USA Lacrosse today announced the high school boys’ coaches from each geographic area selected as winners of the 2026 Coaches Award. The award honors a boys’ lacrosse head coach in each area who exemplifies the ideals of the game of lacrosse.
The award is intended to recognize the individual’s overall coaching performance and contribution, not just coaching wins - although they may be considered. Nominees must demonstrate outstanding sportsmanship on and off the field, and also demonstrate excellent rapport with players, officials, and other coaches.
USA Lacrosse oversees the selection of the high school awards, which are administered locally by area chairs. Selections are based on voting by coaches within each geographical area.
The Coach-of-the-Year Award is one of four awards that comprise the USA Lacrosse high school boys’ recognition program, along with All-American, All-Academic, and the Bob Scott Award.
Note: Some local areas have not yet reported their selections and are not included in the listings below. Entries will be added as the selections are received.
Updates/corrections can be sent to gamesadministration@usalacrosse.com.
2026 USA Lacrosse High School Boys' Coaches of the Year
| USA Lacrosse Area | Name | High School |
| Alabama | Randy Nace | Vestavia Hills |
| Arizona | RJ Rovinelli | Corona Del Sol |
| California - Central Coast | Troy Kusanovich | Soquel |
| California - LA/OC | Jimmy Borell | Loyola |
| California - Northern | Neil Butterfield | Redwood |
| California - Sacramento | Nick Chicoine | Oakmont |
| California - San Diego | Henry Diaz | Granite Hills |
| California - Silicon Valley | Will Mark | Menlo School |
| Delaware | Matt Jones | Polytech |
| District of Columbia | Jeff Schwartz | Paul VI Catholic |
| Florida - Central | Anthony Rainone | Boone |
| Florida - Gulf Coast | Keith Lee | Community School of Naples |
| Florida - Northwest | Jacob Crews | South Walton |
| Florida - South | Matthew Sofarelli | Jupiter |
| Florida - South Atlantic | Alan Bellando | Belen Jesuit Prep |
| Georgia | Bryan Wallace | Roswell |
| Idaho - Northeast | Domenic Alfieri | Flathead |
| Idaho - Southwest | Logan Ball | Bishop Kelly |
| Illinois | Mike Sutton | Lake Zurich |
| Indiana | Drew Bogan | Park Tudor |
| Kentucky | Jon Simon | Sayre School |
| Louisiana GSLL | Drew Warren | UMS-Wright Prep |
| Louisiana LHSLL | CJ Seling | Loyola College Prep |
| Maine | Zac Barrett | Scarborough |
| Maryland - Anne Arundel Co. | Travis Hood | Glen Burnie |
| Maryland - Baltimore County | Lou Weinkam | Catonsville |
| Maryland - Carroll County | Darian Meador | Winters Mill |
| Maryland - Eastern Shore | Steve Hurley | North Dorchester |
| Maryland - Harford County | Patrick Mull | Fallston |
| Maryland - Howard County | Daniel Amacher | Guilford Park |
| Maryland - Montgomery Co. | Matthew Schneider | Sherwood |
| Maryland - Western | Gavin Donahue | Urbana |
| Massachusetts - Central | Nate Skermont | Shrewsbury |
| Massachusetts - Eastern | Brian Vona | Lincoln-Sudbury |
| Massachusetts - Western | Eric Balslov | Agawam |
| Minnesota | Justin Hoban | Totino Grace |
| Missouri - Heartland (KS/MO) | Hunter Krenek | Northland |
| Missouri- Saint Louis | James Spink | Chaminade Prep |
| Nevada - North | Eric Peacock | Bishop Manogue Catholic |
| New England - Eastern | Al Brown | Portsmouth Abbey |
| New England - Independent | Connor Gordon | Tabor Academy |
| New England - Northern | Justin Simon | Holderness |
| New Hampshire | Pat Snow | Winnacunnet |
| New Jersey - Middlesex | Anthony Calandra | Saint Joseph Metuchen |
| New Jersey - North | Nick Miceli | Scotch Plains Fanwood |
| New Jersey - Shore | Brendan Quinn | Holmdel |
| New Jersey - South | Joe LaTorre | Ocean City |
| New York - CHSAA | Rick Trizano | Iona Preparatory |
| New York - NYC | Thomas D'Amore | South Bronx Prep |
| New York - NYSAIS | Chris Arnold | Hackley |
| New York - Section 1 (Hudson Valley) | Jeremy Guski | Rye |
| New York - Section 2 (Adirondack) | Ian Schwan-Tetreault | Burnt Hills Ballston Lake |
| New York - Section 4 (Southern Tier) | Jack Brunner | Binghamton |
| New York - Section 5 Finger Lakes | Andrew Whipple | Pittsford |
| New York - Section 6 (Western) | Ed Greenway | Williamsville East |
| New York - Section 9 (Mid Hudson) | Matthew Swart | Saugerties |
| North Carolina - Eastern | Tim Ripley | Union Pines |
| North Carolina - Private | Jon Lantzy | Durham Academy |
| North Carolina - Western | Jim O'Neill | RJ Reynolds |
| Ohio - North Coast | Brandon Schwind | Hudson |
| Pennsylvania - Northeastern | Andrew Stitt | Moravian Academy |
| Rhode Island | Jay Spina | Mt. Hope |
| South Carolina | Peter Mezzanotte | Dorman |
| Tennessee | Chandler Klinck | West |
| Utah | Michael Persky | Park City |
| Virginia - 6A North | Ali Shams | West Springfield |
| Virginia - Central Public | John Neal | Douglas Freeman |
| Virginia - Lynchburg | Eddie Ranuska | E.C. Glass |
| Virginia - Prince William Co. | David Suthers | Battlefield |
| Virginia - Private | Chris Pollock | North Cross |
| Virginia - Tidewater | Derek Edwards | Hickory |
| Washington | Jason Montoya | Eastlake |
| West Virginia | David (DJ) Ray | Buckhannon-Upshur |
| Wisconsin | Judd Genereaux | Hudson |
