Robert H. Scott ( – September 15, 2016) was a

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lacrosse coach for the

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team, serving from 1955 until 1974. He compiled a career record of 158 wins and 55 losses to go along with seven National Championships. He won the F. Morris Touchstone Award in being named the USILA National Coach of the Year in 1965, 1968 and 1972.

Playing and coaching career

Scott was an

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midfielder on the 1952 Johns Hopkins team and also played on the 1950 National Champion team. Scott coached future Hopkins head coach Henry Ciccarone and Willie Scroggs (Hopkins assistant, long time head coach at

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). Scott was the coach for Hopkins in one of the classic NCAA lacrosse finals in 1973, where the Blue Jays held Hall of Fame midfielder

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in check, eventually losing 10 to 9 in two overtimes. In 1976, Scott wrote the first edition of ''Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition'', considered the ultimate guide to college lacrosse. He was inducted into the

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in 1977. He served as athletic director for Hopkins from 1974 to 1995. He died from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 15, 2016, at the age of 86. In 2016, the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team erected a statue of Scott outside

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Notable career accomplishments

* Coached Hopkins to seven national titles. * Led Hopkins to a number 3 ranking and to the 1974 NCAA Championship his final season. * Scott ranks 15th all-time in Division I lacrosse coaching wins.

Coaching record at Johns Hopkins

References

External links

NCAA Lacrosse HOF Entry
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