WATERVILLE, Maine – Assistant men's lacrosse coach Justin Domingos '99 was recently named the head coach at Colby College, Colby athletic director Marcella Zalot has announced.

Gettysburg's defensive coordinator in 2009-10, Domingos leaves the Battlefield after helping the Bullets to a highly-successful two-year run during his second stint as a Gettysburg assistant. In 2009, Gettysburg won the Centennial Conference (CC) title and reached the NCAA Division III national championship game. Last season, he helped the Bullets earn a No. 1 national ranking for three weeks, reach the CC title game, and earn a berth in the NCAA tournament. Gettysburg finished 31-7 (15-1 CC) over the last two seasons.

“Coaching at Gettysburg has been an honor,” said Domingos. “Being able to help contribute to the success of the men's lacrosse program over the past several years has been very rewarding due to the relationships I have developed with the players.”

Domingos inherits a rising program at Colby, where the Mules finished 10-6 and placed fifth in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) last season. It was Colby's first 10-win season since 2002. One of the Mules highlights in 2010 was its 12-9 upset over sixth-ranked and previously unbeaten Connecticut College late in the season.

“Justin is the right person at the right time for our men's lacrosse team. He is a strong leader who will continue to build and grow the program,” said Zalot in a Colby press release. “Gettysburg is annually one of the top men's lacrosse programs in all of Division III and Justin is well prepared to bring his knowledge and teaching from Gettysburg to Colby. This is an exciting time for our lacrosse program and I couldn't be more pleased to have Justin Domingos at the helm.”

Domingos joins a growing list of former Bullets who have become head men's lacrosse coaches at the collegiate level after coaching and/or playing under Gettysburg head coach Hank Janczyk, the second all-time winningest coach in NCAA men's lacrosse history. Within the NESCAC, Domingos will face fellow Gettysburg alum Dave Cornell '95, who helped Connecticut College to the top seed in the conference's postseason tournament last year. Another former Bullet, Jim Finlay '92, had served as head coach at Trinity (Conn.) College since 2006 before recently accepting a position as the defensive coordinator at Harvard University. A total of six Gettysburg grads are currently head men's lacrosse coaches, including Mike Plantholt '01, who recently took over at Ohio Wesleyan University after spending the last four seasons at Randolph-Macon College.

“Justin has been the epitome of everything I could ask for as a player, an assistant coach, and as a friend,” said Janczyk, in Colby's press release. “I could not be happier for Colby College and their men's lacrosse program. They are getting a very special person.”

“Working for Coach Janczyk has not only made me a better coach, but a better person,” said Domingos. “He is one of the best leaders I have ever been around, and I look forward to using all I have learned while at Gettysburg to enhance the men's lacrosse program at Colby College.”

An East Falmouth, Mass. native, Domingos also coached at Goucher College and Massachusetts Maritime. In his first stint at Gettysburg, he served as the team's offensive coordinator in 2001 and helped the Bullets finish 16-2, win the Centennial Conference title, and reach the NCAA Division III national championship game for the first time in school history.

As a student-athlete at Gettysburg, Domingos was a two-sport athlete who served as a captain in football and lacrosse. A two-year starting defenseman, he helped the Bullets capture CC titles in 1998 and 1999.