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We are super excited to share information about an organization that is near and dear to our hearts: Harlem Lacrosse! In this interview we hear from two stewards of this amazingly productive non-profit  from its Boston location: Executive Director Patrick Cronin & Coach Sam Jackson.   A common theme from just about every single person we have interviewed, from Coach Bill Tierney to USA Lacross...

It is college lacrosse recruiting season! So many questions arise when facing this daunting time of year.  When should you first contact a DI, DII, or DIII coach? When should you send your introductory email and what should you say or not say? How do you put together your fist highlight tape and what do you include? Should parents get involved? If so, when and to what degree? Rest assured, we’ve g...

In this third and final installment of our three part interview series with Division III Men's Lacrosse coaches, Dave Webster of Dickinson and Scott Hackett-Dalgleish of RPI, our guests describe the inner workings of their recruiting process and how they interact with young recruits and their parents.  Importantly, they reveal the timeline of initial communication, and subsequent communicatio...

In this second installment of our three part interview series with Division III Men's Lacrosse coaches, Dave Webster of Dickinson and Scott Hackett-Dalgleish of RPI, our guests describe the inner workings of their twenty some odd year relationship and how it has matured over the years as Scott went from recruit to top player to assistant and eventually head lacrosse coach as a mentee of sorts...

In our first foray into the world of Division III Men’s lacrosse we are lucky to have two exceptional coaches to interview: Dave Webster of Dickinson and Scott Hackett-Dalgliesh of RPI.  Over the past twenty years Coach Dave Webster, a.k.a. Webbie, has established Dickinson into a perennial powerhouse in conference as well in the NCAA playoff picture. Interestingly, Coach Scott Hacket-Dalgliesh, o...

In this third and final installment of our interview series with two time national champion as a player at UVA and inductee of the NILCA Hall of Fame from St Anne's Belfield in Charlottesville, VA,  Doug Tarring, we discover a strong connection that Coach Tarring has with our co-host's alma mater, Brown University. It turns out the Coach's step brother not only went to Brown but pla...

In this second portion of our three part interview series with two time national champion with UVA and NILCA Hall of Famer with St. Anne's Belfield, Doug Tarring, we learn what the high school lacrosse landscape was like back in the seventies as new regions emerged in Connecticut and Central New York and how they started to challenge the perennial powerhouses of Baltimore and Long Island.  Co...

Our next guest, a NILCA Hall of Fame Coach from St. Anne's Belfield (STAB) in Charlottesville, VA, Doug Tarring, hails from Baltimore, MD where he played his high school lacrosse at the perennial powerhouse St. Paul's School.  In Part I of our interview Coach Tarring describes what it was like growing up with a wooden lacrosse stick as a companion (he started playing in the 1st grade) in...

In this third and final episode with the Team USA & USA Lacrosse HOF, father/son duo, Alan and Darren Lowe, we hear the part Alan played in helping initiate what would eventually become USA Lacrosse. Alan also takes us through his experience playing in the World Championships in Australia back in the early 1970s. Alan also played a major administrative role when the 1992 U19 USA Team hosted th...

In this second installment of our three-part interview with the father/son duo and USA Lacrosse HOFers Alan and Darren Lowe we delve into Alan's experience playing for Team USA back in the early 1970s.  Next we hear of how Darren, who would eventually lead Team USA to gold in 1998 and 2002, strived to overcome adversity after being cut from the squad following the 1994 team tryouts.  Both Ala...

In the first installment of our three-part series with the father and son duo of Team USA  alumni and USA Lacrosse Hall of Famers, Alan and Darren Lowe, we hear of Alan's early years playing lacrosse on Long Island as the sport was gaining a certain level of popularity.  Next, Darren describes how his love of lacrosse and much of his exceptional skills developed while playing with his father...

In this final  portion of our two part interview with USA Lacrosse CEO Marc Riccio our co-hosts Jaybird and the Big Dawg inquire about USA Lacrosse’s current status and its mission going forward. We learn how USA Lacrosse is bringing communities together through media outreach as well as grassroots efforts. Marc also explains where the sport of lacrosse stands with the International Olympic Commit...

We are very excited for our next guest, USA Lacrosse, CEO, Marc Riccio! In Part I, of this two part, in depth interview Marc tells us of his humble origins in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York and how lacrosse helped transport him to an excellent education at Hofstra University on Long Island, his first professional experience and then on to a seventeen year stint as a senior Vice Presid...

This is the third and final portion of our interview with arguably the greatest coach in D1 men’s lacrosse history- Bill Tierney and his protégé, two time D3 national champion and coach of the year and current head men’s lacrosse coach at Brown- Mike Daly.  The two coaches discuss what they consider to be the key elements that lead to their success as coaches and review how each team has to find a...

In this second portion of our interview series with perhaps the greatest Men's D1 lacrosse coach of all time, Bill Tierney, and his close mentee of over twenty years, head Brown Men's lacrosse coach and former DIII national champion while at Tufts, Mike Daly, we listen in as the coaches describe what they see as the most important qualities of today's men's college recruits.  B...

 Do we have a treat for you! USA Lacrosse Hall of Famer, Bill Tierney, who recently concluded, perhaps the most successful lacrosse coaching career of all time, sits down with his good friend Mike Daly, the current head men's lacrosse coach at Brown, and our co-hosts, Jay McMahon & Ron Dalgliesh, to discuss their love of the sport of lacrosse and the many life lessons they have picked up...

In the final portion of our two-part series with Tom & Lynn Dwyer we learn how the couple guided their multi-sport athlete daughters during their early adolescence and how and why they changed tack as their girls grew older.  We discover what the Dywers consider best practices for young athletes during the college recruiting process. Their opinion is informed by their experiences as college la...

We're pleased to bring you our first episode focusing on the development of girls lacrosse and the path to playing women's college lacrosse here on the Get The Lax Scoop podcast!  Tom and Lynn Dwyer met while coaching lacrosse in England after Lynn had just graduated from Harvard and won the D1, 1990 NCAA Women's Lacrosse National Championship and Tom had just graduated from Brown a...

In this final episode of our three part interview with Johns Hopkins defensive All Americans, and long time high school, college, and club lacrosse coaches, John De Tommaso (Team USA '86, 90, 94, & 98) and Brad McLam (JHU Football & Lacrosse HOFer), explain what the current best practices are for boys and girls looking to take their lacrosse game to the next level.  Our co-hosts, Ron...

In this second portion, of our three part series, we learn how our guests, Johns Hopkins Hall of Famers and multi year All Americans on defense, John De Tommaso & Brad McLam, of the legendary and multi national championship teams of the mid 1980s, who were leaders, of arguably the greatest defense known to Division 1 Men's Lacrosse, start a new life: living, working, and coaching high sch...

In this first portion, of our next three part series, we learn how the Johns Hopkins teams of the mid 1980s, with arguably the greatest defense known to Division 1 Men's Lacrosse, achieved greatness, winning two national titles with three finals appearances, and four final fours spanning the careers of our guests from 1983-1986. Both players have been recognized as All Americans, national cha...

In this third and final episode with two lacrosse greats, both three time All Americans at the collegiate level and professional All Stars, Andy Towers and David Evans, share what they believe today's youth players need more than anything else when trying to get to the next level.  Along with being a PLL Championship Coach for Chaos Lacrosse Club, Towers runs one of the best skills training c...

In this second installment of our three-part interview series with the Chaos Lacrosse Club's head Coach and PLL Champion, Andy Towers and his good friend, mentee, and two- time 1st Team All American and six- time MLL All Star, David Evans, the two former college and professional lacrosse teammates describe their long history of playing and working hard together in the game that we all love. ...

Get The Lax Scoop changes gears as we start a three part series with two of the most intense and interesting people in the game of lacrosse: Andy Towers and his good friend David Evans. Andy Towers was the Premier Lacrosse League Coach of the Year in 2021 as he lead his Chaos Lacrosse Club to it's first championship.  In this first installment you'll hear about how Andy Towers was a pion...

In this third and final episode with special guests Dom Starsia & Lars Tiffany our co-hosts Jay McMahon & Ron Dalgliesh ask targeted questions and receive excellent answers on what young players need to do to prepare themselves in their quest for achieving excellence in the game of lacrosse.  Listeners will hear what coach Lars Tiffany described “As my secret sauce,” for college recruiting...