Bryan Seaman is entering his ninth season as the head coach of the men's lacrosse team heading into the 2024-25 academic year after guiding the Warriors to some of their most successful seasons in program history over his tenure, never failing to make the NAIA National Invitational.
The second head coach in the history of the program, Seaman holds a 106-27 record and a 47-6 mark in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) games and was named the WHAC Coach of the Year three times in 2022, 2021, and 2017. Under his tenure he has coached 38 All-WHAC selections, 19 NAIA All-Americans, 12 NAIA All-Tournament Team selections, 48 WHAC All-Academic Team honorees, 29 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 19 WHAC Player of the Week winners (12 Offensive, seven Defensive), nine NAIA National Player of the Week winners (five Offensive, four Defensive), three WHAC Offensive Player of the Year, three WHAC Defensive Player of the Year selections, and three CoSIDA Academic All-America Team recipients.
Last season, Seaman would lead Tech to a 9-7 overall record and a second-place finish in the WHAC standings with a 6-2 record in conference play. However, the Warriors would roll through the WHAC Tournament on their way to a fifth straight tournament championship. At the NAIA National Invitational, No. 6 seeded Indiana Tech would fall in the quarterfinal round for the first time, losing to No. 3 seeded Webber International University. Four Warriors would earn WHAC All-Conference Team selections and six WHAC All-Academic Team honors. Nate Langille, Josh Bramley, and Nick Craddock would earn NAIA All-American spots and three Warriors would be named NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
In 2023, the Warriors would finish with a 17-4 overall record and a 7-1 record in WHAC play. The Warriors would finish second in the WHAC conference standings but would go on to win their fourth straight conference tournament title. At the NAIA National Invitational, the Warriors would come in as the No. 2 overall seed, knocking off No. 7 seed Siena Heights University and No. 3 seed the University of the Cumberlands before falling in the championship game to No. 1 seed Keiser University. Seven Warriors would earn WHAC All-Conference Team honors, including Nate Langille, Josh Bramley, Tom Piotrowski, and Sam Anderson who were also named NAIA All-Americans. Seven Warriors would be named to the WHAC All-Academic Team and six were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Samuel Bodley, Emmett Coleman, Piotrowski, and Anderson would be named to the NAIA All-Tournament Team.
2022 was a historic season for Seaman and Indiana Tech as they went 18-1 overall and 9-0 in WHAC play (both program records) on their way to a third straight title in both the WHAC regular season and tournament. The Warriors would head into the NAIA National Invitational as the No. 1 seed and knock off Benedictine and Cumberlands before falling in the championship game to No. 2 seed Reinhardt as Tech finished as National Runner-Up for a third consecutive year. Andrew Ryan would make history for the Warriors becoming Tech’s first NAIA Player of the Year. He would also win WHAC Offensive Player of the Year and earn NAIA All-American and WHAC First Team All-Conference honors. Louis Czech and Tom Piotrowski would also be named NAIA All-Americans and WHAC First Team All-Conference selections as 6 Warriors would find their way to the All-WHAC Teams. Coach Seaman would win his second straight WHAC Coach of the Year award and the third of his career at Tech, while nine Warriors would be named WHAC All-Academic Team members and six as NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Ryan, Piotrowski, and Samuel Bodley would be named to the NAIA All-Tournament Team.
In 2021, Tech would record a program record 18 wins, going 18-2 overall and 6-0 in WHAC play, winning their second straight WHAC regular season and WHAC tournament titles. The No. 2 seeded Warriors would finish NAIA Runner-Up again after falling to No. 1 seeded Reinhardt in the NAIA Invitational championship game. Andrew Ryan, Jordan Reyes, and Sam Anderson would all be named NAIA All-Americans, Ryan and Anderson would be named to the NAIA All-Tournament Team, and Ryan and Reyes would win WHAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively. Six Warriors would be named All-WHAC Team selections, 14 WHAC All-Academic Team selections, and 11 NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Coach Seaman would earn his second career WHAC Coach of the Year award, while Jordan Reyes was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District and All-America At-Large Teams for the second year in a row.
The Warriors 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tech went 3-1 in the shortened season but had program history take place as Jordan Reyes and Evan Schuster were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team, the first players in program history to earn a spot on the prestigious team.
In 2019, Tech went 16-3 and 7-1 in conference play, recording program records for both regular season and conference wins, while sweeping the WHAC regular season and tournament titles for the first time in program history. The Warriors rose as high as number three in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll and knocked off #1-ranked University of the Cumberlands on March 3 for the first win over the number-one ranked team in program history. The Orange and Black earned an automatic bid to the NAIA National Invitational for the third straight season and advanced to the semifinals before falling to WHAC Co-Champions and eventual national runner-up, Aquinas.
In 2018, he guided the Warriors to a 13-3 record and a 6-1 mark in conference play, and rose as high as second in the NAIA Coaches' Top 10 Poll. Tech finished second in the WHAC, with its lone blemish coming to undefeated Madonna. The team received an at-large bid to the NAIA National Invitational where they advanced to the semifinals before falling to eventual champion Reinhardt.
Seaman led the Orange and Black to a 12-6 overall record in 2017 with a 6-1 mark in WHAC play to capture the programs first-ever regular season championship and earning Coach of the Year honors in his first season at the helm. The team rose as high as fourth in the NAIA Coaches' Top 10 Poll and received an at-large berth to the NAIA National Invitational, where they advanced to the semifinals before falling to second-seeded and eventual national champion Reinhardt.
Seaman led Tech through the transition from Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) to NAIA play during the 2017 season as the sport entered its second year as an invitational sport under the NAIA.
Seaman, originally from Peabody, Massachusetts, is no stranger to the Indiana Tech as he spent two years as a graduate assistant and one year as an associate head coach for the Warriors from 2012-14 under former head coach Terry Nichter, who stepped down after the 2016 season to spend more time with his family.
Prior to returning to Tech, Seaman spent three years as the head coach at St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he started the Cavalier’s program.
While at St. Gregory's he compiled a 20-12 record in two seasons (2015-16), leading the Cavaliers to the Lone Star Alliance Division II championship game in 2015, a regular season title in 2016, and a second-place finish in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) in 2016 as well. He was named the LSA DII Coach of the Year in 2015 and was the KCAC Coach of the Year in 2016.
After graduating from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, Seaman attended The Gunnery School in Washington, Connecticut as a post-graduate student. He then attended Mount Ida College where he was team captain, majored in Sport Management and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Seaman was later hired as a strength and conditioning coach at Gridiron Training, as well as defensive coordinator at Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody, Mass. He earned his Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Tech in 2013.
He lives in Fort Wayne with his wife, Amanda, and daughter, Madison.
