In his seventh season as the Head Coach of the Kean University men's lacrosse program, Shelley Sheiner guided the Cougars to one of the most successful campaigns in program history in 2008.

The 2008 squad captured the program's first Skyline Conference championships with a thrilling 8-7, come-from-behind victory over rival Montclair State University, advancing the Cougars to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history and tying the program record with 14 wins. 

Sheiner's squads have gradually improved during his tenure and have posted four-straight 10-plus win seasons for the first time since the early nineties when Sheiner was a player under the legendary Hawley Waterman.  Sheiner was a defender on the 14-win, 1993 team that won the program's last of four Knickerbocker Conference Championship titles.

In fall of 2003, Sheiner was named the sixth head coach in the history of the program after serving two years as an assistant coach at Kean.  Prior to that, Sheiner served as the head boy's lacrosse coach at Indian Hills High School in Oakland, N.J., from 1997-2001.  During his tenure, Sheiner guided the program to back-to-back state tournament appearances (1999 & 2000) and was named the New Jersey Lacrosse Coach of the Year for the Rizk Division in 2000 when Indian Hills finished 13-5.  

Sheiner began his coaching career at Ridgewood High School, where he served as an assistant boy's lacrosse coach from 1995-96, under Steve Jacobsen, one of the all-time winningest coaches in NJ lacrosse history.

The 2008 Skyline Conference Coach of the Year, Sheiner graduated from Kean University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a Bachelor of Science in political science and criminal justice. He earned his master's degree in special education/initial certification from William Paterson University 

An active member in a pair of professional lacrosse organizations, the New Jersey Lacrosse Coaches Association and US Lacrosse, Sheiner is a special education teacher at Bergenfield Middle School.  He currently resides in Fair Lawn, N.J., with his wife Kelly and their children, Jacob and Sarah. 

Nick Filippone is in his second year as an assistant coach at Kean University where his primary focus will be defense. 

Filippone was a four year varsity player for Rutgers University and a three year starter.  He was named team captain in 2008 and Defensive MVP in his senior year. 

Filippone received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Rutgers University in 2008 and is currently pursuing his Master of Arts degree in Education here at Kean University.

A pioneer of sorts, Mike Cleary was a major part of the largest athletics expansion in Kean history. A member of the school's first-ever lacrosse team in the spring of 1970, he was also a charter member of the school's football program, which began play that autumn.

A four-year letter winner in lacrosse, Cleary was a standout defenseman from 1970 through 1973, becoming the first Kean player to be named as a first-team All-Knickerbocker Conference honoree.  Cleary was also a three-year starter at tackle for the football team from 1970 through 1972, helping to lead the fledgling squad to a solid 4-2 record in its initial campaign in 1970.  Besides lacrosse and football, Cleary played basketball for the 1969-1970 Squires (now Cougars).

Since graduating, Cleary has remained very active in the Kean athletic department. He has served as an assistant lacrosse coach for more than 25 years and as an assistant football coach in the early 1980s.  He has also served as a member of the Hall of Fame selection committee after his induction into the Kean University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.

Cleary earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Kean in 1973.

Mike Brunhofer is in his second stint as an assistant coach with the Cougars.

Brunhofer, who will primarily work with the defensive midfielders and those involved with face-offs, played for four seasons at Wheaton College (Mass.).  In that time he won 198 face-offs, good for fourth all-time in the Wheaton record books.  He also is sixth on the single-season list in the same category with 93.  When not on the turf, Brunhofer works full-time as a sales executive for Pitney Bowes in Pine Brook, N.J.

Brunhofer received both a Bachelor of Arts and Masters Degree in Economics from Wheaton while also receiving a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Kean University in 2006.

Dave Nichols begins is in this second season as an assistant coach with the Cougars.

Nichols competed in 69 games in goal as a four year athlete for Kean from 2005-2008.  In that time, Nichols, a two-time Skyline Conference all-star, tallied 786 saves in over 3,500 minutes of action.  Nichols capped off his senior season with KU's first conference championship in over 15 years and Kean's first trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Nichols is earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities from Kean in 2009.

Nick Miceli enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Cougars after finishing his playing career at Kean.

Miceli is no stranger to Kean lacrosse having earned all-conference honors in three out of his four years while playing on defense.  Miceli excelled in his senior season as he earned team MVP honors as well as the Kean Athletic Department Hoffman Memorial Spirit Award.  When not on the field, Miceli served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President in his junior and senior year.  He has previous coaching experience while working with several summer league teams over the past two years.

Miceli earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and Health from Kean in 2009.

Alex Lopes joins the Cougar staff for his first season.

Lopes was a four year letterwinner at St. Joseph's University while playing attack and midfield.  At the conclusion of his career he ranked in the top 10 in career assists at St. Joe's.  Lopes has previous coaching experience while working with several summer league teams the past three years.

Lopes earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from St. Joseph's in 2009.