Drew Bourdeau '18 is set to begin his second season as the head coach of the Saint Anselm College men's lacrosse team in 2026.
Bourdeau's first season at the helm finished with a 14-2 overall record, including an unblemished 8-0 mark against Northeast 10 Conference competition. The Hawks, who put together an undefeated regular season effort (11-0), were ranked as high as No. 3 in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Coaches Poll for three consecutive weeks. Despite a narrow loss in the NE10 Championship game, the Hawks secured an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship and made a run to the semifinal round.
A multitude of postseason accolades flooded in for Bordeau and the Hawks. Bourdeau was named the NE10 Co-Coach of the Year as well as the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Coach of the Year. Under his leadership, nine players earned All-Conference recognition, including freshman Matt Lemay, who was named Rookie of the Year. Additionally, five Hawks earned USA Lacrosse All-America recognition, nine were bestowed All-New England honors from the NEILA, six were selected to All-North Region teams, with six All-America nods from the USILA.
A standout student-athlete for the Hawks, Bourdeau brings a wealth of experience both as a player and coach to the Hilltop. He most recently served as the head coach at Bedford High School for two seasons, where he was named the 2024 Division 1 and US Lacrosse New Hampshire Coach of the Year. Under his leadership, the team finished the 2024 campaign as NHIAA Division 1 Runner-Up, boasting the highest scoring offense in the NHIAA.
Coach Bourdeau has also served as head coach of New Hampshire Tomahawks Club Lacrosse team since 2021, running all aspects of the state's premier club program. He also spent time as an assistant coach at Marblehead High School and North Andover High School before taking over the Bedford program in 2023.
A two-time All-NE10 choice, Bourdeau started 56 of his 57 games for the Hawks over his four-year career. He totaled 129 ground balls and 62 caused turnovers while also scoring a pair of goals. His play helped Saint Anselm improve from 2-11 in his freshman season of 2015 to 11-5 in 2018 and a national ranking. He was selected to participate in the annual New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's (NEILA) East-West Senior All-Star Game following his senior year.
Bourdeau served as the Co-Chair of Saint Anselm's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). With SAAC, he has helped lead a variety of initiatives, including opening the college's Hope Happens Here chapter. He has also earned Academic All-New England honors and was the Saint Anselm nominee for the Northeast-10 Conference's Man of the Year award. He was named to the Dean's List and Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll a combined 10 times, served as a New Student Orientation leader for three years, and was a part of numerous other community service activities.
Following his senior season, Bourdeau was selected by Major League Lacrosse's Boston Cannons out of the league's player pool, attending the team's training camp and trained with the team for three months in 2019.
Bourdeau, a 2018 graduate of Saint Anselm College with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a minor in Secondary Education, is married to the former Clairee Putnam '18, a women's basketball student-athlete for the Hawks from 2014-18.
