"Coach Richwine holds a special place in my heart. After growing up playing with more intense, emotional, yelling-type coaches, Richwine's calm, honest, and supportive approach to coaching and developing players was refreshing. His door was always open to all team members without judgement and with candor; he never forced players into talking with him but was always more than happy to chat about life, sport, and/or work through the complex processes of becoming a young adult. The poor men's lacrosse coaches whose offices were across the hall from Coach's (at the time) presumably knew everything going on in my life as I laughed and cried my way through college with Coach as my sounding board. He is not loud and in-your-face; rather, he gives players space to develop as leaders and individuals, practicing teammate-on-teammate accountability, advancing personal skill, and teaching integrity and self-reliance. He does not sugar coat things; he is forthcoming and transparent. In my opinion, these qualities make up the best type of coach because they prepare players for the REAL WORLD. One example I can think of is a lesson I still carry with me today: he would give me five pitches at the end of a pitching workout. If the last one was "bad," or a ball, or even just something I wasn't happy with, it still had to be my last one. In competition, and in real life, things might not always go the way we want. Outcomes might not be ideal. Sometimes you will walk a girl in for the other team's winning run. That's life... But it goes on and we have to deal with what is in front of us. Sometimes, a bad end of a day just means you get to process those emotions in the short-term and start tomorrow with a new attitude. If you want a coach that screams in umpires faces, yells, and mandates regular one-on-one meetings with student athletes, Coach isn't your guy (and of course, there were one-on-one and grade meetings when needed) (and yes, there were times I wish he would have challenged an ump and he didn't, and there were times when he did - it's called discretion). He exudes quiet confidence and supports from afar as you develop into a young adult. His office was a safe space for me to work through challenges (personal, academically, athletically), and he is one of the most formative people in my life. He is reciprocal and communicative when you need or want him to be, he cares, he doesn't play favorites and puts the best people on the field for any given situation (even when he knows it will upset people). He doesn't get visibly or vocally upset when stupid mistakes happen on the field or in practice or in life; as young adults, we know or get to figure out what went wrong and it's on us to adjust. Coach shows his players that they are capable people who can work through problems as an individual, as a team, or as both, and he is just there to guide us - as any coach would and should do. Overall, a 10/10 coach; I couldn't have graduated (with a championship) without him. I still keep in touch with him to this day. As a note to the other reviews - you get what you put in. If you care to develop a relationship with him, he will reciprocate."