MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Athletic Department and Head Men's Lacrosse coach, Josh Seese, announced on Monday the hiring of Philip "P.R." Simshauser as Assistant Men's Lacrosse Coach.

P.R. comes to Chowan after spending a season at DIII Maine Maritime Academy as the Defensive Coordinator.  P.R. worked with goalies and faceoff men while with the Mariners.  Before the season was cut short, the Mariners were 3-1 with 57.1% save percentage and 58.4% faceoff win percentage.

Prior to his time with Maine Maritime Academy, P.R. had coaching stints at Valley Regional High School (Connecticut), where he helped the team qualify for the state playoffs, Tucson Extreme Lacrosse (Arizona), and The Harvey School (New York).

Simshauser also has experience running camps with the Arizona Winter Lacrosse camp and Syracuse Lacrosse camp.

P.R. has also worked a career in politics and government in analytics and campaigns.

The Yorktown Heights, N.Y. native played collegiately at Syracuse before transferring to Arizona.  Simshauser received his bachelor's degree from Arizona in Political Science in 2007.