Shane Lanson joined the Harvard University men’s soccer staff as the program’s goalkeeper coach prior to the start of the 2022 season and enters his second year with the program in 2023-24.
Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.
As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).
Lanson played goalkeeper at Southern Methodist University. During the 2020-21 season, he started the Mustangs’ first four games with a 0.54 goals-against average and three shutouts prior to missing time due to injury. Lanson also made six starts and tallied four clean sheets in 2019.
A native of New Orleans, La., he earned United Soccer Coaches Division I Player of the Week honors in September 2019 after posting three shutouts in one week, including one against then No. 2 Duke.
