DENVER (AP) — The Hall of Fame lacrosse coach arrived on Denver's campus with the responsibility of making the Pioneers relevant, of making the sport even more reputable and renown out West.
No easy project, no easy venture.
Bill Tierney left the security of Princeton for this assignment, saying farewell to a place where he was revered after turning the Tigers into a national power, winning six NCAA championships and 14 Ivy League titles.
To come to Denver last summer raised some eyebrows. This was a school that had never won an NCAA tournament game in lacrosse and only started fielding a varsity program about a decade ago.
And this was a part of the country where the sport was hardly the religion it was back East, with just Denver and Air Force boasting men's Division I programs west of the Mississippi.
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