Coaching Staff

Our Coaches

Meet the varsity and JV coaches who lead La Costa Canyon lacrosse.

Varsity

Assistant Coaches

LCC Hall of Fame

Varsity Assistant

Dallas Hartley

141–29 and four CIF titles as LCC head coach, 2003–10
163–48 and an MCLA national title at Chapman, 2011–22
LCC Hall of Fame 2011, MCLA Hall of Fame 2022

Full bio

Coach Hartley teaches in the San Dieguito district and has been on the LCC faculty from 2004 to 2010 and again since 2017. He built the Mavericks into a CIF power as head coach, then led Chapman University to an MCLA national championship. He played at Sonoma State from 1997 to 2000.

Since 2008

Varsity Assistant

Jimmy Gillan

On the LCC staff since 2008
Runs faceoffs, the substitution box and quality control
Known around the program as "the godfather"

Full bio

Coach Gillan has been a fixture on the Mavericks sideline for nearly two decades. He oversees faceoff play and the substitution box and keeps the program running smoothly on game day.

Offense

Offensive Coordinator

Greg Jackson

Four-year starter at Penn State
Played in the 1997 USILA North/South Game
Coached at Dickinson and Penn State

Full bio

Coach Jackson also played for the English Lacrosse Association and has coached youth players with Adrenaline, RC Blues and the Encinitas Mustangs.

LCC '10

Defensive Coordinator

Reid Tudor

Two CIF titles and a 23–0 senior season at LCC
LCC Hall of Fame
2014 Ivy League champion at Penn

Full bio

Coach Tudor graduated from LCC in 2010 after one of the best seasons in program history, then played at the University of Pennsylvania, winning the Ivy League title as a senior in 2014.

LCC '01

Defensive Assistant

John Messina

2001 county champion and state runner-up at LCC
Two-time All-American and captain at Chico State
Two seasons as LCC JV coach

Full bio

Coach Messina moves up to the varsity staff after two seasons leading the JV. He also coaches youth players with Mad Dog Lacrosse.

Junior Varsity

JV Coaches

LCC '99

JV Head Coach

Andy Parr

Captain and All-American Honorable Mention at Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly Hall of Fame, 2017
Former certified lacrosse official

Full bio

Coach Parr graduated from Cal Poly in 2004 and spent two seasons as an LCC JV assistant before taking over the program.

LCC '01

JV Assistant

Tim Casey

Four-time All-American attackman at Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly Hall of Fame
Third season on the JV staff

Full bio

Coach Casey graduated from Cal Poly in 2006. Off the field he works as an architect and construction manager.