Throughout Tony Seaman's coaching career, almost all of his great moments have come as the underdog and most of his worst moments have come as the favorite. As the underdog, he has done arguably some of the greatest coaching jobs in the history of the game. Here are some of the great moments Tony has had as the underdog:

1988-Took a good, but not great, Penn team to the Final Four, where they lost to a loaded, Gait Brother-led Syracuse team, in the final seconds. This happened in the Carrier Dome, no less.

1989-Led Penn, who was not nearly as good as they were a year earlier, to an upset of a loaded UNC team at the end of the regular season.

1992-Led Hopkins to a blowout victory in the Quarterfinals against a Towson team at Towson who was favored. In the Semifinals against a loaded Syracuse team, they stayed right with 'Cuse until running out of gas with a few minutes to play.

1994-Led a very undermanned Hopkins team to overtime against a loaded Princeton team led by Scott Bacigalupo, Kevin Lowe, and Scott Reinhardt. They actually had a couple of chances to win it in overtime.

1996-Led Hopkins to an upset of a favored and better Maryland team in the Quarterfinals.

2001-Led Towson to a big upset of Maryland in the Quarterfinals in College Park and almost led Towson to an upset victory over a loaded Princeton team they had no business being close to. They lost by a goal and came close to tying it up in the last minute.

All those were great accomplishments, no doubt. However, they were all as the underdog. As the favorite, Tony has had trouble at times. Here are a few examples:

1995-Tony and Hopkins got blown out by Maryland in the Semifinals. Hopkins was the best team in the country that year.

1997-Lost to Duke in the Quarterfinals in O.T.

1998-Lost to Maryland in the Quarterfinals in O.T. Hopkins had beaten them in the regular season.

I know he has had a few moments at Towson, too. The CAA Title Game against Delaware was just the latest.

Don't get me wrong! Tony is not a bad coach by any means. In fact, there have been a lot well-known coaches in sports throughout the years who have had most of their success as the underdog. Tony is doing a fine job at Towson. I hope they make the tournament this year.

As I have said before, Tony Seaman and Dave Cottle of Maryland are like siamese twins as coaches. They have been successful, but almost all of their great moments came as the underdog.

To be considered an all-around great coach, you have to be consistent both as the underdog and as the favorite. The best example in the history of College Lacrosse?-Bill Tierney