U.S. Sixes National Team Head Coach Andy Shay has been one of the early architects of the U.S. men’s sixes program, beginning with a series of training camps in 2021 and then coaching the squad at The World Games, a multi-sport, Olympic-style event held in the summer of 2022. The U.S. went 3-0 in pool play to capture Group A and then defeated Japan in the semifinals before falling to Canada in the championship game.

Shay's current appointment runs through the inaugural World Lacrosse sixes championship, slated for 2027, as the team gears up for the LA28 Olympics.

Shay has been the head coach at Yale since the 2004 season and his 2018 team won the NCAA championship, the school’s first NCAA men’s lacrosse title. He was named the USILA National Coach of the Year following the season.

Shay led the 2026 Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament, the 10th appearance in Shay's tenure. Shay topped the 200-career win total in 2026, entering the 2027 season with 202 victories. The Bulldogs won three consecutive Ivy League tournaments from 2015 through 2017 and also won at least a share of the Ivy League regular season championship in 2010, 2017, 2018 and 2022.

Prior to coming to Yale, Shay was an assistant coach at Massachusetts and Delaware and the head coach at Morrisville (N.Y.) Junior College. Shay helped lead UMass to the NCAA quarterfinals in 2002 and 2003 and Delaware to make the NCAA tournament for just the second time in school history in 1999. At Morrisville, he went 20-17 in three years and his 1995 team was ranked No. 5 in the country.

As a player, Shay was a four-year starter and two-year captain at Le Moyne. He was an All-Empire League selection as a senior in 1994, helping the team to a league title.

Sixes is the discipline of the sport that will be utilized for the LA 28 Olympics. Sixes is a fast-paced version of the sport played on a smaller field (70 x 36 meters), with fewer players (6-v-6), a condensed game length (four 8-minute quarters) and a 30-second shot clock.

Men's Sixes Coaching Staff

Head Coach

Andy Shay

Assistant Coach

Tony Resch

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