 However after a rough start to the season where they lost six straight including 3 one-goal losses, the Griffs ended 2009 on a 4 and 3 run.Mearns was Head Coach of the Canadian national team that won the gold medal at the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship.Mearns was named the initial head coach for the St. Bonaventure men's Division I lacrosse team, in June 2017.