2007 VARSITY LACROSSE COACHES

• Adam Vasquez, Head Coach
  -- Coach Vasquez is a graduate of George C. Marshall High School, where he earned All-Region honors as a defenseman on the Statesmen lacrosse team. He played college lacrosse at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, where he was selected as Defensive Player of the Year in 1999, his Senior year. After graduation, he returned to this area and was asked to help coach defense at Oakton High School. The Cougars have been a perennial Division 6 powerhouse in the Concorde District and won the Virginia state championship three years in a row. [For more Coach Bios, see below!]
• Alex Brown, Assistant Coach
• Brad Chamberlain, Assistant Coach
• Clayton Goins, all Face-Off Middies
• Mark Pollak, Assistant Coach

2007 JV LACROSSE COACHES

• Aaron Engley, JV Head Coach
• Rob Antonellis, Assistant Coach
• Doug Gehley, Assistant Coach
• Clayton Goins, Assistant Coach
• Kevin Henry, Assistant Coach
• Brad Chamberlain, all Goalies

2007 MANAGERS

• Tommy Miossi, Junior
• Emily Craig, Junior

2007 ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF

• Dr. Kevin Sumida MD, Team Physician
• John Reynolds MS, ATC, John.Reynolds@fcps.edu
• Website: Athletic Training Program
• Website: Participation forms
• Website: Important issues related to participation

2007 PARENT LIAISON

• Doug Gehley, dgehley@cox.net

NOTES AND PICTURES

• Head Coach Adam Vasquez
  Coach Vasquez is a graduate of George C. Marshall High School, where he earned All-Region honors as a defenseman on the Statesmen lacrosse team. He played college lacrosse at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, where he was selected as Defensive Player of the Year in 1999, his Senior year. After graduation, he returned to this area and was asked to help coach defense at Oakton High School. The Cougars have been a perennial Division 6 powerhouse in the Concorde District and won the Virginia state championship three years in a row.


• Coach Alex Brown
  Coach Brown is originally from Littleton, Massachusetts where he earned all-league honors as a attackman at Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA ('95). He then traveled all the way to Portland, Oregon, to play his college ball--at Lewis & Clark College where he was selected as All League Attack all four years (Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League) and was the Pioneers' captain in his senior year. After graduation Coach Brown worked in Europe for two years, then returned to the U.S. in 2001, settling in Arlington. Since 2001 he has been playing club lacrosse in Arlington, been a high school lacrosse referee, organized a national team for the Portland Laxworld Invitational, and for the last two years was an Assistant Coach for the Lee Lancers. (Whew!) To support this lavish indulgence in LAX, Coach Brown works a day job in securities, investments, wearing a tie and going to meetings. (If his clients only knew how hard he can deliver a poke check ... wow.)


• Coach Brad Chamberlain
  Coach Chamberlain is a graduate of Oakton High School where he lettered in both lacrosse and wrestling. He was a Goalie in the Cougars' extremely competitive and successful lacrosse program, which dominated the Concorde District and Division 6 playoffs during those years and went on to win two straight Virginia state championships. On the wrestling mat for the Cougars, Coach Chamberlain was a standout in the Concorde District and advanced to the Northern Virginia regionals. After graduation he just couldn't leave the LAX field behind, so he began coaching 7th and 8th graders in the Chantilly Youth Association. Now Coach Vasquez has asked him to coach the Goalies (at both levels--JV and Varsity) for our Marshall Statesmen!


• Coach Mark Pollak
  Coach Pollak grew up in Burke, Virginia and attended Lake Braddock High School where he was lettered all four years and earned All-Region honors as a midfielder for the Bruins lacrosse team. He continued his lacrosse career at Division III powerhouse Gettysburg College where he played in the NCAA Div III Tournament all four years of his college playing career. After his senior year in 2000, Coach Pollak was honored as a Second Team All-American (middie) and played in the prestigious North-South All-Star game. Coach Pollak lives in Arlington with his wife Sabrina, and during the day he's a financial planner for a company that probably doesn't realize the type of mad faceoff skillz they've got walking down their halls each day. (Monster stick handler, too.) (I'm guessing that one good poke check, during just the right meeting, and All That Would Change. :-)


• JV Head Coach Aaron Engley
  Coach Engley is a graduate of Herndon High School ('91) where he earned All District and All Region honors as a midfielder. He went on to play in college for the highly-regarded program at Division III Greensboro College in North Carolina. Playing for The Pride from 1992-1996, Coach Engley set Greensboro's all-time scoring record for midfielders, his team was nationally ranked for three of his four years, and in his senior year he was selected as first-team All-Conference. While he saw most of his playing time as a middie, Coach Engley played every position except goalie for The Pride. After college, he came back to Northern Virginia and was the Head Coach for the Lee Lancers from 1997 to 2001. Coach Engley is now the Administrator of the S. John Davis Career Center (at Marshall). He lives in Alexandria with his wife Kerri, his dog Bella, and a set of golf clubs that occasionally gets to see the light of day :-)


• Coach Rob Antonellis
  Coach Antonellis, a defenseman originally from Londonderry, New Hampshire, played for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut from 1995 to 1997. In 1996 the Pioneers won the ECAC conference championship and were ranked #4 in the nation. After graduating from Northeastern University in Boston with a Masters degree, he arrived in Northern Virginia and began coaching in the Vienna Youth Lacrosse program. From 2002 to 2005, Coach Antonellis's teams had a record of 32-6 and earned a place in the playoffs each year. Twice he was selected to coach the Northern Virginia all-star team. In October 2005, Coach Antonellis was awarded the Sacred Heart University Alumni "Pioneer Award" for outstanding contributions to the community, and in 2006 he coached the varsity defensive squad at South Lakes High School. Coach Antonellis is a senior analyst in the federal government and lives in Sterling with his wife Julie, son Benjamin and daughter Alexis.


• Coach Doug Gehley
  Coach Gehley is back again! Born in Arlington, VA, Coach Gehley attended Bishop O'Connell in Arlington where he was a member of the track, soccer and football teams. Coach Gehley attended the University of Virginia and ran track for 3 years, earning a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. He met his wife, Lane Abernathy, while in Graduate School at Virginia Tech, and he has two children. During the day Coach Gehley is a principal in the Architecture/Engineering firm SmithGroup. He's also an active participant in the Marshall Boosters Club, and for the last nine years he's been coaching Vienna Youth League teams in soccer, basketball ... and of course ... lacrosse! For extra-credit fun, Coach Gehley used to SKYDIVE!


• Coach Kevin Henry
  Coach Henry grew up in Brick, New Jersey, and played lacrosse for a club team since his high school didn't have a lacrosse team at the time. He came down to Northern Virginia to attend George Mason University where he played for the Patriot's club team in the highly-respected National College Lacrosse League. After graduating, Coach Henry played both indoor and club lacrosse for an adult league until he decided to focus on coaching. He coached LAX youth leagues in Vienna from 2003-2005, then in Alexandria in 2006. His teams made the playoffs in all four years, including his U-15 Alexandria team in 2006. In his day job, Coach Henry works for Northrop Grumman Technical Services. He and his wife Nishita have a lovely five-month old daughter, Mira Ruth. (Oh wait, by the time you read this, she's six months old. No seven. Yeesh, these kids grow up so fast!) (Hope she plays defense! :-)

Coaches Doug Gehley and Vik Ohri working the sidelines at Jimmy Miller Stadium against Woodson. [Photo - 2006]

2001 Liberty District Coach of the Year Bill Williams and Asst. Coach Jimmy Sbarra on the sidelines at the 2005 Woodson game. [Photo - 2005]