Coaching Staff

I moved to West Michigan with my wife, Rachel, son, Rhodes, and daughter, Daisy in the spring of 2024; leaving behind the Flathead Valley in Northwest Montana where we had lived the past three years. During our time in Montana, my wife graduated from Northwestern and found a home at Spot to Talk where she gained her license as a Certified Mental Health Counselor with a focus in Child Centered Play Therapy. I stuck to what I know best, having fun, and started 406 Lacrosse with my friend Nate.

Lacrosse is such an incredible sport for so many reasons and one of my favorites is that it opens doors to participate in things outside of typical opportunities while teaching life lessons. Our mission with 406 Lacrosse was two-fold. First, teach our athletes how to be men of good character; and second, develop their lacrosse skills and abilities so that we could help them get recruited to whatever college or university best suited them. We took kids to the Denver Shootout, Oregon Lacrosse Classic, flew in my old coach and players from PBAU for a camp and really started to build a strong culture.

Then along came Mr. Rhodes and suddenly having to make several flight connections just to see Grandma and our cousins for a weekend in Chicago, or Grand Haven just wasn’t making sense. So, we started looking for homes and found a wonderful place in Rockford. I didn’t want to just disappear from lacrosse so I shot a few emails out including one that made its way to Chris Gervat. A beer turned to two and suddenly what was going to be just a coaching gig quickly developed into a friendship that led to bigger thinking on what we can bring to the community together.

We have since welcomed in our second child, Daisy and laid roots down in the Grand Rapids area. This past season I began working as the defensive coordinator for Grand Valley State Lacrosse and was lucky enough to be on the sideline for our National Championship run.

I am proud to be a part of bringing to you Team Michigan.