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Jamison Koesterer  
Jamison Koesterer

Position:
Assistant Coach

Experience:
1st year

Alma Mater:
Johns Hopkins, 2007


Jamison Koesterer, a two-time NCAA champion at Johns Hopkins who spent the last two seasons as the volunteer coach of his alma mater, is in his first year as an assistant coach for the Ohio State men's lacrosse team.

Koesterer was on the Blue Jays' staff for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 campaigns and directed the faceoff personnel. The team made the NCAA tournament each of his two years, with an 11-3 overall record and No. 2 tournament seed in 2012. His faceoff staff won 58 percent of its draws in 2012 and ranked fourth nationally (.649) in 2011, with Matt Dolente second in the nation in winning percentage (.667) en route to picking up first team All-America accolades.

Prior to joining the JHU staff on the sideline, Koesterer worked for walax.com in Seattle, serving as the director of operations. The organization is the largest content site for northwest lacrosse and home to the Seattle Starz lacrosse program. While an undergraduate, he spent two summers coaching at All-American Lacrosse Camps in Colgate, N.Y.

On the field, Koesterer was a part of the Blue Jays' 2005 and 2007 NCAA championship squads. He won 55.3 percent (176-of-318) of his faceoffs during his career, with 101 groundballs, along with seven goals and 12 assists. He claimed the 2010 NLL Championship with the Washington Stealth after playing with the Portland Lumberjax in 2009. With the Stealth, Koesterer won 265-of-446 (.594) faceoffs and collected 101 loose balls.

A native of Cazenovia, N.Y., Koesterer earned his bachelor's degree in political science, with concentrations in business management and marketing, in 2007.

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