Photo Gallery: Coach Don Leet
Don Leet coached the men's lacrosse team from 1970-1997. His teams won 253 games in 28 seasons. A 2004 inductee into our own Athletics Hall of Fame, Don was named the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Man of the Year in 1997, and earned NCAA Division III Coach of the Year honors in 1979. He took his teams to eight NCAA Tournaments, with the 1979 team advancing to the NCAA Division II-III semifinals. In 2019, he was named to the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
“The 50-50s Don Leet Legacy Fund” is a new endowment fund, supported by donors to the men’s lacrosse program, to honor and support men’s lacrosse student-athletes as they strive to uphold the values of character, competitiveness, grit, effort, determination, persistence, teamwork and the pursuit of excellence so important to Coach Leet’s daily philosophy as a coach, mentor, husband, father and friend.
Photo Submissions:
Photos in this album have been submitted by former St. Lawrence men's lacrosse athletes. If you'd like to submit a photo of Coach Don Leet, please email the photo, along with a caption, to Amanda Brewer '12, Senior Associate Director of Laurentian Engagement & Annual Giving at abrewer@stlawu.edu.
Gallery
Don Leet skydiving. Submitted by Ken Noble '79
Coach Leet and Jeff Cole '77. Submitted by Bob Snyder '74
Don "Rainbow Man" Leet. Submitted by Ken Noble '79 and edited by Craig Sotres '80
Photos of team that participated in the from the 1973 Suncoast Lacrosse Tournament. Submitted by Bob Snyder '74
Team photo of the Saints lacrosse team from the 1973 Suncoast Lacrosse Tournament. Submitted by Bob Snyder '74
Saints lacrosse team roster from the 1973 Suncoast Lacrosse Tournament. Submitted by Bob Snyder '74
Don Leet at the Suncoast tournament in Florida 1979. Photo taken by Janis Finelli ’80.
Pre-game conversation between Coach Leet and officials at HC in 1979. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Frank Priebe '79 #22. Submitted by Frank Prieb '79
Don Leet & Dale Bartram '77 – Saints coaches 1997. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Bill Simunek '79 says "No big deal!" after beating the Statesmen of Hobart. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
The Saints defeat Hobart 12-11. Photo taken by Samantha Hershey ’80.
Photo comes courtesy of the St. Mary's High (Annapolis) Royal Blue Club, 1952. Don Leet is #27 in the second row. Submitted by Ken Noble '79
![Black and white team photo with text "SLU '79 17-4 NCAA Semis"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_2400x2400/public/2021-07/SLU1.jpg?itok=XAyoeM7J "Black and white team photo with text "SLU '79 17-4 NCAA Semis"")
1979 team prior to victory in NCAA Semi-Finals with team record of 17-4. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
1970s St. Lawrence Lacrosse bumper sticker. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
A small portion of a poster of Coach Leet's All-Americans. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Don Leet and Dotty Hall unveiling Hall-Leet North Country Field dedication plaque. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Coach Mike Mahoney '93, P'22, '24, Coach Don Leet and Jason Crosbie '98. Submitted by Jason Crosbie '98
Alumni lacrosse game in 1997 taken at Coach Leet's retirement celebration. Submitted by Fran Shields '79, P'17
Pat Heveron ’79 and Smoach at the Fall of Fame Induction in 2008. Submitted by Bill Spragins '80.
1979 Men's Lacrosse Team is inducted into the St. Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
The 1979 Men's Lacrosse Team Hall of Fame plaque (Inducted in 2008). Submitted by Bill Spragins '80.
Don Leet talks to members of 1979 Team after team’s induction into SLU Hall of Fame during a roast at University Inn, with Coach Mike Mahoney '93, P'22, '24 & Maureen Leet awaiting Don’s next “classic” zinger. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Coach & Maureen Leet and Westy-Saints Lacrosse alumni attending Teacher/Coach David Hovey Field dedication at Westminster School (CT). Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Sam Hovey’s '87 St. Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame Induction in 2013 with Coach, Charles Santry '84, KJ and others. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
IMCLA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony program. IMCLA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony program.
Coach Mike Mahoney '93, P'22, '24 and Coach Don Leet at the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame ceremony in 2019. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Coach Leet with Kevin King ‘76, Bill Simunek ‘79, Peter Parker '79 and Warren Tuttle ‘77. Submitted by Warren Tuttle ‘77, P'16
Coach Leet with former players in at his IMLCA Hall of Fame Induction in Baltimore, December 2019.Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Don Leet with a group of former athletes after his IMLCA Hall of Fame induction in 2019. Submitted by Steve Lawler '83
Don Leet with a group of former athletes after his IMCLA Hall of Fame induction in 2019. Submitted by Steve Lawler '83
Coach Leet holding court on the morning after his IMLCA Hall of Fame Induction in 2019. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Don Leet retirement party at the Tick Tock with 1979 team in 1989. Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
"Coach Leet at the Tock." Submitted by John Fowler '80, P'14
Smoach and Bill Spragins '80 in front of Hall-Leet Stadium in the summer of 2011 when Bill was visiting the Adirondacks. Submitted by Bill Spragins '80.