Brian Tironi was named to help head coach Travis Johnson lead the first-ever NJIT men’s lacrosse team, which begins play in the 2015 as the latest Division I varsity sport for the Highlanders. Tironi’s appointment officially began in the summer of 2014.
A product of New Jersey, Tironi is a 2001 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, where he was a Division I men’s lacrosse player.
Still the holder of numerous football playing records at Mountain Lakes (NJ) High School, Tironi has been a coach at Mountain Lakes in both football and boys lacrosse. The 2013 Mountain Lakes football team was undefeated NJ North 2 Group II champion, winning its fifth straight conference title. In 2014, the school’s lacrosse team reached the semifinals of the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions after claiming the state Group 1 title and finishing 22-4.
Tironi previously coached lacrosse at Glen Ridge (NJ) High School.
In addition to coaching, Tironi has had a professional career in sales and marketing, beginning with an internship with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball in 2001. He spent seven years as National Director of Sales for a Tampa, Florida-based company.
