2004 US Lacrosse - Washington State Chapter
Coaches Clinic
Saturday, December 4th, 2004
Seattle Pacific University - Bertona Hall
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen,
US Lacrosse - Washington State
Chapter is hosting a free lacrosse clinic for all local coaches.
This is the most ambitious clinic yet for the chapter and will feature
presentations for parents new to the game of lacrosse, new coaches, middle
school coaches, high school coaches and college coaches (please see
attached agenda).
Featured Clinicians:
Mike Murphy -
Head Coach Haverford College
Murphy served as an assistant
coach at Brown University in 1992. Murphy then spent five years as an
assistant at the University of Virginia from 1993 to 1997 as the Cavaliers
reached the NCAA Division I playoffs in all five seasons, made it to the
Final 4 three times, and reached the national championship game in '94 and
'96. Murphy spent the 1998 season assisting his alma mater, New Canaan
High School, to the state finals. In 1999, Murphy assisted the New York
Athletic Club team to the club national championship. A year later, Murphy
was named head coach of Ridgefield High School and guided the Tigers to
their first playoff birth in seven years. In 2001, Murphy served as the
defensive coordinator for the University of Pennsylvania and then, in
2002, he moved over to offensive coordinator for the Quakers when they had
their best season in 13 years.
As a collegiate player, he
started for three years as a long stick midfielder and close defender and
captained the nationally ranked Blue Devils as a senior. Murphy then
played one season of club lacrosse with the Brine Lacrosse Club (1992),
two seasons with Team Toyota ('96-'97), and one season with the New York
Athletic Club (1998). In those four seasons as a club lacrosse player,
Murphy's teams made it to the national championship game each season.
Tom
Ryan - Coach of the Crease Monkey�s Elite Traveling Team
Tom played college lacrosse at
Bowdoin College before a nine year professional stint on teams such as the
NJ Pride and Philadelphia Wings. He has more than ten years of
coaching experience at the youth, Junior College, Division I and III
levels most recently at Towson University and Loyola College. In
January of 2004 Tom taught "Advanced Strategies and Techniques in Coaching
Lacrosse" at Towson University. Tom holds a Master's Degree in
Psychology from Connecticut College. He currently coaches the Crease
Monkey's Elite traveling squad which features professional indoor and
outdoor players as well as world team members.
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Tony Olney
US Lacrosse Washington State Chapter
Coaches Development
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