Bio

Rick Terrio - Head Coach (17 Seasons 126-140)

Rick Terrio will be entering his 18th season in 2025 as the head coach of the Fitchburg State women's lacrosse team.

In seventeen years at the NCAA level, Terrio has guided Fitchburg State to 126 victories, 44 All-Conference selections, and two conference Rookie of Years. The latest being Jess St.George in 2023.

He has had 157 student athletes make the MASCAC all-academic team since 2009. He just had his first Fitchburg State female athlete of the year announced in 2024; that being Nicole Orlowski. He also has had 5 Fitchburg State “Female Scholar Athletes of the Year”, 5 Fitchburg State "Female Leadership Award " Recipients, and 6 Fitchburg State “Female Rookies of the Year” during his time here. The latest  being Autumn Tibbetts in 2024. Under Terrio's guidance, the Fitchburg State women's lacrosse team is a 8 x time recipient of the IWLCA Team Academic Award (2011, 2014-2020) for having a team cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. His team also won the 2019 and 2020 award at Fitchburg State for having the highest team GPA among all of the sports teams with 3.20’s. He  had his first lacrosse player Amanda Burns, class of 2012, inducted into Fitchburg State's Hall of fame.  His second, Emily Swan Reijniak, will be inducted in October 2024.

Prior to Fitchburg State, Terrio played a major role in shaping the North Middlesex Youth Lacrosse program, helping launch the boys division in 2000 and the girls division in 2002. In addition to serving as the Director of North Middlesex Girls Youth Lacrosse from 2002-07, Terrio also coached in the Bay State Games from 2004-2021, compiling two gold medals, three silver medals, and four bronze medals.  He also coached and managed  his own AAU high school club from 2004-2018 which had over 110  players go on and continue playing at the NCAA college level.

In addition to his coaching duties, Terrio also served as secretary of the Mass Bay Girls Lacrosse League, the largest youth lacrosse league in the country from 2005-2007. He has consistently led his team to winning seasons and has worked tirelessly to promote the sport of lacrosse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Terrio currently resides in Townsend, Mass. with his wife Laurie and daughter Bonnie, while his son Patrick lives in Canton, Mass with his wife Jenna and daughter Riley. He is expecting another granddaughter in August. Rick is also the Equipment Manager and Home game manager at Fitchburg State.