Coaching Changes
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Anonymous
To raise a family and run multiple clubs and tournaments |
Anonymous
he's a good businessman but not the greatest coach, so I don't expect top programs like Landon or St. Johns to want him. But it is not a good look for him to be coaching a lower tier program. So that may explain why he is not a head coach anywhere. |
Anonymous
| How long was the SSSA coach there? What’s his name? If he was there for the last 7 yrs or so, he can coach. They had some very tough teams. |
Anonymous
| Tim Dodds. Not sure how long there. Great guy, wondering what he will do next. Would love to see him at our school. |
Anonymous
He’s been the head coach since 2017 and won 3 state championships. |
Anonymous
| Yeah he’s a good coach for sure. They had very strong teams during that run. |
Anonymous
This year definitely seemed to be an outlier in terms of their sloppier play. Posters have mentioned that SSSA may suffer from the decline of Alexandria youth lacrosse and connections there. Hopefully SSSA can remain relevant in the IAC as they have since Taibl started there. |
Anonymous
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The problem with coaching the privates are the parents. They are paying big money to send Lucy Loo or Chet to a private so therefore think they have a right to “help” coach the team. Why isn’t my kid playing enough? Why isn’t he or she starting? The recruiter from <insert school here> Might be coming to watch the kid so you need to play them all game.
They have the board on speed dial. They have YOU on speed dial. They have their lawyers on speed dial. In a lot of cases their kid sucks and they should have someone to teach their kid their left from their right on speed dial. So, there’s why there’s turn over in the privates: the parents. Publics? Similar but different but parents. 🤬 |
Anonymous
| Which of these openings is most desirable for a new head coach? And which coaches (asst or other head coaches) do you realistically think would take these openings? |
Anonymous
Been answered many times. He stepped away from the head coaching role this season for medical and family reasons. He was able to come back as offensive coordinator for the last part of the season. Phil Lipka was acting head coach. If he stays on as OC at DeMatha or if he goes to another school remains to be seen. |
Anonymous
Assuming your talking about the OC at Bullis, the HC at SSSA, HC at Dematha and the HC at St Mary's, as the main ones that are out there so far. Lots of other rumors about some of the other WCAC and IAC potentially making changes too. Sticking with those 4 for right now, it probably depends on where you are in life and where you live. Maryland side of DC, Dematha and St Mary's are probably more your targets. VA side Bullis and SSSA. Want to show immediate growth and changes in the program, SSSA probably has more immediate possibilities. Bullis is hard in that you're waiting on someone to leave and post-25 class is ugly for them. Dematha is just a tough sell. St Mary's is competing with Spalding and the MIAA. Again, its really gonna depend on can you build a program or do you want to inherit a program. |
Anonymous
Are people counting the Bullis OC job as an opening? The HC jobs at DeMatha, SSSA, and St. Mary's probably all have some flexibility with full time positions at the schools with them. Not sure the same goes for Bullis OC unless Bellistri is trying to get a HC in waiting. As other poster said, all the HC jobs come with question marks: 1) SSSA: Can they keep or rebuild connection with Alexandria youth? Will the new coach be able to get a bunch of kids in for his second year? 2) DeMatha: Can they keep local talent from heading around the beltway? Are they serious about competing with Gonzaga, SJC, and the seemingly rising GC? 3) St. Mary's: Does any coach in the DMV have the connections to recruit in Annapolis? Is Spalding locking down all the private school talent there now? For all of them: what are they offering for compensation and staff support? It needs to make financial sense and have some room to build a staff, not just be a higher profile job for a good coach to move. Local coaches who might be interested: Ince (OC at SJC) has already been mentioned and is an obvious candidate. Well dialed into the club scene and an effective recruiter, had success at SJC, pedigree having played at UVA. Tucker at St. James has turned that team into a much better program in a hurry with boarders but may not have the DMV recruiting connections and is older. Mitchell at The Heights could follow big brother in making a jump to a higher profile program. Kubick (OC at Landon) has come back to his old form after returning to high school coaching with the Bears a few years ago. Has coached great offenses at Prep and Landon, might want to do something different than work at Mater Dei and be an assistant. |
Anonymous
A teacher cannot coach if they want to be promoted to a high level administrator position so word on the street is the SSSAS boys lax coach is taking on a top administrative position. Hopefully SSSAS does the impact move and hires a well connected club coach with experience that can elevate the program, increase depth/talent and attract some high academic student athletes. |
Anonymous
| What head coaches of top hs teams have been owners of clubs? I'm sure there are some but it's not obvious. Landon, GZ, GP, Bullis, SJC. It doesn't seem to be long term successful. |
Anonymous
| Nick McEvoy at GZ could be in line for something at the next level. Great career at GZ and PSU, coaches club and was an integral part of GZ’s coaching staff. |