Men's Lacrosse
Smistad, Andrew
Andrew Smistad
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator
- Email:
- andrew.smistad@marquette.edu
Andrew Smistad enters his first season as offensive coordinator and assistant coach with the Marquette University men’s lacrosse program for the 2025-26 academic year.
“I know Coach Smistad will inspire our team to be the best version of themselves off the field while pushing them to new heights on the field,” head coach Jake Richard said at the time of the hire in July 2025. “Surrounding our athletes with men worth emulating is paramount to our mission. Throughout the interview process Coach Smistad showcased a specific vision for our offense. He’s excited to introduce new ideas while creating continuity and building off the momentum from last year.”
Smistad was a member of the MU program for three years and served as team captain during the first two seasons of intercollegiate competition (2013-14). He played in nine games during the 2013 campaign for the Golden Eagles as a defensive midfielder and suffered a season-ending injury during the preseason of his final season.
Smistad has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He helped the Bobcats to a 9-7 record in 2025, while working primarily with the Bates offense.
He began his collegiate coaching journey after serving as head coach of the Calgary Shamrocks, a Canadian Junior box lacrosse team in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League's Junior B Tier I league. Joining the program as an assistant coach in 2016, Smistad was promoted to co-head coach in 2018 and served in that capacity before taking over the head job exclusively in 2020.
In 2019, the Shamrocks became the fourth team in Alberta's history to win the Founders Cup national lacrosse championship.
Smistad is former BIG EAST All-Academic selection and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. Smistad was a 2014 draft pick by the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He joined former teammate Tyler Melnyk that season as the first Golden Eagles to be drafted by a professional league.
The native of Calgary, Alberta first arrived at Marquette in the fall of 2011 after two seasons at Presbyterian College, which ended its men’s lacrosse program after the 2011 season.
Andrew is married to former MU women’s volleyball player Courtney Smistad née Mrotek, and the couple has one son, Theo.
“I know Coach Smistad will inspire our team to be the best version of themselves off the field while pushing them to new heights on the field,” head coach Jake Richard said at the time of the hire in July 2025. “Surrounding our athletes with men worth emulating is paramount to our mission. Throughout the interview process Coach Smistad showcased a specific vision for our offense. He’s excited to introduce new ideas while creating continuity and building off the momentum from last year.”
Smistad was a member of the MU program for three years and served as team captain during the first two seasons of intercollegiate competition (2013-14). He played in nine games during the 2013 campaign for the Golden Eagles as a defensive midfielder and suffered a season-ending injury during the preseason of his final season.
Smistad has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He helped the Bobcats to a 9-7 record in 2025, while working primarily with the Bates offense.
He began his collegiate coaching journey after serving as head coach of the Calgary Shamrocks, a Canadian Junior box lacrosse team in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League's Junior B Tier I league. Joining the program as an assistant coach in 2016, Smistad was promoted to co-head coach in 2018 and served in that capacity before taking over the head job exclusively in 2020.
In 2019, the Shamrocks became the fourth team in Alberta's history to win the Founders Cup national lacrosse championship.
Smistad is former BIG EAST All-Academic selection and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. Smistad was a 2014 draft pick by the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He joined former teammate Tyler Melnyk that season as the first Golden Eagles to be drafted by a professional league.
The native of Calgary, Alberta first arrived at Marquette in the fall of 2011 after two seasons at Presbyterian College, which ended its men’s lacrosse program after the 2011 season.
Andrew is married to former MU women’s volleyball player Courtney Smistad née Mrotek, and the couple has one son, Theo.
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