bergofsky

Coach Eric Bergofsky is a native of Baltimore, MD where he attended both high school and then Johns Hopkins University. Coach Bergofsky played both football and lacrosse at Hopkins from 1969-1972 and was a member of the 1970 National Championship Lacrosse team as well as the 1972 NCAA runner-up team that lost in the finals to Virginia 13-12. He had the great opportunity to play for legendary Hall of Fame coach Mr. Robert ("Scotty") Scott. for his entire Hopkins career. After a brief post college career with Brine Lacrosse Club and the Maryland lacrosse Club, coach Bergofsky started his teaching and coaching career at The McDonogh School in Baltimore, MD in 1973. In 1977, Coach Bergofsky came to Phillips Exeter Academy as an Instructor in Mathematics and the assistant varsity lacrosse coach. He became the head coach the following year, and at the end of the 2008 season completed his 30th year as the head coach of Exeter lacrosse. Coach Bergofsky is the longest serving head coach in the long and rich tradition of Exeter lacrosse that started in 1935. There have only been 8 different head coaches in Exeter history. Coach Bergofsky's career record as a head coach at Exeter is 290 wins and 159 losses as of the end of the 2008 season. In the last 30 years, Coach Bergofsky has led Exeter to numerous league championships, coached 26 High School All-Americans, 12 college All-Americans, has been named Eastern New England Coach of the Year several times, and has coached in both the New England East-West Senior All Star game and the national North-South All Star game. Twenty Exeter graduates were playing college lacrosse in 2008.