Coach Rapkin was named Head Men's Lacrosse Coach in July of 2009 after spending the 2009 season as the Interim Coach.  He was named the interim coach in September of 2008 after the resignation of Nick Ballou.  Prior to being named interim coach, he spent the last two years as an assistant to Ballou.

Rapkin played collegiate lacrosse and football at Siena College, a NCAA Division I member of the MAAC Conference.  A Rockland County native, Rapkin is a graduate of Clarkstown North High School and began his coaching career as an assistant at his high school alma mater in 1985.

Prior to coming to Dominican, he was an assistant coach at Desert Mountain High School from 2002-2003 and then at Saguaro High School, both located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Rapkin spent the past summer coaching at the Adrenaline Lacrosse Camps in California. 

Career Coaching Statistics

Year	School	Record	Achievements/Honors
2009	Dominican College	2-12

Totals

Career Coaching Wins

2-12-0

Coach Brancaccio joins the Dominican College men's lacrosse staff as a recent graduate of DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.  Brancaccio gained his B.S. in Sport and Exercise Science while at DSU.

Brancaccio was a four year starter at DeSales as an attackman, where he holds both the Single Season Assist Record and the All-Time Assist Record.  He was also a Second Team All-Conference selection twice in his collegiate career.

During his time at DeSales, Brancaccio was a member of the winningest class in school history.  He was part of the Bulldogs first playoff berth in school history.

Coach Brancaccio is from Greenvale, NY, where he attended North Short High School.  He was a two time all-conference player, team captain and led his team to the playoffs in his senior year.

Coach Collins joins the Charger Lacrosse staff this season as a volunteer coach.

A graduate of Widener University, a NCAA Division III member of the Middle Atlantic Conference, Collins was a member of a senior class that led the team to four straight MAC Championships and NCAA Playoff appearances.  In his senior year, he was named team captain and was also the 2008 Middle Atlantic Tournament Most Outstanding Player Award recipient.

Collins is a resident of Yorktown Heights, NY, where he played both lacrosse and football at Lakeland High School.  During his high school career, he earned All-League awards in both ports.  In his senior season, he led the football team to its first New York State Playoff berth in twenty years and earned the team's Most Valuable Palyer Award.  In lacrosse, he was an All-League selection and earned All-Section Honorable Mention honors.  He was also selected to play in the Senior All-Star Game.

Before coming to Dominican, Collins coached lacrosse at North Salem High School as the junior varsity head coach and served as an assistant coach for the varsity team.  Collins is also a head coach for the Renegades Lacrosse Program with ages ranging from U-13 through U-17.  Currently, he serves as the JV Defensive Coordinator for the Lakeland High School football team.