As our lacrosse club begins to firm up plans for Summer 2012 competition, we're proud of the coaching staff that is coming together.  Here is a sample of just some of the coaches who have already committed to working with our teams this summer:

Justin Smith

Co-Founder, Coach, and Clinics Organizer

Justin is a professional lacrosse player with the Chesapeake Bayhawks. He is a two time Major League Lacrosse World Champion with the Philadelphia Barrage. He's a three-time NCAA champion from Salisbury University and two-time All-American. In 2005 he was voted the player of the year for NCAA Division III Lacrosse, as well as the Midfielder of the year 2005. Entering his 8th year in the MLL in 2012, Smith has well over 100 points in his MLL career and is considered one of the leagues fastest players. In his spare time he loves to develop the next generation of great lacrosse players. Sponsored by Code Blue Recovery Drink, Smith Optics, Mueller Corporation, and Pop Chips, Coach Smith is transcending the culture of the typical lacrosse player and working to get the professionals in the mainstream audience.

Kris Weaver

Director of High School Programs and Head Coach HS Varsity

Coach Weaver is currently Head Coach at St. Vincent Pallotti Preparatory School in Laurel, MD. As a player, Kris was a four-year starting defenseman/LSM at Pallotti, and was also a four-year letterman in Football. He was honored as the Laurel Leader Male Athlete of the year in both 1997 and 1998, and was later inducted into the Pallotti Athletic Hall of Fame. He went on to be a four-year starter in lacrosse at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, earning All League honors in the very competitive DIII Centennial League. He has coached in several different youth and high school leagues, including several years in the Laurel Boys & Girls Club recreational boys lacrosse program. Later he was an Assistant Coach at Pallotti for several years, and helped lead the team to the conference championship in 2006. He was named Head Coach in December 2010, and is rapidly building another power-house program at the small Catholic School in Laurel.

Joe Figola

High School Coach

Coach Figola was All-Ohio in high school, as a star attack on Medina High School's Varsity Lacrosse team. He went on to a successful collegiate career as a four-year starter at McDaniel College playing mainly at the midfield position. He is a seasoned lacrosse coach having held Assistant positions at South Carroll and Archbishop Curley High Schools, and continues to play in adult leagues even today. Coach Figola has also spent several years as a certified lacrosse referee at both youth and high school levels, giving him a unique perspective as both a coach and referee. In January 2011 he was named an Assistant Coach at St. Vincent Pallotti Preparatory School, where he is helping build a strong program and shaping the college stars of tomorrow.

Rob Weaver

High School Coach

Coach Rob is a 2001 graduate of St. Vincent Pallotti and younger brother of BWW-East co-founder Kris Weaver. As a four-year starting attack at Pallotti Rob scored over 250 points, and was inducted into the Pallotti Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Rob went on to play four years at McDaniel College, compiling an impressive 151 assists and 78 goals, putting him ranked at 7th all time points scored for the Green Terror and #1 in assists all time for the Centennial Conference. Coach Rob began coaching immediately after High School, working with the Laurel Boys & Girls Club recreational lacrosse program, and was named an Assistant Coach at St. Vincent Pallotti Preparatory School in January 2011, directing the attack and helping shape the offense at Pallotti.

Gary Hahn

Director of Youth Programs and Head Coach U13

Coach Hahn is a 1986 graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, where he lettered in football, as the starting varsity quarterback; and baseball as the starting varsity catcher. Coach Hahn played his youth lacrosse with the Prince Georges lacrosse club. He graduated from the University of Maryland College Park, and was named Captain of the Rugby Team in 1990. He continues to play lacrosse in various Men's recreational leagues, and most often can be found running midfielder on the competitive Breakers team in the Maryland Men's Masters League and the Diehards of the Men's Grand Masters League. He has been commissioner of the Bowie Boys & Girls Club recreational boys lacrosse program since 2006, and along with his wife Tracy have single-handedly built it into a power-house recreational program feeding future lacrosse superstars into a number of elite high school and college programs. Gary is Vice President of the Southern Maryland Youth Lacrosse Association (SMYLA), and is director of the Mid-Maryland Indoor Lacrosse League (MMILL) that recently started-up and plays winter indoor games in Greenbelt. He has coached youth lacrosse at every level from 4-5 yrs old up to and including high school, including his most recent addition to the resume as Assistant Coach for the St. Johns College High School Junior Varsity team.

Michael Baccala

Assistant Coach, U13

Coach "Boc" has been at the center of lacrosse in Prince George's County for more than two decades, coaching dozens of club and recreational teams from U11 to High School Varsity. He was the first-ever commissioner of the popular Southern Maryland Youth Lacrosse Association (SMYLA) and Bowie Boys & Girls Club lacrosse program from 1991 to 2001. During that time he was also an assistant and later head coach for Bowie High School's club team for several years. In 2004 he became a certified lacrosse referee and has officiated all levels of youth and high school lacrosse. Coach Boc played club level lacrosse with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), and currently plays for the Die Hards in the Men's Grand Masters League.  In December 2011 Boc was named Head Coach for the Bishop McNamara High School lacrosse program and is preparing for his inaugural season with the Mustangs.

Ricky Orndorff

Co-Head Coach, U15

Coach Ricky will be graduating from Hood College in May 2012, and started all 16 games last season at attack for the Division III school in Frederick.  A graduate of Landsdowne High School in Baltimore County, Ricky started on varsity all 4 years and was a captain and the MVP his Junior and Senior years at Landsdowne, and was the Arbutus Times Athlete of the Year in 2008.  He has played club lacrosse for the Baltimore Elite, the Celts, and ESP (Edgemere Sparrows Point).  Coach Ricky started playing lacrosse at the tender age of 7, playing on teams such as the Cobra's and Buccaneers. When he was 12, he played on a select team that participated in a US lacrosse tournament in New York.

Mike Lancaster

Co-Head Coach, U15

Coach Lancaster is wrapping up his college career at Hood College as he pursues a teaching degree, but enjoyed two dynamic seasons for Hood as a defender.  Mike played high school lacrosse for Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD from 2006 to 2008, where he won a coaches award Junior Year and was appointed captain during senior year.  Coach Lancaster started playing lacrosse with the Bowie Boys & Girls Club and has played on several club teams throughout his playing career.