Lafayette coach Tim Lenahan has been named the new Northwestern coach. Lenahan led the Leopards to two Patriot League titles in three years. He had previously built Richard Stockton into a Division III power. Among the players he had at the New Jersey school was Real Madrid midfielder Santiago Solari. Lenahan’s assistant Dennis Bohn takes over as Lafayette head coach. The following is a summary of NCAA Division I men’s coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason:
| School | Old Coach | New Coach |
| Butler | Todd Bramble | Joe Sochacki |
| Creighton | Brett Simon | Bob Warming |
| Dartmouth | Fran O’Leary | TBD |
| George Mason | Gordon Bradley | Fran O’Leary |
| Lafayette | Tim Lenahan | Dennis Bohn |
| Liberty | Bill Bell | Jeff Alder |
| Manhattan | Danny Lazo | Billy Walsh |
| Northwestern | Michael Kunert | Tim Lenahan |
| Notre Dame | Chris Apple | Bobby Clark |
| Saint Louis | Bob Warming | Dan Donigan |
| St. Mary’s | Mark Talan | *Kevin Arthur |
| San Francisco | Stephen Negoesco | Erik Visser |
| Stanford | Bobby Clark | Brett Simon |