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Joe Rautenstrauch

Joe Rautenstrauch

Joe Rautenstrauch '23G enters his 10th season as the head coach of the John Carroll Men's Lacrosse program in the 2025-2026 school year.

Career Accomplishments
  • 2024 & 2022 OAC Coach of the Year
  • 7 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 6 USILA All-Americans
  • 4 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-Americans
  • 7 OAC Tournament Championships
  • 3 OAC Regular Season Championships
  • 4 OAC Defensive Players of the Year
  • 4 OAC Offensive Players of the Year
  • 1 OAC Freshman of the Year
  • 76 All-OAC selections
  • .735 winning percentage, ranking 11th among active Division III coaches and 16th across all divisions
In his first nine seasons as head coach, Rautenstrauch led the Blue Streaks to a combined 108-39 (58-11 OAC) record, earning seven OAC Tournament Championships and seven automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. 

Rautenstrauch in the only coach in program history to earn a win during the NCAA Tournament. The first victory came when the Blue Streaks defeated Albion College 14-9 in 2017. A second victory followed 2019 when John Carroll won in overtime against Hope College (7-6). Rautenstrauch's 2022 Blue Streaks won the first-ever NCAA Tournament game played in Greater Cleveland, beating North Central at Don Shula Stadium. The 2023 Blue Streaks won again at home in the NCAA Tournament, defeating Lake Forest (23-2). 

Rautenstrauch came to John Carroll from his alma mater, Canisius College. A four-year letterwinner for the Griffs,he helped lead Canisius to the MAAC championship during his junior campaign. Post graduation, he was promoted to an assistant coaching role, where he focused on working with the faceoff units and the goaltenders. He also served as the defensive coordinator in 2016. In addition to coaching, Rautenstrauch spent one academic year as an adjunct professor at Canisius.

At the middle school and high school level, Rautenstrauch was a head coach at the Buffalo Lacrosse Academy in 2015 and 2016. He also worked multiple summer lacrosse camps throughout the northeast and midwestern states. Camps included the Southern Ohio Shootout and the Ohio State Buckeye Battle.

Outside of lacrosse, Rautenstrauch has been involved in multiple service organizations such as Team Impact!, Habitat for Humanity, and HEADstrong.

Rautenstrauch earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from Canisius in 2013. He then went on to obtain a Master's in Sports Administration at his alma mater the following year, graduating with Magna Cum Laude honors. Raut earned his MBA from John Carroll in 2023. 
 
Year Overall Conference Conf. Tournament NCAA's
2025 9-8 6-3 1-1 0-0
2024 11-5 8-1 2-0 0-1
2023 15-3 8-1 2-0 1-1
2022 17-3 8-1 2-0 1-1
2021 14-2 8-1 2-0 0-1
2020* 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 13-7 6-3 2-0 1-1
2018 13-5 7-1 2-0 0-1
2017     13-5     8-0 2-0 1-1
Totals 108-39 58-9 15-1 4-7
*Season shortened by COVID-19

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