Chris Piatelli

Chris Piatelli is the assistant coach in the Roanoke College Men's Lacrosse program.

Chris Piatelli joined the Roanoke men’s lacrosse staff in the summer of 2024.

He served as the assistant coach and offensive and recruiting coordinator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 2024 season. He worked in conjunction with the head coach to develop practice plans, scouting reports, break down film, recruiting trips, set up and coordinate recruit visits, academic support, skill development, travel schedule and budgetary needs. His unit ranked fifth in extra man offense in NCAA Division III (51.2%) and he coached six All-NEWMAC players.

Piatelli was the assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY from Sept. 2021 to June 2023. RPI beat #1 ranked RIT in 2022 and made the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance since 2016 in 2022. The Engineers beat #6 ranked SLU, #10 ranked Union and #18 ranked Muhlenberg in 2023. He coached five USILA All Americans in 2023 (the most in a single season in over 15 seasons) and RPI had a 6-1 Liberty League record that year - the best since 2010. He coached nine All-Liberty League Team players and 20 Liberty League All-Academic team members in 2022 & 2023. His offense scored 381 goals and averaged 11.9 goals per game in his two seasons as offensive coordinator.

Prior to coming to Roanoke, Piatelli was a volunteer scouting coordinator for the Atlas Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). He also served as a coach for the New England Twisters and New England Blazers. He served as the boys’ head lacrosse coach at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Mass., from 2013 to 2021. He has coached at Derby Academy, where he was also a teacher, Noble and Greenhough School and with club teams.

Piatelli was a three-sport standout at The Albany Academy, playing football, hockey and lacrosse. He attended Hamilton College, where he played four years of lacrosse and two years of collegiate hockey before graduating with a degree in political science. He earned a Master's in sport management from Endicott College in 2023.