Head Coach
Will Halstead
612-669-6950
Will is originally from the Washington DC area and started playing lacrosse in middle school. He was recruited to play football by West Point and was a walk-on player for the lacrosse program. After a year of finding out that the Army was not for him, he helped start the lacrosse program at St John’s University in Minnesota. Post college, he has coached youth lacrosse (MAYLA, SAV, and StPlax) and high school lacrosse for St Paul and Totino-Grace/St Anthony Village.
Other Coaching Staff
Andy Schwartz is as committed as ever to keep working with the team and be the associate head coach focused on defense. Andy grew up playing for Mounds View and for the perennial powerhouse NDSU.
Ryan Gulan is the JV Head Coach and Varsity Assistant. He comes from a youth lacrosse coaching background and is great instructing new and less experienced players on skill development while being a great motivator.
Jeff Darling hails from Buffalo, NY. He grew up playing lacrosse and played collegiately at The Ohio State University. Jeff is a teacher for Minneapolis Public Schools and has past experience coaching youth lacrosse.
Ryan McCready is a 2008 Totino-Grace graduate who continued his playing career at Indiana Tech and Michigan State University. Afterwards, Ryan played some semi-pro lacrosse – both field and box.
Luke Halstead is a 2020 Totino-Grace graduate who was a two year captain leading the defense. He attends the University of MN and has experience coaching youth lacrosse. Luke will bring his passion and knowledge to the boys with fresh perspectives on current coaching practices.
Chad Gillard is the team manager.