Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/3/23 – From Staff Report
Bishop Shanahan coach Jon Heisman forged a tie with former La Salle coach Bill Leahy for the all-time state and region record for wins by a boys’ team head coach at 512 when his Eagles defeated visiting Sun Valley, 17-3, today in Ches-Mont League action.
The win raised Shanahan’s record to 7-0 and 2-0 in the Ches-Mont. Heisman can become the all-time win leader if his team defeats host West Chester Rustin on Wednesday.
Joe Devine led Shanahan with seven goals and an assist and Devin Mullen had four goals, two assists and three groundballs, Ronan Miller won 12 of 16 faceoffs.
Heisman, who formerly coached at Springfield-Delco and West Chester East and has been a head coach in Philly since 1988, has coached at Shanahan since 2010. He led the Eagles to back-to-back PIAAA 2A championships in 2018 and 2019. Heisman, a member of the Eastern PA Chapter of the USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame, also was Phillylacrosse.com Co-Coach of the Year in 2018.
No other Philly boys’ team coach has won 500 games in the state, though, former Haverford School coach John Nostrant won nearly all of his 500 victories with the Fords, also winning some in two seasons at Gilman School (MD) and one at St. Albans (DC).
Bishop Shanahan 17, Sun Valley 3
Shanahan 5-5-4-3=17
Sun Valley 2–1-0-0=3
Shanahan
Joe Devine 7G, 1A
Devin Mullen 4G, 2A, 3GB
Colin Gaffney 1G, 4A, 3GB
Landon Wright 1G, 1A
Anthony Boffa 2G
Ryan Weber 2G
Nate Bracken 2A
Nick Snyder 1A
Mack Manley 2A
Austin Eckrote 1A
Ben Mace 6 GB
Ronan Miller 12/16 FO’s
All-time Boys’ Team Coaching Win leaders (500 wins)
512 Jon Heisman (Springfield-Delco, West Chester East, Bishop Shanahan) 1988-Present
512 Bill Leahy (La Salle College) 1992-2019
500 John Nostrant (St. Albans-DC Haverford School, Gilman-MD) 1991-2021
