Dan Carey is the first and only General Manager and VP of lacrosse operations for the NEW incarnation of the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. A role in which he oversees all aspects of lacrosse operations, including team services, player acquisitions, and personnel development. He was named the NLL’s GM of the Year in 2023.

The team has made back-to-back playoff appearances in 2023 and 2024.

Carey previously spent three years with the Colorado Mammoth, serving as general manager.

Before becoming GM, Carey was the Mammoth’s director of player personnel, managing scouting and player development. He joined the organization as an eastern scout following a standout five-year playing career with the Mammoth. Drafted seventh overall in 2005, Carey earned NLL All-Star honors in his first three seasons and was pivotal in the Mammoth’s 2006 Champion’s Cup win. He concluded his career with the Toronto Rock in 2012, retiring with 89 goals and 147 assists in 60 games.

In his home and native land Carey won three Mann Cups with his cherished Peterborough Lakers and was named MVP in 2006. Internationally, he earned gold with Team Canada at the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship and now serves as GM of Canada’s national men’s field lacrosse programs, earning a silver medal in 2023.

The man has had some of the coolest jobs lacrosse has to offer. We’ll talk about that and what he brings to the organizations he’s been involved with, what it was like coaching a young Jeff Teat and his vision for building a winning team.

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