Georgia Swarm


The Georgia Swarm are an American professional box lacrosse team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area that competes in the National Lacrosse League. They have been playing at the 13,000-seat Gas South Arena since their 2016 season.

Team history

Originally formed as the 2002 expansion Montreal Express, the owners of the Minnesota Swarm purchased the inactive Express franchise from the NLL to create the Swarm in 2004. They played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 2004 until 2015. On May 22, 2015, team owner John Arlotta announced that the Xcel Energy Center did not renew the contract for the team. Instead of negotiating for a new lease, the Swarm began looking for potential relocation sites and eventually chose the Atlanta metro area.
In 2017 the Swarm won the NLL championship title against the defending Saskatchewan Rush 2–0 in a best of three series.

Current roster

Head coaching history

''Note: This list does not include coaches from the Minnesota Swarm.''

Awards and honors

Note: This list does not include awards from the Minnesota Swarm
Note: Mike Poulin's 2020 Teammate of the year award was a tie with Dan Dawson of the Toronto Rock.
YearPlayerAward
2016Randy StaatsRookie of the Year
2017Lyle ThompsonMost Valuable Player
2017Lyle ThompsonChampionship Game MVP
2017Jason NobleDefensive Player of the Year
2017Jordan HallSportsmanship Award
2017John ArlottaGM of the Year
2017Ed ComeauLes Bartley Award
2017Mike PoulinTeammate of the Year
2018Lyle ThompsonSportsmanship Award
2019Lyle ThompsonSportsmanship Award
2019John RanaganTeammate of the Year
2020Shayne JacksonMost Valuable Player
2020Lyle ThompsonSportsmanship Award
2020Mike PoulinTeammate of the Year
2022Lyle ThompsonSportsmanship Award
2023Lyle ThompsonSportsmanship Award
2024Lyle ThompsonSportsmanship Award

All-time record

Playoff results

Draft history

NLL entry draft

First-round selections