- Hired in August 22, 2009 to become the first-ever Director of Lacrosse at Lenoir-Rhyne
- Led Bears to first-ever National Championship in 2023 as well as National Runner Up in 2021 and 2023 and a NCAA Semifinal in 2018
- Won the National Championship by winning three road games and one neutral site game. Became the first five-seed to ever win the National Championship
- Built the program from the ground up and has been the only coach in men's lacrosse history
- Named 2018, 2021 and 2023 USILA NCAA Divsion II National Coach of the Year
- Three-time South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year (2014, 2017, 2018)
- Six South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Championships and four SAC Tournament titles
- Led the Bears to the NCAA Tournament in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and hosted the NCAA National Semifinal game in 2018 and 2021
       Year: Overall, SAC, Postseason
    2024: 17-2, 8-1, NCAA Tournament (National Runner Up)
    2023: 18-3, 9-1, NCAA Tournament (National Champion)
    2022: 15-4, 9-1, NCAA Tournament (National Quarterfinalist)
    2021: 15-2, 9-1, NCAA Tournament (National Runner Up)
    2020: 6-1, (0-0), N/A
      2019: 8-8, 4-2
      2018: 17-3, 8-0, NCAA Tournament (National Semifinalist)
      2017: 12-3, 8-0, NCAA Tournament (First Round)
      2016: 12-4, 8-0
      2015: 9-7, 6-2
      2014: 10-4, 6-1
      2013: 8-8
      2012: 5-10
      2011: 4-10
       TOTAL: 156-66, 75-9, six postseason appearances
- Became the first team in the history of LR athletics to be ranked No. 1 in the nation in 2024 and held that ranking for seven weeks.Â
- Led team to third National Championship appearance in three years in 2024 and won the SAC Tournament by beating #1 Limestone 13-12 in title game.Â
- Won 2023 National Championship as the first five seed to ever win it all. Won three road games and one neutral site game to earn the program's first National Championship.
- Went to a National Championship game in 2021 and achieved the highest ranking in program history as the No. 2 team in the nation (at the time).
- NCAA Tournament appearances in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
- Have been nationally ranked 105Â times since first appearing in the national poll in March, 2014.
- Earned back-to-back wins against top-five opponents in 2020Â in a seven day span. Defeated No. 3 Adelphi 17-16 and No. 1 Limestone 18-16
- Have twice defeated Limestone with the Saints being ranked No. 1 in the nation each time
- Had a stretch of 24 straight regular season wins against South Atlantic Conference opponents
- Bears hosted NCAA Tournaments in 2017 (Quarterfinal round), 2018 (Semifinal round), 2021 (Quarterfinal and Semifinal round), 2022 (First round) and 2023 (Quarterfinal)
- Coached four First Team All-Americans and has had 29 players selected as All-Americans
- 78 players have gone on to be selected as All-Conference performers, including a program-record 11 in 2023
- Led Mike Hanlon (2017), Lett (2018) and Eric Dickinson (2021)Â to earn SAC Player of the Year honors
- Coached Victor Powell to SAC Defensive Player of the Year and William C. Schmeisser National Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2024.
- His 2023 squad not only won a National Championship but also led all DII men's lacrosse programs in GPA.Â
- Has had two players win league Freshman of the Year accoladesÂ
- Academically, Paradine has had three players win SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, four named the SAC Elite 20 Award Winner and two NCAA Elite 90 Award winners
- Coached the first-ever Academic All-American in program history
- Myles Moffat would be named the SAC Man of the Year and earn the SAC President's Award two times in a row, two of the highest individual awards the league gives out to a student-athlete
- Program has consistently been ranked in the top 15 in the nation amongst DII men's lacrosse teams in community service hours and community service impact.
- Paradine came to Lenoir-Rhyne after serving as an assistant coach for seven years at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina
- Coached at Chapel Hill High School from 1998-2002
- Spent two seasons coaching at Ohio State
- Played four years on the men’s lacrosse team at the University of North Carolina
- Played on four Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Teams and four NCAA Tournament squads
- Part of the 1991 NCAA National Championship team, 1993 national finalists and 1990 and 1992 semifinalists
- First Team All-American in 1993 and honorable mention All-American in 1992
- Married to wife Fran
- Has three children
- Daughter Mason went on to also win a National Championship at the University of North Carolina in 2022, 31 years after her father did the same as a Tar Heel
