NoVa West Coaches
NoVa West is very proud to offer the most experienced
group of coaches that any summer lacrosse program in
Northern Virginia has to offer. One of our main missions is to make sure
that our players are instructed by people who have played
the game at the highest level, we feel that there is
nothing better for these players than to learn from coaches
that have learned the proper fundamentals and can pass these
fundamentals and advanced techniques on to every NoVa West
player.
NoVa West Staff Members
 Rob
Horne
Head Coach Notre Dame Academy
Head Coach Crusaders/Flamingos
Coach Outbreak
Director of Dragon Camps
Rob played
collegiately at the University of Richmond (1993-1996), Coach Horne assumed
control of the Loudoun High School lacrosse varsity program in 1997.
From 1997 to 2001, Coach Horne's Loudoun team amassed a cumulative 49-27
record while playing a competitive public and private school schedule.
In 2000, Coach Horne was fortunate enough to be named the Washington Post
Extra Coach of the Year for lacrosse.
In the Spring of 2002, Coach Horne assumed control of the fledgling Notre Dame Academy program. In 2007 Notre Dame
Academy under Horne’s direction, won two conference championships and the
Virginia State title. Overall, NDA has accumulated a 106-64 record playing teams
from Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and
Virginia. In seven short years
Coach Horne has helped 22 of his graduating seniors go on to achieve their dream
of playing collegiate lacrosse.
Accolades:
- Winningest active Head Coach in Northern Virginia
- 3 High School All
Americans
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2 MILL conference players of
the year
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3 Under Armor All-Americans
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4 All-Met performers
-18 All-State players
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35 All-Conference honorees
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2007 MILL Conference Coach
of the Year
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2007 VISLL State Champion |
 Devin
Pinkston
Starting Attack DI Presbyterian College
Head Coach Virus, Venom & Iguanas
Director of 32Lax Camps & Clinics
Devin
plays collegiately at DI Presbyterian College in South Carolina at attack where
he has been a starter since his freshman year. In a 14 game stretch Devin had
score at least one goal in each game. Devin graduated from Notre
Dame Academy in 2007 after playing four years for Coach Horne. In 2007 Devin
helped the Dragons win two conference championships and the Virginia State
title. He was named MILL conference player of the year and High School
All-American in 2007. Devin holds the season and career scoring records for
Notre Dame Academy and Loudoun County with 367 career points and 126 points
during the 2006 season.
In the summer of 2008 Devin took over as the head coach of NoVa West's U15 team
the Virus. The team went 17-3-2 and won two prestigious summer
tournaments.
Accolades:
High School All-American Notre Dame Academy (2007)
MILL Conference Player of the Year (2007)
1st Team Washington Post All Extra (2006 & 2007)
Member of 2007 VA State and MILL Conference Champions (2007)
All-State Virginia (2006 & 2007)
Captain Notre Dame Academy (2006 & 2007)
Notre Dame Academy & Loudoun County All Time Leading Scorer (367 pts) |
 Jonathan Montes
Head Coach The Calverton School
Coach Outbreak
Jonathan has
been the head lacrosse coach at The
Calverton School since 2002. In that
time he’s seen his team go from
worst to first to consistently
competing for the Maryland
Independent Lacrosse League
Championship.
2003 was a breakthrough year
for the Cougars. Under Montes’
guidance the Cougars went from last
to first place in the MILL.
He was named the 2003
Washington Post Southern MD All
Extra Lacrosse Coach of the Year.
Since then, the Cougars have
continued their winning ways ending
2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 as
undefeated regular season MILL
champions.
Since 2004 the Cougars have
been to 5 MILL Tournament
Championships capturing the title in
2005, 2006 and 2009.
The 2005 season proved to be
one of the greatest in the history
of The Calverton School athletic
program as Montes guided the Cougars
to a school-record 16 wins and
capping off an undefeated season
with a victory over perennial league
power and 2004 MILL champ The
Heights School.
Following the 2005 campaign,
Montes was named The Washington Post
All Metro Lacrosse Coach of Year.
Since 2003, Montes has had 7
consecutive 10 win seasons with a
total win loss record of 89-42.
He was named 2007 US Lacrosse
Man of Year for his significant
efforts to promote, develop and aid
lacrosse at the secondary school
level while improving the lacrosse
opportunities for student-athletes
in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan
area.
Montes Co-founded Southern Maryland
Select Lacrosse (SMS) in 2002. SMS
is the premiere off-season lacrosse
program in Southern MD with a
primary focus at the HS level on
recruiting.
SMS has fielded teams with
players from 19 different high
schools and 9 different counties.
Montes is currently
overseeing the expansion of SMS to
include a U11, U13, U15 and the
combined elite recruiting team with
Nova West known as Team Outbreak.
Montes played college ball at The
Ohio State University and is a
former high school All American
lacrosse player going 50-1 as a
varsity lacrosse player with 2
undefeated seasons.
In his spare time, Montes
owns and operates a successful
Insurance and Financial Services
Agency in La Plata.
He is married to his wife
Heather and they have a son, Pierce
(2) and a daughter, Isla (9 months). |
 Brendan
Niklason
Goalie DI Jacksonville University
Asst.
Coach Virus & Venom
Goalie Instruction & Defense
Brendan
is a tremendous young coach. During his
playing time with the Crusaders he captured the save
record for the team. A very quick and very
skilled goalie, Brendan brings a lot to the NoVa
West staff. Brendan has signed to play collegiately
at D1 Mount St. Mary's. After one year at Mt Saint
Mary's Brendan has decided to transfer to
Jacksonville.
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 Greg Zecca
Athletic Director The Calverton School
Coach Outbreak
Recruiting Specialist
Greg played collegiately at Ohio Wesleyan. Following a college career where his
teams reached 3 NCAA D3 Championship games, Zecca went onto Adelphi University
where is earned a master degree in Sports Management. During that time he
coached lacrosse at his Alma Mater Friends Academy and Huntingtown HS on Long
Island. In 1991 he became the Assistant Coach at Haverford College after just
one season he was elevated to Head Coach. After a 10 year run from 1992 to 2002
Zecca moved onto to become the Athletic Director at The Calverton School, and
soon after became the Co-Founder of SMS lacrosse. During his 20 years of
coaching Zecca has had many players go onto big things and has also earned
honors as USILA North-South Coach, and coach team Italy at the 2006 World
Championships
Greg has phenomenal connections with college coaches having coached at the
collegiate ranks and does a great job getting players in contact with the
programs they are interested in. |
 Curt Foxx
Head Coach DIII Hood College
Asst. Coach High School Levels
Evaluation Team
Curt played at Loyola Academy in
Wilmette Illinois and earned the coaches award, attended Kenyon College where he
played football and lettered four years. He coached at Loyola Academy and also
did summer camps from 1999-2002. From 2004-2005 He was assistant varsity coach
at Brentwood Lacrosse Club (high school level) outside of Nashville TN, while
earning my Master's Degree from Vanderbilt University. At Wakefield High School
in Raleigh NC he coached Varsity as an assistant and was head JV coach in 2006.
in 2007 Curt was moved to head varsity lacrosse coach. in 2008 he began as an
assistant at Hood College, and was promoted to head coach in summer 2008. Curt
has been head coach for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Accolades:
Illinois State runner up 2001 I
llinois State Champs in 2002
two 10+ win seasons at Brentwood Lacrosse Club in Tennessee
13-2 JV record in Raleigh
9-9 record as head coach in Raleigh,
1st conference championship for Wakefield
Coached NC south team to a bronze medal in 2007
NC state games won Hood's 1st game ever in 2009
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Adam Rice
Head Coach Flint Hill School
Asst. Athletic Director Flint Hill School
Asst.
Coach High School Levels
Evaluation Team |
 Jonathan Athens
Coach
Goalie Instruction
Jon plays
collegiately at DI Presbyterian
College in South Carolina. He
Graduated from Northern High School
in Calvert County Maryland. In
2007 Jon was named team MVP and was
on the All-County 1st team for the
second year in a row. Jon was
also awarded as a high school
All-American in 2007.
Following the 2007 season Jon was
runner-up as the Maryland High
School player of the year.
Accolades:
Top 5 in NCAA 2008 # of saves
High School All-American Northern
H.S. (2007)
SMAC player of the Year 2007
1st Team Washington Post All-Extra
team (2007)
Northern High School Team MVP (2006
& 2007)
Hon. Mention All-Met (2007)
Finalist for the C. Markland Kelly
award (2007) |
 Brian
Jenkins
Head Coach DIII Shenandoah University
Asst.
Coach High School Levels
Evaluation Team1988 SUNY-Cortland graduate Brian
Jenkins is preparing for his 13th season as the head
coach of the Men's Lacrosse program. Jenkins, 43,
was hired on August 15, 1997 to become only the
second men's lacrosse coach in Shenandoah history.
He is now the most successful coach in the history
of the program. In 2005, Jenkins guided his Hornets
to a 5-9 record and an appearance in the
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament. The
five wins tied a school record for most victories in
a season and the PAC Tournament appearance in the
first in school history. Following the season,
Jenkins was named PAC Coach of the Year.
In 2007, Jenkins led the Hornets to their most
successful season in school history with nine
overall wins and five wins in the PAC. The
seven-game improvement was also good for the biggest
single-season turnaround in NCAA lacrosse history.
In 2008, SU had a best-ever 5-0 start on its way
to a second straight nine-win season.
Jenkins came to Shenandoah from Lehigh
University, where he was the Mountain Hawks
defensive coordinator for four seasons. During his
final season at Lehigh, Jenkins presided over a
defense that spurred the Hawks to a top 25 ranking
and an upset victory over #7 in the nation
Georgetown University. Prior to his experience at
Lehigh, the Great Neck, N.Y, native was the
offensive coordinator at Lafayette for four years.
In the summer of 2001, Jenkins played for Team
USA at the World Championships (Master's Division)
in Perth, Australia. Team USA finished second as
Jenkins had five goals, including two in the
semi-finals.
His first international experience capped an
outstanding playing career that saw Jenkins earn
Junior College All-American honors at
SUNY-Cobleskill and two All-SUNYAC selections at
SUNY-Cortland.
Jenkins and his wife of 17 years, Kathryn, have a
15-year-old daughter, Kayla, and a 12-year-old son,
Hunter. They live in Frederick County.
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Matt Pinkston
Director of Operations
Matt Pinkston formed NoVa West
Lacrosse in 2004 in an effort to provide
players from schools in Loudoun
and Fauquier Counties an opportunity for
exposure in summer recruiting tournaments.
The vision was then and still is today to
provide a full service off-season lacrosse
program in an effort to improve the game in
Northern Virginia.
He has worked diligently in building
relationships with college coaches in an
effort to help all the NoVa West Players
with their collegiate recruiting.
Matt Also runs the Western Loudoun
Basketball league which is the home to over
1,100 basketball players in Western Loudoun
County. Matt was also a former board member
of Upper Loudoun Youth Football and Loudoun
Youth Lacrosse. |
If your are an
aspiring young coach and would like to join the NoVa West
team, please contact us at
admin@NoVaWestLAX.com
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