LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — Siena men's lacrosse coach Liam Gleason has died, the school announced Wednesday, three days after he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall at his home. He was 41.

Gleason led the Saints to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament this past season, which was his seventh at the Loudonville, New York school.

“A sudden, senseless loss carries a kind of pain that defies understanding,” Siena President Chuck Seifert said. "It’s hard to imagine anyone more universally loved and admired than Liam. Our community was blessed by Coach Gleason’s life.”

Gleason leaves behind a wife and three children, and a fundraising effort for the family's needs going forward is underway.

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