University of Scranton

Clay Arnold enters his third season as an assistant coach for The University of Scranton men's lacrosse team in 2026.

Scranton captured its third straight Landmark Conference title with a 10-6 win over Elizabethtown and followed that up with an NCAA Tournament game win for the second straight year as the Royals soundly defeated Immaculata 20-8 in the first round. Senior defender Zachariah Palinkas earned Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the year and garnered USILA All-American honors.

2024 saw the Royals capture a second consecutive Landmark Conference title with a decisive 17-6 victory over Elizabethtown in the Landmark title game and the program's first NCAA Tournament victory with a 10-9 overtime win against John Carroll. Both senior attacker Matthew McAree and graduate student defender Colin Pierce earned USILA All-American honors. 

Arnold joined The University of Scranton from Castleton University where he served as a graduate assistant.

He also made stops at Juniata College where he was the interim head coach for a year and SUNY Oswego where he was an assistant coach.

Arnold played professionally in the PBLA with the New England Chowerhead Player in 2022-23.

He played collegiately at UMASS Boston where he led the team in both goals and points in 2017 and 2018. In 2018 he earned Second Team All-Little East Conference honors and was named to the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-Academic Team. In 2017 he was the NCAA D3 Statistical Champion for highest shooting percentage (61.8%).

In 2015, Arnold won a NJCAA National Championship while playing for Onondoga Community College.

Arnold earned a B.S. degree in Health and Exercise Science from Syracuse University in 2021.