Tim Edwards enters his sixth season as an assistant coach with John Carroll Men's Lacrosse for the 2025-26 school year.
The Blue Streaks have won OAC Tournament Championships in four of his five seasons in University Heights. In his first season in 2021, Edwards helped to lead the Blue Streaks to a 14-2 record, along with the OAC Tournament Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance. In his second campaign, the Blue Streaks won another OAC Tournament Championship and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, defeating North Central in the opening round. In his third go-around, the Blue Streaks won the 2023 OAC Tournament title on the road and punched a ticket to the NCAA Tournament. In his fourth season, the Blue & Gold clinched a share of the OAC regular season crown before rolling to the OAC Tournament Championship and another NCAA Tournament. In his fifth campaign, the Blue Streaks notched a 9-8 overall record and made the OAC Semifinal.
Edwards also plays professionally. He helped the Colorado Mammoth win the 2022 National Lacrosse League (NLL) Championship and steered the Mammoth to the 2023 NLL Finals. In the Professional Lacrosse League (PLL), Edwards played for the Cannons.
Edwards was hired in December of 2020 to be an assistant for the men's lacrosse team. Edwards' lacrosse career has taken him around the country, as he was a member of the US Indoor National team, played in the MLL, and NLL. Edwards was also formerly an assistant coach at the Division I level of men's lacrosse.
Edwards, a New Yorker, played college lacrosse at Canisius and was member of the Griffins squad that qualified for the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Edwards earned conference "Rookie of the Year" honors, and made his name commonplace on the MAAC's First-Team- an honor he recieved three times. Edwards was drafted to both the MLL and NLL and made his debuts for the Florida Launch and Buffalo Bandits in 2017.
Since making his first appearance for the US Indoor National team in 2018, Edwards has participated in a number of major events such as the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. Edwards scored a goal for the Americans in their bronze medal game against England.
Having played multiple positions, Edwards brings a unique aspect of being able to relate and coach multiple positions. Edwards last coached at Canisius before moving over to Carroll.
