Peter Milliman

Peter Milliman is an American lacrosse coach and former professional player. In 2020, he was named the 23rd head coach in Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse history after serving as the Richard M. Moran Head Coach for the Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse for three seasons.

Early life and education Milliman was born and raised by a single mother in Rochester, New York. While attending Brighton High School, Milliman began playing lacrosse in order to stay in shape for football season. He was also inspired by Indigenous coach Sid Jamieson at a summer camp to continue playing the game. However, he struggled academically at Gettysburg and dropped out of the school with no more athletic eligibility and a few credits short of graduating. He went on to play professionally for four years with Rattlers, winning an MLL Championship in 2008. After winning an MLL Championship, Milliman was named men's assistant lacrosse coach at Pfeiffer University for the Pfeiffer Falcons. While serving in this role, he was the recipient of two Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year awards. when he accepted an assistant defensive coordinator position at Princeton University.

After one year at Princeton, Milliman was named Princeton's offensive coordinator but chose to leave and accept an assistant coach position for the Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse team. During the offseason, he chose to serve as a volunteer head coach for Team Russia at the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship after being recruited by Eugene Arkhipov. Prior to this, he had been unaware Russia had a lacrosse team and had never seen any of the players compete live.

Milliman was made Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse in 2018 and in his first season, the team qualified for the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in two years. The team went on to finish second in the conference and won the program's first Ivy League Tournament title since 2011. where he helped them to their fifth straight bronze medal.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Milliman was named the 23rd head coach in Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse history.

Personal life Milliman is married to Megan Milliman (nee Fox), a lacrosse coach at Wells College. They have two daughters together.

Head coaching record