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Powered By Nike. Head Coach and Director John Savage has assembled an all-star coaching staff to help train the next generation of lacrosse players. From college to PLL, our staff has experienced it all.

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Proven Track Record

Read below to learn more about our expert training staff, hand-picked by Head Coach John Savage to bring your kids the best in the game.

Coaching Staff

John Savage

*Playing Career * All-American and 2x National Champion for coaches Rich Speckmann and George Powers at Nassau Community College. A stop with coach Jim Berkman at Salisbury before going to Adelphi, playing for coach Sandy Kapatos. *Coaching Career* Currently Head Coach at Nassau Community College winning back to back National Championships in 2021 and 2022. Coached at Nassau as an assistant under George Powers prior to becoming head coach. Also was an assistant at Adelphi University under Sandy Kapatos, Maritime under Dan Lawrence, Bellmore under Craig Papach, and North Shore under Aaron Kozlowski. Professional lacrosse players, World Team Members, All-Americans, National Championships, 3x National Coach of the Year, proven track-record.

JP Brazel

*Playing Career * All-American and 2x National Champion goalie for coaches Rich Speckmann and George Powers at Nassau Community College. At Hofstra, played for coaches John Danowski, Seth Tierney, Joe Amplo, Sean Smith, and Bill Wilson. *Coaching Career* Currently works under Anthony Gilardi at Stony Brook. Coached at Hofstra for 8 years under Seth Tierney, and prior to that, had stops at Delaware under Bob Shillinglaw, Sacred Heart under Tom Mariano, Manhattan under Tim McIntee, and Nassau Community College under Rich Speckmann. That is a fantastic coaching tree and track record!! We are very excited and fortunate to have Coach Brazel with us, and trust me when I say that we are JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!!!!!

John Gorman

*Playing Career * Team captain and All-American for 1 year under coaches Rich Speckmann and George Powers at Nassau Community College. At Hofstra, played for head coaches John Danowski and Seth Tierney and his defensive coordinators were Ron Caputo and Joe Amplo. *Coaching Career* Coached at Hofstra for 4 years, then Rutgers for 2 years where he had 5 All-Americans and the Big 10 defensive player of the year, then back to Hofstra as the Associate Head Coach. That is some coaching tree and track record!! We are fired up and lucky to have Coach Gorman join us, and trust me when I say that we are JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!!!!

Kyle Turri

*Playing Career* 2× National Champion for coaches John Danowski, Ron Caputo, Ben Deluca and Matt Danowski at Duke. *Coaching Career* Currently Assistant Coach at St. John's University under Justin Turri. Also was an assistant at Ohio State under Nick Myers, Hobart under Greg Raymond, and Binghamton under Kevin McKeown.

Joe Licata

*Playing Career* Team Captain for Binghamton University 2018-2019. America East All-Rookie team and Second team All-Conference. Joe is currently 7th on the all time points list for Binghamton. He played for Head Coaches Scott Nelson and Kevin Mckeown while there. *Coaching Career* One of the Rebels Directors that helped build the club from year 1. Walt Whitman HS 2019-2021. Volunteer Assistant for Stonybrook University 2022-2023. Currently an Assistant Coach / Offensive Coord. for Pace University.

Nick Capuana

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Defensive Coordinator Nassau Community College - 4 years Back to Back National Champions 2021-2022 Richmond starting defender Nassau starting Defender Team Captain and Two-Time NJCAA All -American Nick has been the Defensive Coordinator for Nassau Community College since 2019-2020. He was an integral part of their Back to Back National Championships in 2021 and 2022. Nick has coached over 30 All-Americans during his coaching tenure. At Nassau CC as a player, Nick was a 2 Time 1st team All-American playing for Coach George Powers and team Captain in 2016. After Nassau CC, Nick played at University of Richmond where he started every game his senior season and played under defensive coordinator Paul Richards. Nick helped lead Richmond to their 1st Socon championship in 2018. Nick was a three year starting Defenseman for Massapequa High School and team Captain in 2014. Helped lead Massapequa to their 1st New York State Championship in 2014. Two-Time Nassau County Defensive MVP. Selected to the 2014 All Long- Island Team and 2 time All Nassau County Defenseman

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