Phil-lacrosse-ophy Podcast

Steve Stenersen - President and CEO of US Lacrosse 01:33 The Lacrosse Journey of Steve and Its Tie With US Lacrosse -St. Pauls High School and an early start to the game -Playing football and basketball -The impact lacrosse had in life -Journalism aspirations -Working in the Lacrosse Foundation 07:27 80's-90's Growth of the Game and Transition from the Lacrosse Foundation -Hand written index card records -The first meeting in 1992 to unify an organization -Creation of US Lacrosse in 1998 12:02 The Good the Bad and the Ugly -Same challenges from 1992 -Participation is flattening -Dive in youth sports -Lacrosse's accessibility -Threat to rec teams 19:22 The Use of the Sandlot -Catering the rules and things to kids ages and ability -Small sided versions of the games -High burnout rates -Projecting adult values on youth players -Excitement for another sports seasons is dying -Diluting the excitement of playing in games -Playing pick up with Jamie's daughter -Growing the sport because it is

In Season with Andy Towers Week 7 of NCAA Season 00:30 Last Week In Review 03:43 Andy Towers Look at Mid Season Top 20 04:29 #20 UMass 05:36 #19 Lehigh 06:12 #18 Richmond 06:36 #17 Johns Hopkins 07:50 #16 Hobart 08:22 #15 Penn 09:18 #14 Notre Dame 10:37 #13 High Point 12:08 #12 Army 12:45 #11 Cornell 13:45 #10 Ohio State 14:37 #9 Loyola 14:57 #8 Denver 15:34 #7 Syracuse 16:15 #6 Towson 17:02 #5 Maryland 17:37 #4 Penn State 18:55 #3 Yale 19:24 #2 Virginia 20:05 #1 Duke 22:04 Johns Hopkins vs UVA 24:17 Notre Dame vs Ohio State 28:08 North Carolina vs Maryland 29:40 Denver vs Towson 32:27 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of Mike Waldvogel and the lessons learned from him 40:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Jack Starr - Yale Andy: Tyler Dunn - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 44:18 Next Weeks Games Harvard vs Albany -Virginia vs Richmond -Highpoint vs Furman -Syracuse vs Notre Dame -Ohio State vs Rutgers -Bucknell vs Army -Princeton vs Brown

In Season with Andy Towers Week 6 00:30 Spring Break Lacrosse 01:56 Syracuse vs Rutgers 07:00 Duke vs Towson 12:13 UVA vs Notre Dame 16:63 Maryland vs Villanova and Navy vs Loyola 19:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Why these watches are so great! -Flashback from Yale attackman Josh McHugh and the twister -Playing Yale in Providence -Yale vs Cornell -Brown vs Harvard -Penn vs Princeton -Upcoming Penn vs Cornell game 36:37 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Matt Brandau - Yale Andy: BJ Farrare - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 39:34 Next Weeks Games -Michigan vs Notre Dame -Brown vs Holy Cross -BU vs Harvard -Army vs Colgate -Navy vs Lehigh -Georgetown vs Marquette -Towson vs Denver -UMass vs Brown -Princeton vs Yale -Cornell vs Penn -Notre Dame vs Ohio State -Bucknell vs Loyola -Dartmouth vs Harvard -Stoney brook vs UNBC -Maryland vs North Carolina -Hopkins vs Virginia -Duke vs Syracuse

Matt Hasselbeck - Analyst for ESPN NFL Sunday Countdown, 3x NFL QB Pro Bowler 01:44 How Matt Became a Lacrosse Fan -Played a lot of other sports -Little high school exposure -His daughters choosing to play lacrosse -Jamie and Matt's daughters playing together -How they started playing box in Canada 06:10 How the Environment of Box Lacrosse Helped Girls Develop -Physicality of it, and helped them finish -Improvements in other sports -Not admiring your pass -The amount of fans 10:20 Matt Hasselbeck's Athletic Development -Playing sports everyday as a kid -Like playing pickup basketball -Seeing other players perspectives -Lacrosse players don't play as much pick up lacrosse -Quarterbacks throwing to their strong arm side -Patrick Mahomes and his athletic reference 19:23 How Important Deception Is -Can be over used as a quarterback -Training your eyes 25:07 Jerry Rice / Bobby Ingram Story and How it Relates to Dodging in Lacrosse -Jerry Rice Running a Mile in Pads Before Practice -"He can only go a

In Season with Andy Towers Week 5 00:57 Weekends Picks for Andy 03:52 Upcoming Matt Hasselback Podcast 04:39 Duke vs Loyola Thursday night 11:35 Pat Spencer Not Dodging with Speed 14:25 The Undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes 17:23 Colgate vs BU 20:13 Lehigh vs Army and the Patriot League 23:33 Syracuse vs Johns Hopkins 25:30 Notre Dame vs Denver 30:50 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Memory from 1990 going from 5 poles to 4 poles -Brown vs Harvard Game in 1990 21-18 final score 36:09 Friday Night Cornell vs Penn State 39:25 Cornell vs Towson and face-offs story 41:37 Penn vs Villanova and St. Joes and Penn's weekend 44:02 Princeton vs Rutgers 49:18 Yale vs Michigan 49:54 Brown vs Virginia 57:10 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Andy: Clarke Petterson - Cornell Jamie: Sam Handley - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 1:01:07 Next Weeks Games -Carolina vs Bucknelle -Rutgers vs Lehigh -BU vs Bucknell -Syracuse vs Rutgers -Loyola vs Navy -Denver vs Ohio State -Duke vs Towson -Cornell vs Ya

Danielle Spencer - Head Women's Coach at Dartmouth 01:05 Danielle's Journey -Started playing in Junior High -Was seen first in gym class -Different from coach Curtis and Kelly at Northwester -Rochester Hall of Fame -Playing at Northwestern -Her best friend Hilary Bowen -What Kelly taught Danielle as far as creativity and a female athlete -Referencing those days as a coach 10:15 Kelly's Coaching Tree and Other Northwestern Relationships -Lindsey Munday as a coach to Danielle -Other assistant coaches running other programs -Learning to love coach from all her role models -Teammates who are now coaching -Katrina Dowd -The fun culture 16:17 Going from an Assistant Coach to a Head Coach -Pride for your program -New ways of building relationships -Getting trust in self and voice -Going from playing a role from managing -Trust -Being able to shape a culture 21:47 What You Want to be Known for? -Women of the Woods -Tough, confident, gritty -Outdoorsy element -Confidence and pride -Being brave

In Season with Andy Towers Week 4 01:02 Towson vs Loyola Mid Week Game 06:38 Richmond vs Duke 08:58 Carolina vs Denver 11:11 Syracuse vs Virginia Barnburner 15:07 Notre Dame vs Maryland 17:45 Upcoming Denver vs Notre Dame game 18:28 AXIA Time Ivy League Review 20:00 Princeton vs Johns Hopkins 22:16 Penn vs Penn State 26:17 Cornell vs Albany 29:04 Yale vs UMass 34:02 AXIA Time Player of the Week -Story about the good old times Jamie: Jonathan Donville - Cornell Andy: Luke McCaleb - Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 42:30 Next Weeks Games -Denver vs Notre Dame -Rutgers vs Princeton -Syracuse vs Hopkins -Maryland vs Albany -Army vs Lehigh -Penn vs Villanova -Holy Crosse vs Bucknell -Cornell vs Penn State

In Season with Andy Towers Week 3 01:24 Ohio Stats vs Bucknell 05:33 Carolina vs Hopkins and the Rain 11:51 Richmond over Notre Dame 14:52 Navy vs Maryland 16:29 Rutgers vs Loyola 20:58 Syracuse vs Army 22:45 Georgetown vs Towson 25:08 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Memory from Brown vs Princeton game in 1991 -Invention of subbing through the midline 31:10 Cornell and Jeff Teat and game vs Hobart 35:03 Duke vs Penn 37:22 Princeton vs Virginia Barn Burner 40:15 Brown vs Stoney Brook 43:32 Yale vs Penn State 47:27 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week -Jamie: Jeff Teat - Cornell Andy: TD Ierlan Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 48:48 Next Weeks Games -Towson vs Loyola -Carolina vs Denver -Syracuse vs Virginia -Princeton vs Hopkins -Penn State vs Penn -Yale vs UMass -Cornell vs Albany -Notre Dame vs Maryland

Paul Carcaterra of ESPN 01:25 Yorktown -"The farm" -Charlie Murphy Class of 1934 -His story and how he brought lacrosse to Yorktown -The lacrosse community -Similar to how the Thompsons and Natives do it -Different times -Kids are getting their lacrosse "fix" by playing structured lacrosse -Using pickup games to try new things and work on things 12:42 Arriving at Syracuse and Playing with Casey Powell -Yorktown friends -Roy Simmons Jr. as a coach -Never being burnt out -How disciplined the team was -2 first team all Americans a year on a line -Casey Powell -Versatile player -Powell brothers playing in the backyard 31:45 How Paul Got Into Broadcasting -Did not study broadcasting in college or Grad school -Friend suggested him -First game was Navy vs Army in 2004 -Started studying it because of the rush -Auditioned and worked with Joe Beninati -College media guides -Working other sports -Interesting all different kinds of fans -Cutting hair and interviewing people -Utah interview -Cutting Dave P

In Season with Andy Towers Week 2 Brought to you by AXIA Time 00:30 Intro -Vacation Andy is on 02:01 High Point Knocking of Virginia and Events Leading Up to the Game -Games leading up to the game for both teams -Playing mid week games -Asher Nolting -Face off game 08:18 Duke vs Denver Game -Come back effort -Change at the cafe off x -Denver broken down by each side of the ball -Nakeie Montgomery and his impact in the future -Duke defensively 13:48 Army Win Over Rutgers -Breakdown of Army's team -Rutgers team and their hump -Army team deserves more credit 16:43 OSU vs UMass -Back and forth game -Hard to win at UMass -Practices at OSU 18:42 Syracuse vs Albany -Surprising game -Complete switch for Syracuse from last week -Not as impressed with Albany -Missing Conor Fields -Tehoka's role 25:01 Penn State vs Stoney Brook -Penn State putting up insane numbers -In terms of optics the only team that stands with Penn State may be Loyola 26:23 Pat Spencer and Loyola -Built as a perfect attackman

Ricky Sowell Navy Head Coach 00:30 Intro -Coach Sowell's resume -Days spent between Jamie and Coach Sowell -RV stop in Annapolis 03:07 Coach Sowell's Journey -Grew up in upstate New York -3 Sport Athlete (Football, Basketball, Baseball) growing up -How he started playing lacrosse -Playing with a "shlong" (short - long stick) -Moving around positions -Being in shape and focusing on fundamentals -Football influence -Journey in college -Playing at Washington College -Got into coaching by helping at Washington -Journey coaching -Coach Dave Urick and his impact -Players coach 25:05 Coaching at Dartmouth, St. Johns, Stoney Brook -Dartmouth was a graveyard for coaches at the time -New facilities had an impact -Experienced all big 5 moments in a mans life in one year -Recruits at that time -The persistence at St. Johns -Different AD's at St. Johns -Network at Stoney Brook -Opportunity to coach at USNA 36:16 Coaching at the Naval Academy -Being apart of something special -How impressive it is

In Season with Andy Towers Week 1 "Speed Pig" Preseason Top 20 Teams Breakdown 01:27 #20 Syracuse and game vs Colgate 05:15 #19 University of Michigan and gams vs Cleveland State 08:36 Teams receiving votes and Hofstra 09:58 #18 Colgate and scrimmage vs Deleware and game vs Syracuse 13:40 #17 Johns Hopkins and game vs Towson 16:55 #16 Georgetown and win vs Sacred Heart 19:08 #15 Albany and face off questions 22:45 #14 North Carolina bouncing back from last year 26:12 #13 High Point and coach Torpey and the difference makers 32:25 #12 Ohio State and game vs BU and coming game 37:52 #11 Virginia and their personnel 41:47 #10 Duke and their potential 45:25 #9 Notre Dame and their consistency and personnel 50:37 #8 Rutgers and their sustainability 55:02 #7 Towson and their mentality 56:59 #6 Denver and their consistency 1:00:03 #5 Cornell and Jeff Teat 1:06:06 #4 Penn State and their past and future and Jeff Tambroni 1:12:52 #3 Maryland and Coach John Tillman 1:16:23 #2 Loyola and coaching staff

In Season with Andy Towers Preseason 00:30 Intro and Journey -Background on Coach Towers -Growing up -Howard Benedict -Coaching career journey -Time commitment of coaching -Beers on the bus 11:29 The Trip Move -On and off the ball -Stepping into their recovery -Using it in other sports -Offensive trip in the NLL now -Getting defender to open up hips 18:35 PLL -Comradery of the coaches -Aspects of the excitement -Paul Rabil -Leveraging social media -Traveling model 25:01 Thoughts Going into the Year -Year of the attackman -Top 5 teams -UVA potential -RV trip across 11 programs -Commonality among these different programs -Hospitality and commitment to building culture -Bill Belichick and his coaching tree -Gerry Byrne and his openness -Shot clock impact -Legal crosscheck holds -Reffing the dive -Size of the box

Greg Gurenlian 00:30 Some of the Best Seasons for Greg (2015) -Dark age of face offs -Try to cut cheating out -Rules changed in favor -Able to keep ball in the back of the stick -Equalized in 2016 with new class of guys 05:58 Greg Gurenlian's Journey -Started playing because it was the cool thing to do -Frustrating as an athlete -Facing off for varsity team Jr. year -Physical presence -205 camp -Gained 40 pounds at Penn State -Face off and man up -Changing from an injury -Stand up to one knee down 15:14 Becoming a Strength Coach and How it Helps -Olympic level strength coach -Biomechanics are important -Consistency -Role of deception 22:02 Best Face off Guys -Who he learned from -What he learned from these guys -Different generations of players 24:26 Best Face Off Guys in D1 Lacrosse in 2019 -Break down of some of the best players -Big 10 -ACC -A lot of talent coming in 26:30 Face Off Academy -Inside Lacrosse forums -How to videos on youtube -Hub for face off guys -String of clin

Terry Foy Publisher at Inside Lacrosse 00:31 Intro and Role as Publisher -Who is Terry Foy? -Turning roles -Started at Inside Lacrosse in 2007 at lowest level -The process of working his way up -Content -Running events -Data development -Laxpower -Collecting data 07:25 Why it is a Golden Age of Lacrosse? -Modern game and popularization in late 80's early 90's -NFL Stadium final 4 era -Recruiting rule legislation -Utah adding lacrosse -Recognition of the FIL by Olympics -Formation of the PLL -Combination of it all 13:45 Opinion on Possible Olympics Appearence and Rules -Current rules are bad -3 buckets of lacrosse now, box, field, and women's -Satisfying the needs of everyone -Leeway to allowing marketable sports -Small rosters are of benefit -Venue -TV windows -Player health and safety -Scalability -Rugby 7v7's -Difference in the games -Why box may not work -Hypothetical rules 23:22 Impact Internationally if there is Olympic Lacrosse in 2028 -More funding from governments -Associations

Darris Kilgour 00:30 Intro and Journey as a Player -St. Catherines and won 2 Minto Cups -5 Mann Cups with Six Nations -Played and Coach Bandits -Grew up in Tuscarora -Played in Canada -Learning humility early 03:04 Turning The Clock Back -Personnel Darris played with in St. Catherines -Becoming leaders 05:13 Organized Lacrosse vs backyard Lacrosse growing up -Dad broke the game down and taught how to play the game -Playing with guys that were older -Becoming a good shooter in the backyard -Learning the feel of the game -Learning different ways to score -Learning to shoot with tennis balls -Learning to shoot a curveball -Staats brothers curveballs best in the NLL -Cody Jamieson -Pass it down 12:10 Curveball explanation 14:00 Greatest Players Darris Played With and What He Took From Them -Learning focus and toughness -Learning how to score from John Tavares -Pat Coyle intensity -How Jamie and Darris met -Talking lacrosse -Athletics team Darris' son Kyler plays on 20:38 1992 Champi

Scott Marr Head Coach at Albany University 00:30 Intro and Visiting Campus -Starting as a team on the 16th -Camping trip -Team bonding -Start of the season scrimmages and making adjustments -Hikes together -No cell phone service 06:08 Journey as a Player and a Coach -Growing up in Yorktown -From getting cut in baseball to playing lacrosse -Players Coach Marr watched and knew growing up -Youth coach impacts -Playing at Yorktown High School -Went to Johns Hopkins and played for Bill Tierney -The importance of disciplined X's and O's -National Champion freshman year -The brotherhood of lacrosse 14:18 Thoughts on Players and Lessons Learned -Tim Nelson -Del Dressel -Brian Wood -Practicing against Dave Pietramala 18:33 Coaching Journey -Deleware University in the 80's -Developing own style and the opportunity to experiment -Coach Marr's wife and how he met her -The era for University of Maryland at that time -Big Man -Coach Dick Edell -Watching Army Lacrosse -How Coach Edell treated peo

Brian Holman Head Coach at Utah University 00:30 Intro to Coach Holman -People and whether and Utah -Salt Lake City -University of North Carolina -Coaching staff at UNC and their impact -Importance of coaching for coach Holman -Coaching his sons -Story about coaching Marcus (his son) -The change that came from that story 11:39 Playing and Coaching at Johns Hopkins -Transferring schools in high school -Given coach Holman everything to him -A culture of strong brotherhood and blue collar mentality -4 National Championship appearances in 4 years -Freddy Smith -Running on and off the field -Dave Pietramala -Brian Wood 26:48 Process of Starting the Program at Utah -Building a program the way it is envisioned -Being able to compete for a National Championship one day -Being ourselves and growing the game -The rest of the coaching staff 32:31 Building Culture -Start with a vision -Taking notes -Pillars of Utah Lacrosse -Humility, Honesty, Passion, Gratitude and Trust -Touch each player per

Gerry Byrne Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame 00:30 Levittown and Growing Up -Social experiment -Suburbs of New York -Blue Collar mentality -Unique environment -Did not play on a team until spring of Junior year in high school -Grew up playing everything -Brothers inspiration -Class of 86' at UMass -Business career -Played in the MLL in 2001-2002 13:20 Business Background -Run and shoot lacrosse company -Using business background in coaching -Understanding of people who have influence opinions -Started a business 19:37 Defensive Philosophy -Not in as much control as you think you are -Everyone gets run by -"Preparing for the intersection of the offensive players best play and your biggest mistake" -Recognition of skill and ability -Less focus on on ball defense and more off ball -Start with respect for your opponents -Signs of guys who are about to be beat -Importance of being predictable -Signs of being beat on defense 26:46 V Hold vs Cross Check Hold -Creates double and triple m

Kelly Amonte Hiller - Head Coach Northwestern Women's Team 00:30 New Facilities at Northwestern -Some of the nicest facilities in D1 sports -Field on Lake Michigan -All in one facilities -Indoor games -$300 mil. 04:11 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey -Playing little league bass ball and hockey with her brothers -Tried everything -No exposure to lacrosse until 9th grade -Athletic family 07:30 Playing at the University of Maryland -Cindy Timchal -Garry Gait -Being taken seriously -Sports psychology -Impactful recruiting process -Seeing the game being broken down so finely -Developing fundamentals and teaching those fundamentals -Passion for the game -Maryland coaches tree 12:58 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey and Coaching Tree -Only coached on the field as an assistant prior to Northwestern -Wanted to stay home after college -Mentors -Learning the administration side of coaching -Take insight from everyone -Scott Hiller 19:20 Beginning at Northwestern -Different rules back then -Great cult