Program
Come get the Best Possible Training for the 2010 Season! (Specific clinic times will be available soon.) Check-in: 8:30am to 9:00am Saturday, November 13, 2010.
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Keynote Speaker to be announced soon: Pavilion seating for absolutely everyone! 8:30am to 9:30am, Saturday, November 13, 2010.
USL Team: “Level I Coaching Education Program” Field & Classroom Training for Men & Women, 8:30am to 4:00pm, Sunday, November 14, 2010.
2009 Presenters:
John Amneus
Coach / Teacher
In 2009, John is beginning his 20th year of high level coaching. He has experience as a coach and teacher at virtually every level from Elementary School to NCAA Division I. As a track and field coach, his coaching accomplishments include:
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5 Athletes who have reached the USA Olympic Trials (1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008)
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Multiple NCAA Qualifiers and Conference Champions at the University, Community, College and High School Levels
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2 Individual, California High School State Champions (2002 Shot Put and 2007 Discus)
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4 High School Junior National All-American award winners
As a private coach and trainer, he is a USA Weightlifting certified strength and conditioning specialist who has successfully coached athletes ranging in age from 10 to 80+ in an extraordinarily broad range of sports including: Track and Field, Ice Hockey, Olympic Bobsled, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Soccer, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis, Pro Motocross, Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, and Strongman.
John works with the LA84 Foundation as the coordinator of their coaching education program and wrote their coaching education curriculum. He has previously served as a HS Athletics Director and was contracted by the Stanford University based Positive Coaching Alliance to create and oversee the development of the first-of-its-kind Mentor Coach Program.
John has a BA in Physical Education and a MA in Education, both from Whittier College.
Jordan Kligerman
Director / Producer / Editor
SACRED SPORT, is Jordan’s third directing effort in documentaries and brings together his passions of lacrosse and film making. Jordan received a BA degree in English from the University of Delaware and an MFA degree in Media Arts in 2006 from the City College of New York.
Why did you produce SACRED SPORT?
At the time I began developing the film, I was really hungry to make a movie about a subject that touched me deeply. Lacrosse for me has always been more than a sport. I’ve stuck with the sport in times when all I got back were injuries and disappointment and the sport has always been there for me to bring me back to my center and to help me meet people all over the world. I knew I was not the only one who felt this way about lacrosse, so I began to try to figure out why this was so. My original plan was to make a sweeping epic, but time and budget (the two movie making variables) made that idea tough to realize. When I shifted gears and decided to produce a short, I was looking for an aspect of the game that had complexity, but also a connection to what we play today. When we decided to film at the 1998 World Games, specifically the Iroquois National Team, the focus of the film was really decided for me. The Native American origins of the game mixed with the importance the sport holds today on so many Native Nations was the story to tell. In addition, traveling and living in many parts of the US, I found that part of lacrosse, the core of lacrosse, was not being taught or coached to young players. I feel the origins, but also the current connection to Native Americans is paramount in the learning process of any youth player.
Glen Miles
Co-Founder / Director / Victory National Board / OC Coach
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
US Lacrosse Hall of Fame Member, Baltimore Chapter of US Lacrosse
BS, US Naval Academy, 1986
2nd Team All America Midfield 1984
2nd Team All America Attack 1985
1st Team All America Midfield 1986
1st Team All America Midfield 1986
Lt. Donald McLaughlin Award, Midfielder of the Year 1986
Alternate Team USA 1986
Member World Champion, Team USA 1990
US Marine Corps 1986-2006
Graduate Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) 1996
Air Combat Tactics Instructor 1995-2003
Youth Lacrosse Coach 1990-Present
Head Coach FCA National High School team 2007-Present
Varsity Lacrosse Coach, San Clemente High School 2008-Present
Co-founder Victory Lacrosse
Ginger Miles, Head Coach Claremont-Mudd-Scripts Women’s Lacrosse Team
2009-10 will mark the inaugural year of Ginger Miles’ head coaching career at Claremont-Mudd-Scripts for the women’s lacrosse team. Miles is a 2006 graduate of the University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in Government. She was a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater in 2009 while working as an admissions counselor in the Outreach Office for the University of Virginia Office of Undergraduate Admissions. She spent three seasons coaching the Blue Ridge Lacrosse Club and coached the Virginia Western Region squad to a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth games. In two years as the assistant coach of Western Albemarle High school, the team was named 2007 Jefferson District Champions and 2008 Regional and District Champions. Miles was part of the 2007 and 2008 VHSL Coaching Staff of the Year for Central Virginia. During her time as a goalkeeper at Virginia, the Cavaliers recorded one NCAA championship (2004) and two ACC championships (2004 & 2006). She earned ACC All-Tournament Team and All-ACC Academic Team honors in 2006. Miles is ranked seventh overall in all-time career saves and tied for sixth in season saves.
Crista Samaras
Crista Samaras founded BOUNCE ENTERTAINMENT to help grow lacrosse and to encourage self-esteem in girls that love the game. She has a flare for clothing and a BIG personality to match. She KNOWS lacrosse. Crista has had her hand in so many great lacrosse ventures and continues to help define what women’s lacrosse looks like to the players, coaches and fans of the game throughout the world - lots of PINK! A graduate of Princeton University, Samaras was a 3x All American, 2x Ivy League Player of the Year and maintains each of the records she set upon graduation in 1999. She won a gold medal in 2001 for the United States and at the 2005 World Cup was twice awarded Player of the Match en route to a silver medal finish. She has coached at Yale University, inaugurated the women’s line at Warrior Lacrosse, consulted National Championship teams, been commissioned to write extensive player and coach training curriculums and served as a motivational speaker. Additionally, she was selected to co-Host the 2006 Final Four banquet commemorating 25 Years for women’s lacrosse. A pioneer and a spazz, she is one of the premiere lacrosse personalities leveraging her experiences and opportunities as a player and coach of the game to launch this sport bigger, badder and louder into the crevices of this country. Oh, she is a writer/actress as well.
Matt Striebel
Director / Trilogy Lacrosse
Matt is in the most elite class of lacrosse players in the world and is arguably the best midfielder in the game. He has a cannon of a shot on the run or with time and room. He is nearly impossible to guard one on one. A true playmaker, Matt’s tremendous vision allows him to feed as effectively as he can score. Matt is the ultimate lacrosse instructor, besides his vast knowledge of lacrosse, his passion for the game is contagious and quickly picked up by his players. When not playing and teaching lacrosse, Matt plans to start on the next great novel. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa and a BA in English from Princeton University.
MLL Chicago Machine 2009-
MLL Philadelphia Barrage 2001-2008
MLL Champion Philadelphia Barrage 2004, 2006 & 2007
MLL All Pro 2007 & 2008
MVP MLL Championship Game 2007
Team USA 40 Man Roster Selection 2010
Silver Medalist Team USA 2006
Gold Medalist Team USA 2002
NCAA Champion Princeton University 2001
NCAA 2X All American Princeton 2000 & 2001
3X All Ivy League
Assistant Coach Princeton University 2005
Michele Uhlfelder
Since 2000, Uhlfelder has spent her time developing the game of lacrosse in Northern California. As the former Head Coach at Stanford for 8 years, her team earned the distinction of becoming the first west coast program to ever reach the NCAA tournament, and to ever produce west coast All-Americans and U.S. Team players. Uhlfelder is known as a creative teacher of the game and she has built successful camps, clinics, and clubs. She is the founder and director of the Bay Area WAVE high school and middle school lacrosse club/travel team, which plays coast to coast in tournaments and holds regular practice outside of the high school season. She also currently runs Coast to Coast Lacrosse Camps and Coaching Clinic. In 2009, she served as the Director of Player Development/Associate Head Coach at The Menlo School, as well as serving as the Head Coach for Nor-Cal’s U15 National Tournament Teams. In addition, she teaches private lessons and serves as a consultant to: high school teams; individual coaches; deBeer Lacrosse; and family’s in the college recruiting process.
Prior to Stanford, Uhlfelder was an assistant coach for 2 years at Duke, and 4 years at Old Dominion. At Duke, she coached 6 All Americans and helped the team reach the Final 4. She brings a wealth of playing experience including a 15 year run on the U.S. National team, helping the U.S.A. earn two gold medals in the 1997 (Japan) and 2001 (England) World Cups. She has represented the U.S. on international tours to Australia and England, Scotland, Wales. In her playing days as a Terp at the University of Maryland, she was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Year in Division 1 Lacrosse as well as a First Team All American. She helped the Terps reach two NCAA Championship games. For these accomplishments she has been honored in her hometown by being inducted into the Baltimore Chapter of US Lacrosse Hall of Fame and was chosen as the recipient of the Pikesville HS Distinguished Alumni Award.
Level II Coaching Education Program Instructors
Duke Whelan
Duke Whelan is a member of the US Lacrosse Youth Council Board. He is involved with the US Lacrosse Festival committee and has assisted in the development and writing of the Coaches Education Level 1 on-line program. He is actively involved in the coaching and development of lacrosse at all levels in North Carolina.
Scott Goettelman
Scott is Vice President of Creek Indians Boys Lacrosse, Inc. He also serves as the Treasurer of the Colorado Lacrosse Foundation. Scott is currently coaching a Creek Indians boys youth lacrosse team and is officiating in Colorado. He also coordinates the ball retrievers for the Denver Outlaws. He played on a state championship team at Cherry Creek High School and was selected to the All-State team. He attended and played lacrosse at Colorado State University and played men’s post-collegiate club lacrosse.
Kristen Murray
Kristen Murray is currently the assistant girls’ lacrosse coach at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL. Previously, she coached for eight years at Shaker Heights HS in Shaker Heights, OH. She has also coached clinics at the youth and middle school level. Murray played lacrosse at Brown University earning All-American and All-Ivy honors. In 1996, she was inducted into the Brown University Sports Hall of Fame.
Carol Samuels
Carol Samuels is currently the head lacrosse coach at Amherst High School and is officiating in Western Massachusetts. She is a former US Squad player, US Developmental Team coach and USWLA board member. She also taught physical education and coached at the Friends School of Baltimore for 21 years. “Sam” was inducted into the Baltimore Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1998 and has authored a book called Lax Facts-Smart Cards for Women’s Lacrosse. Her mother played for the 1950 US Team.
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