Siena University men’s lacrosse coach and Wading River native Liam Gleason died on Wednesday, the university said, three days after suffering a serious injury in a fall at home. He had just turned 41 on Friday.

Friends said that Gleason suffered a traumatic brain injury in the fall. State police and paramedics were called to his home Sunday afternoon in Halfmoon, north of Albany.

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

Gleason was known as a star lacrosse player at Shoreham-Wading River High School, where he led the team to a state championship in 2002 and graduated in 2003.

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