Mr. Anthony Diange

A native of Massapequa Park, N.Y., Anthony "Mac" Diange starred in football and lacrosse at Farmingdale High School and helped the gridders to the 1971 New York state championship. He is a 1977 graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY)-Cortland, widely considered the cradle of college lacrosse coaching, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education. A standout midfielder, Mr. Diange was a member of the Red Dragons' 1975 Division II national championship squad. He also spent one year as an assistant coach at Albany while earning a master's degree in education. 

The longest tenured assistant coach at the United States Military Academy (USMA), Mr. Diange enters his first season with the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) lacrosse program. He arrived at West Point in 1990 following a nine-year stint on the Division III level as head lacrosse coach at SUNY-Geneseo. He was nominated to be the head coach at USMAPS after many successful years as the Army lacrosse assistant coach and has been an integral part of its success. The veteran assistant, who was named the 2010 Assistant Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association, will continue to manage Army's offense. Mr. Diange is also a top-notch recruiter with deep roots on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.

While at USMA, he teamed with legendary coach Jack Emmer to bring stability and continuity to the Black Knights' sideline when he joined the West Point staff in 1990 and continued his tenure with the arrival of Joe Alberici as head coach to the start the 2006 season. During his time at the academy, Mr. Diange has tutored five of the most prolific scorers in Army lacrosse history, a group that includes a pair of Tewaaraton Trophy finalists in John Walker, '06, and Jeremy Boltus, '11.

He and his wife have three children.