Nike Boys Lacrosse Winter Clinic at Jacksonville University

Coach JT Giles-Harris is into his second year as an assistant coach in the Jacksonville men's lacrosse program. Before joining the coaching staff at Jacksonville University, Coach Giles-Harris spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Hampton University.

Coach Giles-Harris has also had a successful professional playing career in the Premier Lacrosse League. In his PLL career to date, Coach Giles-Harris has been awarded PLL defenseman of the year in 2022 besides being a three-time All Star and a two-time 1st Team All Pro.

He has also represented the United States at the World Lacrosse Men's Championship, where he managed to be part of the gold-winning team in 2023.

Giles-Harris played in 81 games across five seasons at Duke and was a two-year team captain of the Blue Devils. During his college career, he won the 2021 William F. Schmeisser Award, which is awarded annually to the nation's top defenseman. He was also a three-time All-American, twice first team and once third team, and a two-time All-ACC selection. He currently holds the Duke program record for caused turnovers with 89 and scooped up 147 ground balls during his days as a collegiate player. After his collegiate career, Giles-Harris was drafted third overall in the PLL College Draft by Chrome Lacrosse Club.

Not to be overshadowed, Giles-Harris was a standout in the classroom as well, as he was named to the All-ACC Academic Team twice and the ACC Academic Honor Roll three times.

A native of Nyack, New York and a graduate of St. Joseph Regional (New Jersey) High School, Giles-Harris was a four-year letter winner in lacrosse where he scooped up 511 ground balls in his career and was a 2016 Under Armour All-American pick.

The 2018 and 2022 Southern Conference Coach of the Year has transcended the team’s culture and brought national attention to the program, with substantial growth year-by-year, both on and off of the field.

The 2024 season ended with a run to the conference championship game, as JU Lacrosse was once again brought to new heights, sharing the ASUN conference's regular season championship, followed by a deep run into the conference tournament. Jacksonville finished the season 13-5, building a roster that boasted two All-America selections and six All-Conference selections, including the ASUN Defensive Player of the Year for the third straight season. Academically, the Dolphins were named as a USILA All-Academic team, with two Academic All-Americans, including the conference's overall ASUN Male Student Athlete of the Year Jacob Greiner. Jacksonville finished the season with one of the top offenses and defenses in the NCAA, leading the nation in assists per game and ranking near the top of the country in scoring margin.

In 2023, Jacksonville again had a top two overall season in the program's history. The Dolphins knocked off the at-the-time seventh ranked Duke Blue Devils in the second week of the season and finished the year with their second consecutive 10-win season. In what was their second season in the ASUN, and first since 2014, the team claimed the third overall seed and won seven conference games, the most in program history. JU had a plethora of statistics that were top 15 nationally, including being second in man down defense and caused turnovers per game, fifth in scoring margin, ninth in scoring defense, 11th in ground balls per game and 12th in scoring offense, assists per game and points per game. In addition to a wealth of top statistics in the country, the team also had five players named All-ASUN, one make the All-Freshman team in Aaron Toguri, and Troy Hettinger was named the conferences Defensive Player of the Year. Hettinger also was named an All-American from multiple platforms and was taken 12th overall in the Premier Lacrosse Leagues College draft.

2022 included prominent wins over #2 Duke and #14 Denver on the road and #17 Richmond at home, the first season in JU history with wins over multiple ranked opponents. The season was a "year of firsts" for the program, which included the first national ranking, first 10-win season and first regular season SoCon Championship. It concluded with the program's second ever appearance in the conference tournament final and the team was ranked #11 nationally at the end of its season after going 14-3 overall and a perfect 5-0 in SoCon play. The Dolphins finished the campaign in the top-three of eight different NCAA statistical categories, the most of any team in the country. The team was ranked as high as sixth in country and was featured in a cover story by USA Lacrosse magazine. Colin Hinton earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Year recognition and Jackson Intrieri was the conference's Freshman of the Year, as 10 total 'Phins earned SoCon recognition. Troy Hettinger, Colin Hinton, Luke Millican, and Max Waldbaum finished the year collecting All-American honors from multiple platforms.

Back in action after the coronavirus ended the previous season early, the 2021 team finished the season with a 7-7 overall record and a 4-2 conference record. The seasons biggest highlight was the teams 11-5 victory in the nationally aired contest against Air Force in the Jacksonville Lacrosse Classic. Jason Yoquinto shined in the net this season for JU, his best performance came against Air Force where he accumulated 16 saves and was later named to the USILA team of the week for his efforts. The awards for Yoquinto did not stop there, as he and Matt Stagnitta were named the Southern Conference men’s lacrosse defensive and offensive players of the week, respectively, for their work during the competition. Halfway through the season, Jack Dolan was among the names added to the Tewaaraton Award watch list for his outstanding play. Dolan finished the season with 29 goals, 20 assists, 22 ground balls and four caused turnovers. After the season, nine athletes were placed on the SoCon All-Conference list. The list was highlighted by three first team selections; Dolan, Evan Tyler and Zack Deaken and four second team selections; Yoquinto, Conor Shears, Jordan Young and Colin Hinton. Rounding out the All-Conference awards, Nathan Kapp and Jacob Greiner were listed on the SoCon All-Freshman team. Off the field, multiple student-athletes dominated in the classroom. The program landed 44 players on the SoCon Academic Honor Roll list and nine to the SoCon Academic All-Conference team. Additionally, nine garnered the Commissioner's Medal honor, and two achieved a 4.0 GPA.

In the shortened 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the veteran-led Dolphins had showed signs of being well-balanced and versatile throughout non-conference play. After a difficult start to the season, big wins in three of the next four games highlighted the campaign. Dixon Smith became the program's all-time leader in Caused Turnovers during the win over Hampton and freshman Jacob Greiner was named SoCon Offensive Player of the Week after the team's win at Marquette and earned a spot on the College Crosse/SB Nation All-Freshman Team for his outstanding debut season. A total of eight players made the SoCon Academic Team at the end of the season, and the stretch of professional success continued, with former JU face-off man and graduate assistant Hunter Forbes joining the Chrome of the Premier Lacrosse League and LSM Hayden La Vangie signing with the Connecticut Hammerheads of Major League Lacrosse.

While the Dolphins finished 2019 just 6-9 overall, several notable milestones were achieved. A trio of program records were broken as Jack Dolan set the single-season points record (55), Evan Tyler set the single-season goals record (37), and Eric Applegate ‘19 became just the third player in program history to reach 100+ career points before he finished his career as the Dolphins’ all-time leading scorer with 143 points. Jacksonville also picked up its first-ever win against a top-10 opponent - a 12-10 win over No. 10 High Point during the regular season.

The 2018 season saw the Dolphins reach an unprecedented level of success. As a team, Jacksonville ranked in the top five nationally in face off winning percentage (3rd – .701), ground balls per game (4th – 33.20), and matched the program’s record for wins in a season (8).

After spearheading the revitalization of the Moe’s Lacrosse Classic, Galloway guided the Dolphins to a near upset in overtime of 2017 National Runner-Up and then-No. 4 Ohio State in the first nationally-broadcasted (CBS Sports) sporting event held on Jacksonville University’s campus.

Under his tutelage, the team has produced 28 First or Second Team All-Conference members, as well as seven All-Freshman Team members, two SoCon Defensive Players of the Year and a Freshman of the Year. Additionally, several players have earned national recognition, with multiple players being honored by outlets such as Inside Lacrosse, USILA, USA Lacrosse Magazine and College Crosse as All-Americans.

Along with the team’s on-field accomplishments, Galloway has structured a vision of community involvement including the World’s Largest Outdoor Lacrosse Party, a fall exhibition against professional lacrosse players that benefits Nemours Children’s Specialty Care, and the JU: Lacrosse Capital of the South High School Series that features local high school lacrosse games played at Rock Stadium before and after the Dolphins’ home games throughout the season.

Galloway also played an instrumental role in revitalizing efforts in both fundraising and designing the Dolphins’ $1.875 million, 8,600-square-foot facility housing the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams’ locker rooms, film room, lounge, coaches offices, athletic training center, conference room, game room, and nutritional center.

One of the young legends in the sport, Galloway joined the Dolphins following a four-year stint as an assistant coach at Providence College. While at Providence, Galloway helped coach Peter Badgley to Big East Goalkeeper of the Year and All-Big East First Team honors. It was the first time in program history that a Friar had earned the accolade. He also mentored Jarrod Neumann to an All-Big East First Team selection.

A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Galloway played goalkeeper for Syracuse University and ended his college career with an NCAA-record 59 wins while playing a record 3,776 minutes. A two-time First Team All-American at the position and the only goalie in Orange history to earn the honor twice, Galloway is also the only goalie in NCAA history to win national championships in his freshman and sophomore years. A Tewaaraton Award Finalist, he also earned the Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award for the nation’s best goalkeeper in 2010 and 2011. In addition to his on-field presence, Galloway was a two-time national Academic All-American and was twice named Big East All-Academic.

In his first season as a professional with the Rochester Rattlers (Major League Lacrosse), he was named Rookie of the Year, and twice earned Goaltender of the Year honors (2014, 2016). A two-time MLL All-Star in 2015 and 2016, Galloway helped lead the Rattlers to the three MLL Championship games in 2014, 2015, and 2018. From 2019-21, he played in goal for the Chrome of the PLL, announcing his retirement at the conclusion of the 2021 season.

In addition to playing professionally, he captained the U.S. Men’s National Team that won gold at the FIL World Championships in Netanya, Israel in 2018 and was an alternate member of Team USA in 2014.

Galloway married the former Christina Decker in October 2019. They reside at the beaches with their handsome dog, Maverick.

Coach Perzinski joined the Jacksonville staff for the 2022 season after a successful four-year stint as the head coach at Division III Elizabethtown College.

Coach Perzinski was in his fourth season as the head men's lacrosse coach at Elizabethtown in 2020, having already led the Blue Jays to three straight Landmark Conference championships and the program's first ever NCAA tournament victory in 2018. In 2019, Coach Perzinski scheduled half of his program's non-conference games against teams ranked in the top-20 in Division III. After earning the top seed for the Landmark Tournament, the Blue Jays outscored their opponents, 29-12, to claim a third consecutive league championship.

Coach Perzinski was named 2018 Landmark Conference Coach of the Year and has mentored eight All-Americans in his short time with the College. 2020 saw a program-record three All-Americans, as goalie Tom Mahoney garnered the accolade for the second time in his career while Mike Scrafano and Alec Leslie received the honor for the first time in their careers. Defenseman Jeremy Klipple '19, the 2018 Landmark Player of the Year, was a two-time USILA All-America Honorable Mention pick, while Joe Clark and Mike Specht were All-America Honorable Mention selections in 2017.

Coach Perzinski, a former All-American defenseman and the 2015 USILA DIII Assistant Coach of the Year, was the fourth head coach in Elizabethtown program history.

Coach Perzinski developed his craft under two of Division III's elite and well-respected coaches in Lynchburg College's Steve Koudelka and Gettysburg's Hank Janczyk.

In 2016, Coach Perzinski was an assistant at the University of Richmond for head coach Dan Chemotti, serving as recruiting coordinator, special teams coach and supporting the defense. The Spiders registered an 11-5 record and reached the Southern Conference championship in just their third year of existence. The program claimed marquee victories over No. 9 Duke, Fairfield and High Point.

Coach Perzinski spent four seasons coaching under Koudelka at his alma mater, Lynchburg, between 2011-15. He was a graduate assistant during the 2011 and 2012 seasons before moving into an assistant coaching role for Janczyk at Gettysburg in 2013. Coach Perzinski returned to Lynchburg as an assistant in 2014 and 2015, culminating with a 21-win season --the winningest campaign in program history-- and national runner-up finish.

Coach Koppens joined Jacksonville University from Randolph Macon, where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach.

In addition to being the offensive coordinator at Randolph-Macon, Coach Koppens is also the Co-Founder and Director of Lacrosse and Recruiting Operations for Silverbacks Lacrosse in Los Angeles, California. Silverbacks Lacrosse is an invite-only lacrosse club composed of players across the country who are driven to compete at the collegiate level. There, he recruited players from all over North America to participate on their elite-level national team. He is responsible for all player and family communications to secure athletes to play with the program.

Prior to working with the Hornets, Coach Koppens worked for four seasons at LSU in Baton Rouge. There, he served as the head coach, offensive coordinator, and program director for the men's lacrosse team. With the Tigers, he built an entire MCLA men's lacrosse team from scratch, starting with a budget of zero. In 2019, his team earned the first MCLA Top 20 ranking in program history and won the LSA Conference Championship, also a first for the program. In both 2019 and 2021, the team earned a bid to the MCLA National Tournament, and between the two seasons, Coach Koppens mentored 13 All-LSA selections.

During his first season he was on staff for the 13-5 squad that earned a spot in the ASUN Conference Championship.

Capalbo graduated from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut with a B.S. in Sport Management in May of 2023.

He was a three-year starter and two-year captain for the men’s lacrosse (NCAA DIII), was named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Academic Team in 2022 and 2023 and also made the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) All-Academic Team in both of those years as well. Additionally, he was named a USILA Scholar All-American in 2023. Additionally, Capalbo captained Albertus to their best record in program history in the 2022-2023 season.