Curt Malawsky

{{Short description|Canadian professional lacrosse player and coach}}

{{Infobox lacrosse player

| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 175

| nll_team =

| nationality = Canadian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|5|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Coquitlam, British Columbia

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2009

| nickname = Mouse

| former_nll_teams = Calgary Roughnecks
Arizona Sting
San Jose Stealth
Vancouver Ravens
Rochester Knighthawks

| canlaxhof = 2015

}}

Curt Malawsky (born May 10, 1970 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) is a former box lacrosse player and currently the general manager and head coach of the Vancouver Warriors of the National Lacrosse League.{{cite web |url=https://calgarysun.com/sports/lacrosse/nll/calgary-roughnecks/after-15-years-with-roughnecks-curt-malawsky-signs-with-warriors-as-gm-head-coach|title=After 15 years in Calgary, Curt Malawsky signs with Warriors as GM, head coach|publisher=Calgary Sun|date=2023-07-18 |access-date=2023-08-12 | author=Todd Saelhof }} Malawsky played for eleven seasons in the NLL and appeared in five Champion's Cup finals, three with Rochester, one with Arizona, and finally winning the title with Calgary in his final season in 2009.{{cite web |last=Gilbertson |first=Wes |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Lacrosse/2009/05/16/9479871-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802011037/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Lacrosse/2009/05/16/9479871-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |title=Patience, pain pays off for Riggers' veteran |work=Calgary Sun |date=2009-05-16 |accessdate=2010-10-30}} He was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a box player in 2015. In 2022, he was inducted into the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Coquitlam Sports Hall of Famer lives and breathes field hockey |url=https://www.tricitynews.com/local-sports/coquitlam-sports-hall-of-famer-lives-and-breathes-field-hockey-5934522 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Tri-City News |language=en}}

Malawsky is also the coach of the Coquitlam Adanacs Jr. A lacrosse team. He led the Adanacs to the BC Junior A Lacrosse League title and won the Minto Cup national championship in 2010, for which he was named the British Columbia Lacrosse Association's Coach of the Year.{{cite web |last=Kurucz |first=John |url=http://www.thenownews.com/sports/Malawsky+caps+year+with+more+hardware/3711089/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029021243/http://www.thenownews.com/sports/Malawsky+caps+year+with+more+hardware/3711089/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2010 |title=Malawsky caps year with more hardware |work=Coquitlam Now |date=2010-10-22 |accessdate=2010-10-30 }}

His brother Derek also played in the NLL, and the two played together in Rochester, San Jose, and in Arizona.