Oglethorpe University

Will Munley Profile

First Season as Head Coach: 2026-27
Tenure: 2026-27 is his 1st season
Total W-L at Oglethorpe: 0-0
Total W-L Overall: 0-0
Alma Mater: Tennessee Wesleyan, 2015

Will Munley joined Oglethorpe's athletics staff as men's lacrosse head coach in June 2026, joining the Stormy Petrel athletics staff as a proven program builder with over 10 years of experience coaching lacrosse at many levels.

Munley came to Oglethorpe from Greater Atlanta Christian School where he served as director of lacrosse. He also founded and serves as director of Crown Lacrosse, a premier travel ball organization based in Atlanta, as well as co-founded and served as former director of Elevate Lacrosse Academy, a lacrosse instructional program.

Prior to Oglethorpe

Munley’s most recent role at Greater Atlanta Christian School saw him lead and oversee all lacrosse programs, including Varsity and Junior Varsity as well as mentoring the middle school program. Prior to Greater Atlanta Christian, Munley served four seasons as head lacrosse coach at Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Georgia, where he built the HCA lacrosse program from the ground up.

Munley’s first-year roster at HCA had nine freshmen, and he led that group to a historic feat as the first first-year program in Georgia history to win a playoff game and advance to the Sweet 16. Munley’s team went 13-5 that season on the way to him being nominated for Georgia Gwinnett coach of the year.

During his time at Hebron Christian Academy, Munley also served as director of youth skill development at Team 91 Georgia from 2020 to 2023. Munley’s role there included directing all youth player development across multiple age groups and managing the 2026 Ignition and 2029–2031 developmental teams. He also recruited and onboarded premier regional coaches to host high-visibility instructional events.

Munley’s experience in the lacrosse world also includes the founding of two organizations, Crown Lacrosse in 2023 and Elevate Lacrosse Academy in 2021. With Crown, he recruits, hires and manages a staff of elite-level coaches and oversees all operational logistics, including scheduling, tournament selection, travel arrangements and multiteam communications. With Elevate, he designed and delivered individual and group training sessions, directed youth development camps and managed all marketing for the instructional program that serves elementary through high school athletes.

Education | Personal

Munley is a 2015 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan University in Athens, Tennessee, where he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice/law while competing as an all-American for the NAIA lacrosse program. Munley also holds an associate degree in criminal justice/law from Mercyhurst University Northeast in North East, Pennsylvania.

Munley and his wife, Caitlin, currently reside in Pendergrass, Georgia, with their dog, Rey.

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