Staff

Peter Lawrence, Director, University of Hartford

Coach Lawrence is the Director of Trashcan Lacrosse, overseeing all aspects of the Trashcan curriculum and Trashcan's on-field activities.  He also runs the Trashcan Lacrosse summer camp in Hartford, CT.

Peter just completed his fifth year as head coach of the University of Hartford lacrosse team in 2010-2011, and is the seventh head coach in the program’s Division I history.  In that short span he has completely turned around a program that was coming off a winless season when he arrived.  In 2010-2011 Peter led the Hawks to the America East conference championship and into the NCAA tournament for the first time in the school's history, where they eventually succumbed to Cornell, the #2 overall seed.

Peter began his coaching career as an assistant at Whittier College, where he directed the Poets’ defense in their first two seasons of NCAA competition and helped turn Whittier into a nationally respected Division III program.  He spent one season as an assistant for the club team at the University of New Hampshire, guiding the Wildcats to a Pioneer League Championship and a berth in the national tournament.  Peter then spent three seasons as head coach at Elmira College, where he led the Soaring Eagles to an overall record of 8-6 in 2005, only the fifth winning season in school history. 

Peter was a standout player at Roanoke College and elected to its 2008 Hall of Fame class.  He led the Maroons to three straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearances and was was a three-time all-conference selection, a two time All-American selection, and the 1998 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year.  After graduating in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, Lawrence was drafted by the MLL’s Bridgeport Barrage in the league’s inaugural season (2001).



Lawrence currently resides in West Hartford with his wife Meghan and their children, Finn (4) and Rowan (3)
 

Andrew Hayes, Director, Episcopal Academy

Coach Hayes is the co-founder and President of NXT Sports.  He directs the Trashcan Summer Camp at Episcopal Academy, the Trashcan Winter Program at Episcopal, the Philly Showcase, and many other NXT events.

Andy just completed his seventh season as boys head lacrosse coach at Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, PA, where he is only the third head coach in the school's history.   In the 2010 season Andy led the Churchmen to a 16-6 record and to the championship game of the Inter-Ac league, considered by many the best high school lacrosse league in the nation, where they dropped a one-goal heartbreaker to national power Haverford School.  Andy began his coaching career spending two years as an assistant at his alma mater, William Penn Charter School.  He then moved to Episcopal where he served as offensive coordinator prior to being named head coach.  Andy also serves as the elected President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association and has been instrumental in helping to reshape the organization’s purpose and mission.

Andy was a standout lacrosse and soccer player at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, earning all-New England Small College Athletic Conference honors in both sports.  He graduated from Trinity with a B.S. in Biology and currently teaches freshmen and sophomore biology at Episcopal.  He resides in Bala Cynwyd, PA with his wife Tina.

Marty Kupprion, Director, Episcopal Academy

Marty Kupprion is the director of the NXT Lacrosse Club Team program and also assists with the Trashcan Club teams and the Trashcan Winter Program at Episcopal Academy.

"Coach Kupp" is the Assistant Varsity Coach at Episcopal Academy. He was a star player at Episcopal (class of 2003) and at the University of Delaware, where he was a member of the 2005 and 2007 Blue Hen teams that won the CAA Championship and earned trips to the NCAA tournament. Aside from Lower Merion, Coach Kupp has also worked with the Dukes club teams. He holds a masters degree in education from Cabrini College and is certified to teach K-6.  After teaching in the Lower Merion School District for two years, Marty is now teaching and coaching at the Episcopal Academy.  He works as a writing specialist in the EA Lower School with 3rd. 4th, and 5th graders and coaches middle school football in addition to varsity lacrosse.

Brett Manney, Director, George School

Coach Brett Manney is the Director of the Trashcan Lacrosse Summer Camp at the George School.

Brett is a graduate of the University of Delaware.   As a Blue Hen, he was a four-time letter winner and was a captain of the 2008 squad. The Blue Hens appeared in the CAA championship game three years and were the first ever male sport in the schools history to capture a CAA title in 2007. The 2005 and 2007 teams went to the NCAA tournament and in 2007 advanced to the school's first ever Final Four appearance for men's lacrosse. He finished his career at Delaware as one of the program's all time leaders in caused turnovers, was selected to play in the North South All-Star game and was considered one of the best defensive midfielders who has ever played.

Off the field at Delaware, he was the team's representation on the Student Athlete Advisory Council, tutored young children, and broadcasted Delaware basketball and football games. In addition he was one the final four nominees for the National Student Leader Award and was selected for the Outstanding Contribution award for athletics at the conclusion of his senior year.

Upon graduation from the University of Delaware he was drafted by the Washington Bayhawks now the Cheasapeake Bayhawks of the MLL. Since 2008, he has played with the Bayhawks and now is a member of the Rochester Rattlers. In addition he has played in the NLL since 2009 and won a championship in his second year as a member of the Washington Stealth. He is currently a member of the Philadelphia Wings after being traded to the Wings in September 2010.

Brett has been a volunteer assistant at Holy Ghost Prep the past few years assisting with the lacrosse and basketball programs.