Report: UMBC's Ryan Moran on Administrative Leave; Will Not Coach Opener

Ryan Moran will not be on the sidelines for UMBC’s men’s lacrosse team season opener at home on Friday against Drexel, according to a report on Thursday afternoon by Ed Lee of the Baltimore Sun.

Sources told Lee that Moran has been on administrative leave since at least October. School officials declined to provide a reason for the leave and Moran declined to comment to Lee.

Moran has served as the head coach at UMBC since the 2017 season, guiding the Retrievers to the NCAA tournament in 2019 after winning the America East championship. In 2021 he was named the America East Coach of the Year after leading UMBC to the league’s regular season championship. UMBC went 7-5 last season, and he has a career record of 56-53 in nine seasons at UMBC.

Moran was an All-ACC player at Maryland and served as an assistant coach at Navy, Maryland and Loyola before taking the UMBC position. In three years at Navy, the Mids reached the NCAA tournament all three seasons and won two Patriot League titles. He then coached at Maryland for six years, helping Maryland reach the NCAA title game twice. He coached at Loyola for two seasons, helping the Greyhounds to the national semifinals in 2016 before taking the UMBC job.

His father, Jack, retired last season after winning 629 games in his career as the legendary boys’ lacrosse coach at Chaminade (N.Y.), and his great uncle, Richie, who passed away in 2022, won three national championships as the head coach at Cornell and has the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame gallery named in his honor.