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Jay Walsh
Jay Walsh earned three varsity letters at Duxbury High School where he helped the Dragons to 62 wins and consecutive Division 1 State Championships in 2011 and 2012. A captain his senior season, the LSM was named an ESPN Boston Pre-Season All-State Team selection prior to the 2013 campaign and was selected for the Duxbury Lacrosse Booster Scholarship. While at Duxbury, Walsh was a Bostonlax.net All-American, Patriot League All-Star, Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic award winner and was the 2013 Duxbury Defensive Most Valuable Player.

After graduating from Duxbury, Walsh joined Division I Fairfield University and majors in Communications. Although he was redshirted in 2015 due to injury, Walsh had an exemplary rookie season. He appeared in all 16 games on defense tallying 15 ground balls and causing seven turnovers. He was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team and was a 2014 ECAC regular season champion.

Walsh is currently the Assistant Defensive Coach as Fairfield Prep in Connecticut. He is the son of Jimmy Walsh, who played hockey and football at Northeastern University and went on to an NHL career with the Hartford Whalers, Buffalo Sabres, and Los Angeles Kings from 1979-84.

Career Highlights:
• Sophomore long-stick midfielder for NCAA Division I Fairfield University
• 2014 Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team
• 2013 graduate and three-year varsity player at Duxbury High School
• Two-time Massachusetts Division 1 State Champion with Duxbury High School
• Patriot League All-Star and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic award winner

Tim Galvin
Long-stick midfielder Tim Galvin is a born instructor, combining teaching and lacrosse in a variety of settings. A substitute teacher for the Whitman-Hanson Regional School District, he also serves as the high school’s assistant varsity and head junior varsity coach. Prior to that, he was the head coach of Boston College Middle School for one year.

For the past four years, Galvin has also taught math and lacrosse to Maine youths at Camp Tako in Naples. He currently works as a math tutor and videographer.

Career Highlights:

* Defensive Coordinator at Thayer Academy 2016
* Assistant Varsity/Head Junior Varsity
Coach, Whitman-Hanson Regional High School (2014-15)
* Head Coach, Boston College Middle School (2012)

Tim Graves
Tim picked up a lacrosse stick in the 10th grade at Deerfield Academy and went on to play lacrosse and hockey at Hamilton College, captaining the hockey team his senior year. He has coached lacrosse for more than 16 years, co-founding and helping to build the Whitman-Hanson program at both the youth and high school levels. Graves was instrumental in starting the boys and girls varsity lacrosse programs at Whitman-Hanson High School, providing stewardship over the process along with the school committee, athletic director, and high school leadership.

During his tenure as the offensive high school coach, Graves helped take Whitman-Hanson from a 1-15 season in 2008 to a 12-6 record and the program’s first post season tournament qualification in 2009. Now a fully funded high school varsity program, Whitman-Hanson has qualified for post-season play six of the last seven seasons, with the number of players participating continuing to grow.

Graves initially started teaching lacrosse in Whitman-Hanson with the goal of building a successful program at both the youth and high school level. His approach has always been to focus on teaching the game, fundamental skills, and life-long lessons that can be carried beyond the season. “It has been particularly satisfying for me to see some of our high school players giving back to the program by coaching and participating with the youth teams,” said Graves. “Our current varsity players actively participate in our new skill development clinics for the youth players and we try to provide a fun highly energetic pace with our high school kids leading the charge. The younger players really respond to the high school coaches and it is great to see the dynamic between the age groups.”

Graves’ coaching philosophy is about giving the kids the right balance of work ethic, skill development, game knowledge, and respect for the game. He wants his students to be the hardest working players or team on the field and always striving to get the best out of themselves regardless of the outcome. Graves looks at coaching as a life-long learning process and is constantly discovering better techniques and methods to help kids get to the next level of the game.

Graves has lived on the South Shore for the past 30 years with his wife Tracy and has three grown boys. He continues to coordinate development efforts and volunteer for the high school lacrosse program. He was also the past President of WHK Hockey program and coached for a period of 18 years. For his day job, Tim is the Senior Vice-President of product and business development at burst.com in Boston.

Rob McCarthy
A Weymouth High School history teacher since 2000, Rob McCarthy has been coaching South Shore youths for 14 years. He began at Weymouth High School coaching the junior varsity men’s lacrosse team for five years, before moving up to the varsity ranks in 2006. In 2007, he assumed head coaching duties for Weymouth and was promptly recognized for his achievements, being named that year’s Bay State League Coach of the Year.

McCarthy, currently coaching with both Eastern Mass Hawks Lacrosse and Laxachusetts, is always on time and carrying a whistle and believes lacrosse teaching starts with fundamentals. Throwing, catching, shooting, and ground balls come first, followed by how to play the game.

Rob will lead the Hawks Lacrosse Youth Program with great knowledge, an incredible and fun energy, and a tenacity that all the Little Hawks will benefit from for years to come.

Career Highlights:
• Head Coach, Weymouth High School (2007-2011)
• 2007 Bay State League Coach of the Year
• Varsity Assistant Coach, Weymouth High School (2006)
• Junior Varsity Coach, Weymouth High School (2000-2005)
• EMass Minutemen and Laxachusetts Coach (2006-Present)
• EMass Hawks Youth Director
• 14 years of lacrosse coaching experience

Steve Trocki
Steve Trocki’s inaugural year as varsity head coach for Braintree High School was a highly successful one. The former midfielder and Boston College High School alumnus was selected as the 2014 Coach of the Year for both Eastern Massachusetts and the Bay State League. When he isn’t coaching, Trocki is a special education teacher at Braintree H.S. and COAST Program Coordinator, working with students with learning disabilities and high-functioning autism, as well as Head Coach and Coordinator of the Special Olympics of Braintree.

Prior to joining the Braintree coaching ranks, Trocki served as assistant coach at Boston College High School (2011-2013) and NCAA Division III Curry College (2008-2010). While coaching at BC High School, Trocki played professional indoor lacrosse as a member of the North American Lacrosse League’s Boston Rockhoppers, before the league folded in 2012.

An all-star midfielder at NCAA Division II Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, Trocki’s was the Hawk’s Most Valuable Player during his 2008 senior season. That year, he was also named a Division II 1st Team All-New England Selection and Division II Northeast-10 2nd Team All-Conference Selection, and invited to play in the New England Senior All-Star Game. Trocki still dons the helmet and gloves for notable men’s club teams Megamen, Rock Lobsters, Womps, and The Black Dog Lacrosse, which helps raise funds for the Special Olympics.

Career Highlights:
• 2014 Eastern Massachusetts Coach of the Year (Braintree High School)
• 2014 Bay State League Coach of the Year
• Varsity Head Coach, Braintree High School (2014-present)
• Assistant Coach, Boston College High School (2011 – 2013)
• Assistant Coach, Curry College (2008 – 2010)
• 2008 Saint Anselm College Most Valuable Player
• 2008 Division II 1st Team All-New England Selection
• 2008 Division II Northeast-10 2nd Team All-Conference Selection
• Midfielder – Boston Rockhoppers, North American Lacrosse League (NALL) (2012

Paul Zaylor
A legend in the Hanover lacrosse community for more than a decade, Paul Zaylor started coaching in the town’s boys youth program in 1998 and was program director from 2000 until 2010. Zaylor oversaw tremendous expansion during his stewardship, founding the girls program and quadrupling the number of boys teams, from three to 12.

As varsity head coach of Hanover High School for ten years, Zaylor has brought the Indians to the playoffs for the past six seasons, with Division-III Eastern Massachusetts state and sectional semifinal appearances in the past three. He was named the Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse Officials Coach of the Year in 2012, and has twice been named Patriot League Lacrosse Coach of the Year. Zaylor’s teams have won three league sportsmanship awards and produced 21 Patriot League All-Stars, 12 Patriot Ledger All-Stars, and one All-American.

In addition to coaching, Zaylor is a certified lacrosse official and former board member and treasurer of the Massachusetts Bay Youth Lacrosse League.

Career Highlights:
• Head Coach, Hanover High School for ten years
• 2012 Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse
• Officials Coach of the Year
• 2-time Patriot League Lacrosse Coach of the Year
• Division-III Eastern Massachusetts
• Semifinal appearances in the past three years
• Founded Hanover High School & Girls Youth Programs

Stew Curran
Stew Curran’s lacrosse coaching biography is overflowing with accolades and success. In seven seasons as the head coach of Cohasset High School, Curran led the Skippers to three DIII state championships, two second place finishes, and two semi-final finishes. He was named the South Shore Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and Boston Globe Coach of the Year in 2009.

In 2014, as Head Coach at Thayer Academy, Curran led the team to its first league championship in the program’s 25 year history and a #26 ranking in the LaxPower’s National Poll.

On the youth level, Curran was a founding member and director of Hull’s youth lacrosse program from 2001 – 2006. He also coached for the South Shore in the Bay State Games from 2002 – 2005, and as a clinician and team coach with New England Select Lacrosse from 2004 – 2007.  He is active on the national level as well, named to the League Representatives Committee in 2006 and serving as a member of the US Lacrosse Men’s U19 Selection Committee in 2007 and 2008.

A four-year starter at Plymouth State University, Curran was named to the All-New England team for two seasons. He also played as a member of the Team USA Box Lacrosse team in 1979 and 1980.

Career Highlights:
• 2014 Independent School League Champions with Thayer Academy (First in 25 years)
• 2014 Boston-Lax Coach of the Year
• 3-time Massachusetts D-III State Champions with Cohasset High School
• 2-time Massachusetts D-III State Championship Runner-Up with Cohasset High School
• 2 Massachusetts D-III State Championship Semi-Final finishes with Cohasset High School
• 2009 Boston Globe Coach of the Year (Cohasset High School)
• 2006, 2007, 2008 South Shore Coach of the Year
• 2007 & 2008 US Lacrosse U19 Selection Committee
• Selected to Plymouth State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014
• 2001 – 2004 Bay State Games Coach
• Team USA Box Lacrosse Team (1979-1980)

Rusty Miller
Hawks Coach Rusty Miller has been playing lacrosse on the South Shore since the mid-1970’s, where he was the goalie for Hingham High School from 1979-1981. He then went on to play at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, and was named Most Valuable Player his junior season.

In 2006, Miller returned to the sport as a coach for Braintree Youth Lacrosse. He became Director of the program in 2008, serving for four years, and currently serves as the Assistant Director. During his time as Director, Miller started the Indoor and Select U15 Programs in 2009, and remains the coach of the Select U15 team. Miller is currently the Assistant Coach at Braintree High School.

Heavily involved in US Lacrosse, the national governing body of lacrosse, Miller was the Boys Youth Director for Eastern Massachusetts from 2012-2013 and now serves as Member-at-Large. He is a certified Level 1 & 2 US Lacrosse coach, and Level 1 Coaching Trainer for US Lacrosse and the Mass Bay Youth Lacrosse League.  When he isn’t coaching, Miller is an Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse Official, having worn the stripes since 2009.

“I have had the opportunity to play and coach many different sports over the years. I take a very enthusiastic approach to coaching,” says Miller. “I show up energetic and ready to go and expect the same from the players. My single priority is to give the players the ability to succeed in the game. Of all the sports I have played and coached, lacrosse by far is the one I appreciate and enjoy the most.  I want to pass this enjoyment and appreciation of the sport to those I coach.”

Career Highlights:
• Assistant Varsity Coach, Braintree High School (2009-2011, 2014-Present)
• Director of Braintree Youth Lacrosse (2008-2011)
• US Lacrosse Boys Youth Director for Eastern Massachusetts (2012-2013)
• Former Laxachusetts and EMass Minutemen Goalie Coach
• Goalie, St. Michael’s College 1982-1985

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