation Outdoor World Championship in 2006 and Indoor Championship in 2007.
Wray earned his bachelor’s degree from Duke in 2003 in biological anthropology and anatomy and a master of arts in teaching from Queens in 2006.
