Graham Adams ended his sixth season as an assistant coach and his fifth as the team's offensive coordinator in 2019.
Under his guidance, the Titans have set or broke numerous team records, including an NCAA record for man-up offense, and offensive players have received numerous accolades.
In 2019, the Titans set school records again with 16.6 points per game and 10.47 goals per game, while the 157 goals and 92 assists were second in school history to the 2018 record-breaking season.
Senior Matthew Vangalen wrapped up his great Titan career third all-time in scoring with 153 points on a school-record 77 assists and third in the record book with 76 goals. He posted back-to-back campaigns setting a school record for points in a season ending with 55 points and another school mark of 36 assists as he was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Year, the first in Titan history to earn the honor.
Another of his players that he has coached since arriving on campus is junior Seth Mendell, who sits fifth in school history with 97 points.
In 2018, the Titans finished first in the school record books in total points (261), goals (165), assists (96), shots (565), shots on goal (346) and least turnovers per game (14.38). Detroit Mercy also collected 31 total points for a new school mark at Manhattan on 18 goals and another school record 13 assists.
Individually, Vangalen broke the school record with 51 points in a season.
In the championship 2013 campaign, he worked with special teams and skill development, while the last five years as the offensive coordinator has seen the Titans set an NCAA record for man-up offense in 2014 and rank second in the MAAC in scoring offense in 2015.
In 2015, Detroit Mercy finished 13th in the nation in man-up offense (.451). In the MAAC, the Titans were second in man-up offense, scoring offense (9.93) and shot percentage (.286) and third in points per game (15.14).
Under his game plan, two Titans set career marks for offense in seniors Scott Drummond and Brandon Beauregard, while freshman Mark Anstead made an immediate impact and was named the MAAC’s Rookie of the Year.
In his first season as Detroit’s offensive coordinator in 2014, he helped develop a man-up unit that broke North Carolina's 29-year old record in man-up offense efficiency (.586) as the Titans scored at a .708 clip converting on 34-of-48 opportunities, completely dominating the old record. In conference play, Detroit Mercy was 12-of-16 (.750) and that didn't include its' 2-for-2 total in the MAAC Championship Semifinals.
Overall, the offense set a school record with 15.64 points per game and 91 assists in 2014 as the Titans made the MAAC Championship semifinals for the fourth-straight year.
He was a big part of the Titans first-ever MAAC title, upsetting top-seeded Marist in the semifinals and No. 3 Siena in the championship in 2013. The win over the Saints gave Detroit Mercy the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as it faced No. 2 Notre Dame in the first round and had a 5-1 lead against the Fighting Irish at the half.
Adams joined the Titans after a four-year playing career at Stony Brook, where he was a member of two NCAA tournament teams. He played in 52 games in his four years as the Seawolves won 39 games, including a school record 13 in 2010. Stony Brook also won a pair of America East titles (2010, 2012) and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 2010. Playing attack and midfield, he notched 14 goals and 11 assists for 25 points, while picking up 11 ground balls.
A native of Royal Oak, he graduated from Brother Rice High School, where he earned three letters and was All-Region, All-State and All-American as a senior. The team won a state championship in each of his years and in 2008, he helped the squad to a perfect 23-0 record as Brother Rice was the STX/Inside Lacrosse National Champions. While in college, he was a summer camp instructor at Brother Rice as well as at All American Lacrosse.
He graduated from Stony Brook with a political science degree and is pursuing his master’s in criminal justice at Detroit Mercy.
