Chris Perzinski

Coach Chris Perzinski is the Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator of Jacksonville Men's Lacrosse.

Coach Perzinski joined the Jacksonville staff for the 2022 season after a successful four-year stint as the head coach at Division III Elizabethtown College.

Coach Perzinski was in his fourth season as the head men's lacrosse coach at Elizabethtown in 2020, having already led the Blue Jays to three straight Landmark Conference championships and the program's first ever NCAA tournament victory in 2018. In 2019, Coach Perzinski scheduled half of his program's non-conference games against teams ranked in the top-20 in Division III. After earning the top seed for the Landmark Tournament, the Blue Jays outscored their opponents, 29-12, to claim a third consecutive league championship.

Coach Perzinski was named 2018 Landmark Conference Coach of the Year and has mentored eight All-Americans in his short time with the College. 2020 saw a program-record three All-Americans, as goalie Tom Mahoney garnered the accolade for the second time in his career while Mike Scrafano and Alec Leslie received the honor for the first time in their careers. Defenseman Jeremy Klipple '19, the 2018 Landmark Player of the Year, was a two-time USILA All-America Honorable Mention pick, while Joe Clark and Mike Specht were All-America Honorable Mention selections in 2017.

Coach Perzinski, a former All-American defenseman and the 2015 USILA DIII Assistant Coach of the Year, was the fourth head coach in Elizabethtown program history.

Coach Perzinski developed his craft under two of Division III's elite and well-respected coaches in Lynchburg College's Steve Koudelka and Gettysburg's Hank Janczyk.

In 2016, Coach Perzinski was an assistant at the University of Richmond for head coach Dan Chemotti, serving as recruiting coordinator, special teams coach and supporting the defense. The Spiders registered an 11-5 record and reached the Southern Conference championship in just their third year of existence. The program claimed marquee victories over No. 9 Duke, Fairfield and High Point.

Coach Perzinski spent four seasons coaching under Koudelka at his alma mater, Lynchburg, between 2011-15. He was a graduate assistant during the 2011 and 2012 seasons before moving into an assistant coaching role for Janczyk at Gettysburg in 2013. Coach Perzinski returned to Lynchburg as an assistant in 2014 and 2015, culminating with a 21-win season --the winningest campaign in program history-- and national runner-up finish.