Relationships with teammates were not the only priorities Carrier had in mind as a recruit. It was equally as important to him to build a lifelong relationship with his coaches.
Dick Edell, one of the greatest coaches in collegiate lacrosse history, was at the helm of the Terrapins at the time.
Edell quickly became more than just a coach to Carrier and his teammates.
“Coach Edell was and still is a second father to me,” Carrier said emotionally. “Life lessons to my kids and to myself in the business and in fatherhood all came from him.
“Not only was he a tall human being, he had the biggest heart. He put complex topics, issues and game plans and made them really simple, and so for that I’m forever grateful. I look up to him the same from the minute I met him to today and I’m truly getting emotional because that’s how much he means to me. There isn’t anyone that has ever played for him that would say anything different. He just had that impact on so many people around him.”
Edell and Carrier built quite a relationship off the field, but also had great success together on the field. Together they went to two national championship games, which Carrier recalls as his fondest memory sporting a Terrapin jersey.
In 1997, Carrier’s freshman year, the Terps earned the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Carrier recalls the national semifinal matchup in the Final Four against third-seeded Syracuse as one of the best games in his career.
“The Final Four was in College Park in front of the largest crowd it had ever seen, there was like 35,000 in Byrd Stadium, and it was an 82-degree day on Memorial Day weekend,” Carrier said. “We upset Syracuse 18-17 in one of the best games in NCAA playoff history.”
But the All-American defender’s favorite accomplishment came prior to his senior season.
“The biggest thing for me was being honored to be a captain of a very prestigious university, which was one of my biggest honors,” Carrier said.
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