Ten Hounds: A Personal Journal By: Judge G.
He lives in Towson, Maryland..
Judge Russell has four adult children, whom he coached in youth lacrosse.
He had a brief dance with stardom on the lacrosse field as an undergraduate at Loyola, wherein he earned a lifelong nickname of "Diamond." He received his law degree from the University of Baltimore and his masters of liberal arts from Towson University.
Many of his players were Loyola College alums.
He became the general manager of the Baltimore Thunder of the MILL (Major Indoor Lacrosse League).
He later served as the first commissioner of the MILL, which became the NLL (National Lacrosse League).
As a young attorney in the 1970s he spent afternoons on the athletic fields of Loyola College coaching cross country, tennis and lacrosse.
He has since returned to the practice of law in Baltimore County, Maryland, specializing in criminal and traffic defense. retired as a member of the Maryland judiciary in 2011 after twenty- one years on the bench.
Darrell Russell, Jr.
About the Author Judge G.
This is the story of that journey, filled with entertaining anecdotes along the way.
A steady rise to the top began until Loyola won the NCAA Division-I national championship in 2012.
Coach Darrell Russell convinced the Loyola administration to indulge the lacrosse program with scholarships and financial attention.
Amidst all these strong programs, Loyola College (now Loyola University Maryland) was floundering in mediocrity until the mid-1970s.
Schools like Navy, Maryland, Towson, Baltimore University, UMBC, and especially Johns Hopkins all produced strong nationally ranked lacrosse teams and many US championships.
Most of the colleges and universities in Maryland flourished in their lacrosse programs, primarily due to the presence of the best high school league in the US, namely, the MIAA (Maryland Independent Athletic Association).
It flourished as an amateur sport in Baltimore in a manner unrivaled in the United States, except perhaps on Long Island and in upper state New York.
Lacrosse has been a special sport in Baltimore and Maryland since the turn of the twentieth century.
Darrell Russell, Jr.
Ten Hounds: A Personal Journal By: Judge G
