Widely recognized as one of this nation's premier teachers of the sport of lacrosse, UMBC Head Lacrosse Coach Don Zimmerman will travel to Buenos Aires for eight days to assist in the development of the game in Argentina. Zimmerman departs from Baltimore on December 12.

This is not Zimmerman's first venture in the international development of the sport?-in fact, when he returns, the Retriever mentor will have taught the game in four different continents. He has spent time in Great Britain and Japan, and UMBC has hosted Keio University in fall competition in both 2002 and 2004.

Zimmerman and Tom Gill, head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, were tabbed by Tom Hayes of the International Lacrosse Federation to head to Argentina, which, according to Zimmerman, is in the "initial stages? of developing its program.

"The game of lacrosse is the best game out there and I would love to see it played in the Olympics,? said Zimmerman. "It's incumbent upon us to introduce and develop the game when opportunities like this occur in order to reach that goal.?

Zimmerman enters his 12th season at UMBC and 19th overall as a collegiate head coach in 2005. He earned three national titles with Johns Hopkins University in 1984, 1985 and 1987, and was a 2003 inductee into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame.