Josh Berey-Wingate | Assistant Coach

Wingate returns for his second year at Lewis as the offensive coordinator for the 2022-23 season.
 
In the 2021-2022 season as the Defensive Coordinator, Wingate led the Defense to a #4 finish in NCAA DII for man down defense at 79%. Under Wingate’s leadership, Lewis also accomplished the lowest amount of goals let up in a game in their program history, only allowing 2 goals against vs Quincy University (4/16/22). The 2021-22 season was the most successful in Lewis university’s history with a 9-6 record, the highest ranking in program history (#17 in NCAA DII USILA Coaches Poll), First ever win over a top #5 nationally ranked opponent (Seton hill 2/6/22) and the first GLVC Tournament berth in program history. Wingate helped mentor 8 All-conference selections, 1 USILA Scholar All-American as well as Lewis’s first ever NLL Draft pick, Drew Kask.

Wingate came to Lewis from Benedictine University where he spent the 2020-2021 season as the Defensive and Recruiting coordinator for the Eagles. Last season was the most successful in Benedictine's history as it finished with a 13-3 record, a NACC championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament which were all firsts in program history. While at Benedictine, Wingate mentored 10 All-Conference selections and two All-Region selections.
 
Prior to Benedictine, Wingate began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, University of Dubuque (UD). He served as the offensive and recruiting coordinator for the Spartans for three seasons, while earning his Master's degree.
 
Wingate is a 2017 graduate of the University of Dubuque, where he was a four-year starter as a midfielder. Wingate served as a two-time captain and graduated as all-time leader in faceoff wins and ground balls. Wingate finished his playing career second in career points for at the University of Dubuque.

He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education and was a member of the Dean's List. Wingate, a native of Homewood, IL, earned his master's degree from Dubuque in communications in 2020.

Evan Kilbane | Assistant Coach

Evan Kilbane is entering his first season as an assistant coach for Lewis Men’s Lacrosse team. He will serve primarily as the team’s Goalie Coach and will also serve as the Assistant Defensive Coordinator.
 
Kilbane is coming to Lewis from Benedictine University where he served as the Goalie Coach and Defensive Coordinator for the 2021-22 season. He helped the team to an overall record of 12-7 record with a record of 6-2 in conference. The Eagles won the school’s second consecutive NAAC Conference title and made an appearance in the NCAA tournament. During his one season at Benedictine, he helped mentor Eight All-Conference student-athletes, One First Team All-Region selection, and One Honorable Mention All-American selection.
 
Before his year as an assistant coach at Benedictine, he was starting goalie for the Eagles from 2019-2021. He helped lead the Eagles to overall record of 29-8 in his two seasons. In 2021, he helped the team to the school’s first ever NAAC Conference title, a perfect record of 8-0 in conference play, and the school’s first ever NCAA tournament appearance.
 
Kilbane hails from Wheaton, Illinois, where he attended Wheaton Warrenville South High School. There he was a 4-year varsity starter and 4-year all-conference goalie for the Tigers. He currently works for True Lacrosse where he is a state coach and runs clinics and camps specializing in the goaltending position.
 

Brendan Kearney | Assistant Coach

Brendan Kearney returns to Lewis in the 2022-23 season as the Defensive Coordinator after a one-year stint at Marquette University as the Director of Lacrosse Operations.
 
Kearney was in charge of all operations for the Marquette Lacrosse program during the 2021-22 season. During his one season at Marquette, the program made their first Big East Tournament appearance since 2018. The 2022 Marquette Defense finished 12th in Division 1 in man-down defense at 71% and also finished Top 30 in Caused Turnovers per game with 7.8 per game. Kearney mentored 2022 USILA All-American, Mason Woodward.
 
Prior to Marquette University, Kearney served as a defensive assistant at Lewis University from 2018 to 2021, helping build the program through its inaugural year. In 2020, a seven game Shortened Covid season, Kearney led the Flyer Defense to a # 1 Man-down defensive ranking and assisted the Lewis Defense to Top 25 in Goals against average, at 10.5 per game, in NCAA Division II. Kearney mentored freshman Goalie Josh Calvin to the #5 Save percentage, 62% in Division II.
 
Prior to Lewis, Kearney was co-captain of the club lacrosse team at Holy Cross College and was eventually named coach in 2015. In that role, the Glen Ellyn, Illinois, native was responsible for funding, scheduling, planning practices and game leadership.
 
The former goalie also served as director of 1223 Lacrosse Club from 2019 to 2020, where he organized club lacrosse activities for high school lacrosse players and helped them with the college recruitment process. Kearney then served as a coach for True Lacrosse, implementing strategies to improve goalie training.