Bio

Travis Harrington enters his seventh season as an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator for the Bryant men's lacrosse team in 2023-24.

Harrington oversaw one of the best offensive seasons in program history in 2023, helping the Black and Gold win the America East Championship. The Bulldogs set program records for goals (241) and goals per game (14.18), while featuring five players with 40+ points. Harrington helped transition Kevin Groeninger (38g-30a-68p) and Aidan Goltz (45g) to attack and career years. Groeninger became the first 30-30 player in DI program history, while Goltz broke the single-season record for goals. Harrington also oversaw the emergence of two of the nation's highest-scoring freshmen in Jack Lonsinger and Johnny Hackett. Hackett was named the America East Rookie of the Year as he finished with the most points by a rookie in DI program history. 

Harrington's offense was guided by Marc O'Rourke, Logan McGovern and Bennett Abladian in 2022. The trio combined for 162 points and 104 goals during the year, with O'Rourke putting the finishing touches on one of the greatest offensive careers in program history. He scored 43 goals (2nd most in a single season in DI program history) and became the DI program leader with 155 career goals. McGovern, meanwhile, set the DI single-season program record with 35 assists. In addition to O'Rourke, midfielders Aidan Goltz (first team) and Timmy Hackett (2nd team) thrived in Harrington's offense and earned All-NEC honors. 

Bryant's offense took another big step forward in 2021 under Harrington, helping the Black and Gold win their sixth Northeast Conference title and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs finished 12th nationally in scoring and featured three players with 25+ points. That group was led by Logan McGovern and his career-high 46 points. Harrington also helped Bennett Abladian crash onto the scene and earn NEC Rookie of the Year honors with a team-leading 29 goals. Another freshman, Mason Drouin, finished the season ranked 11th nationally with six man-up goals. In all, Harrington coached five All-NEC selections and two All-New England selections in 2021. 

The Bulldogs' attack was firing on all cylinders when the 2020 season ended abruptly due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Bryant scored 15 or more goals in three straight games to close the year, marking the first time the Black & Gold had achieved the feat in any three-game stretch at the Division I level. Attackman Marc O'Rourke ranked fourth nationally in goals when the 2020 campaign abruptly ended, while Logan McGovern finished in the year in the top five among freshmen in assists and points.

Bryant improved by 1.28 goals per game in Harrington's first year on the staff in 2018, as the Bulldogs scored 11.33 goals per game to rank 21st in the nation. Freshman attackman Marc O'Rourke was named NEC Rookie of the Year, ranking sixth nationally among freshmen in goals (33) and seventh in points (48).

Following the 2018 season, Harrington was selected to serve as an assistant coach for the USILA/Nike North-South Senior All-Star Game.

A 2012 Bryant grad, Harrington comes back to Smithfield after spending 2016-17 as the first assistant at the University of Hartford. He served as the offensive, recruiting and EMO coordinator with the Hawks. In addition, he was the positional coach for the attack, midfield, and face-off unit.

Under his tutelage, the Hawks finished third nationally in extra-man offense (.519 percent), 20th nationally in face-offs and 22nd nationally in offense (11.07 GPG). Harrington coached two All-America East selections at Hartford.

Prior to his stint at Hartford, Harrington spent two seasons as the first assistant coach and offensive and EMO coordinator at Northeast Conference rival Robert Morris. In 2016, he oversaw a Colonial offense that finished 18th nationally with 11.33 goals per game and featured the nation's second-leading scorer in terms of goals per game. In his two years at RMU, Harrington coached eight All-NEC selections, three USILA North-South All-Stars and helped the Colonials reach the 2016 NEC Tournament.

Harrington also spent two seasons at Seton Hill, serving as an assistant coach and the offensive, EMO and recruiting coordinator. During his two seasons, Seton Hill produced five All-Americans, seven All-ECAC honors, an NCAA Division II Midfielder of the Year, an ECAC II Goalkeeper of the Year and an ECAC II Rookie of the Year. He also helped guide the Griffins to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2013, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Seton Hill finished as the top-ranked offense in the nation in 2013, averaging 15.56 goals per game under Harrington's watch. The Griffins were 13th-nationally in goals per game (12.25) and fifth nationally in extra-man offense in 2014.

Harrington was a standout attackman for the Bulldogs from 2009-12. During his four-year career, he compiled 104 points, including 67 goals. Upon graduation, Harrington ranked ninth all-time at Bryant in goals scored and 10th in total points. He was selected to participate in the USILA/LaxWorld North-South game after his senior year. Harrington was also an NEC Academic Honor Roll selection in each of his four years at Bryant.