Siena lacrosse coach Liam Gleason dead at 41 days after tragic home accident

Siena University men’s lacrosse coach and Long Island native Liam Gleason died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a tragic accident at his home over the weekend, the school announced. He was 41. Gleason coached Siena the past seven seasons, led the program to a MAAC championship in May — the program’s first conference title in 11 years — and was a constant presence in the Capital Region’s lacrosse scene. “A sudden, senseless loss carries a kind of pain that defies understanding,” Siena president Chuck Seifert said in a statement.“It’s hard to imagine anyone more universally loved and admired than Liam.

Our community was blessed by Coach Gleason’s life.”The beloved lacrosse coach fell down the stairs at his home around 4 p.m.on Sunday and sustained a serious head injury, the Albany Times Union reported. New York State Police and paramedics responded to the scene, and CPR was administered while Gleason was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the outlet. Siena announced it will have a public funeral service on Saturday at 11 a.m.

at the UHY Center on its campus. Roughly 250 people showed up at Albany Medical Center to pay tribute to Gleason, who was an organ donor, for his “honor walk.” Among those in attendance were Seifert, the entire Siena men’s lacrosse team, members of the Siena and University of Albany — Gleason’s alma mater — athletic staffs, Albany coach Scott Marr and members of his lacrosse team, the Times Union reported. Gleason was a native of Shoreham-Wading River and played high school lacrosse on the eastern end of Long Island before two years at Division II Adelphi.He then transferred to play lacrosse at Albany, where he helped the program reach the NCAA quarterfinals in 2007. He became an assistant men’s lacrosse coach at Siena in 2008, staying through 2010, and then took over the head coaching gig at The College of Saint Rose. Gleason joined the Albany coaching staff as an assistant coach...