Coaches

Tony Seaman

General Manager

Seaman comes to Denver after 30 years of coaching lacrosse at the collegiate level – the last 13 years spent at Towson University. He currently serves as a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee.

Seaman, who completed his 30^th season coaching at the collegiate level in 2011, has coached 73 all-Americans and 87 all-Conference honorees during his time at the University of Pennsylvania (1983-91), Johns Hopkins University (1991-99) and Towson University (1999-2011). He has registered a 263-166 (.613 pct.) career coaching record at the college level and his teams have reached the NCAA Tournament 19 times during his career.

Seaman is the only coach to be named the NCAA National Coach of the Year at two different schools (Penn – 1983, ’84 and Towson – 2001), and is the only coach in NCAA Division I lacrosse history to lead three different schools to the NCAA tournament (Penn – 6 times, Johns Hopkins – 8 times and Towson – 5 times).

In 1994, Seaman coached the United States National Team in the 1994 ILF World Championships in Manchester, England, leading the U.S. to the gold medal.

Seaman began his coaching career at Lynbrook High School (1972-1981), where he earned two Division IV Nassau County Coach of the Year awards and led the team to the South Shore championship in 1978.

Seaman and his wife, Guri have a daughter, Barb, who played lacrosse at Penn and a son, Greg, who played for Princeton University. 

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Jim Stagnitta

Head Coach

Jim Stagnitta was hired as the fifth head coach in franchise history on Oct. 18, 2011. Stagnitta comes to Denver after spending the past 10 years (2002-11) as the head coach at Rutgers University.

Prior to coaching at Rutgers, Stagnitta was the head coach at Washington and Lee University for 12 seasons (1990-2001) and spent three seasons (1987-89) as an assistant coach at his Alma matter, the University of Pennsylvania. During his collegiate coaching career, Stagnitta has compiled an overall record of 194-124 (.610 pct.) and has led his team to seven NCAA Tournament berths and two Final Fours.

In 2003, Stagnitta was named the NCAA Coach of the Year after leading Rutgers to the largest turnaround in college lacrosse and finishing with a 10-5 record while leading the school a postseason tournament bid for the first time in 12 years.

Under his guidance, Washington and Lee finished with winning records in each of the 12 seasons that he coached the squad and never lost more than five games in a season.

A three-year letterman as a defenseman at the University of Pennsylvania, Stagnitta led the Quakers to two Ivy League Championships, and one NCAA Final Four. He is a former president of the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and is the owner/operator of MVP Camps.

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Tony Resch

Assistant Coach

Resch is entering his second season as assistant coach for the Outlaws. Previously, he served as the Head Coach of the Philadelphia Barrage of the MLL and the Philadelphia Wings of the NLL. In eight seasons with the Wings, he led the team to four NLL championships. He won back-to-back MLL titles in 2006 and ’07 coaching with current Outlaws Head Coach Tom Slate with the Barrage.

In 2001, Resch was presented with the NLL coach of the year award. In 2006, Resch was named the Warrior MLL coach of the year. Resch was later inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame in 2008.

Resch’s playing career included six seasons in the NLL as a defenseman, serving as team captain for three of those seasons. Resch scored 12 goals and 10 assists during his playing career. Resch also played as a member of the MILL Champion Philadelphia Wings in 1989.

He has international lacrosse experience as both a player and a coach, having won a gold medal at the World Lacrosse Championship in Perth, Australia in 1990. In 2010, he was named as an assistant coach for Team USA's defending gold medalists.

Resch is currently the athletic director at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pa., where he also serves as the school’s defensive coordinator.

 

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Alex Smith

Assistant Coach

Alex Smith is entering his sixth season with the Outlaws, and second as a coach.  Smith played for the Outlaws from 2006-09, and was the first MCLA player to see time in the MLL. He remains the only goalie from a MCLA school to play in the MLL. This will be Smith’s second season on staff as he aims to assist with the offense and goalies.

Smith has been an assistant coach at Colorado State University since 2006. He has helped coach the Rams to a Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association title and was named co-head coach in 2009.

As a goalie for the Outlaws, Smith played 12 games and made 28 saves, while allowing 21 goals (.571). Over the course of his four-year career, he posted a goals against average of 12.99. He appeared in three playoff games, spending 12:33 in net and saved three shots, while allowing three goals (.500).

Smith earned team MVP as a senior at Colorado State University, where he backstopped the team to three USILA National Championships. A two-time USILA All-Tournament team member, Smith registered a career save percentage of .665.

Smith attended Ponderosa High School in Parker, Colo., where he earned defensive MVP honors and was named to Team Colorado as a junior. He was voted team MVP and first-team All State as a senior.

In addition to coaching the Outlaws and Colorado State, Smith serves as the director of public relations for the Vail Lacrosse Shootout. He also handles public relations duties for Colorado State Lacrosse.

 

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Jason Lamb

Assistant Coach

Jason Lamb is in his first season as an assistant coach for the Denver Outlaws. Lamb also currently holds the position as the director of lacrosse at Adams State College, where he is also the head coach for the men’s and women’s team. Previously, Lamb coached at Brigham Young University from 1995-2010, compiling a 213-69 (.755) record with the Cougars.

During his stint with BYU, Lamb coached his teams to three Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association championships as well as seven Rock Mountain Lacrosse Conference Titles. He was also named MCLA Coach of the Year in 2006.

Included in his stellar college coaching career, Lamb has international experience as a coach for the USA West All-Stars in 2002, ’04, and ’06. He has amassed an international record of 34-5 and led his teams to the 2002 Open Division Championship at the International Lacrosse Federation World Games in Perth, Australia, the 2004 Prague Cup and the 2006 ASPAC Championship in Osaka, Japan.

Lamb’s work off the field has been impressive as well, as he has worked to grow the sport of lacrosse as a member of U.S. Lacrosse from 2001-03. While serving as head coach at BYU, Lamb organized and directed the Cougars’ Summer Lacrosse Camps that had over 5,000 youth players participating. As a student at BYU, Lamb took on a player-coach role with the lacrosse team.

Lamb graduated from Rocky Point High School in Long Island, N.Y., in 1986.
 

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Eric Evans

Strength and Conditioning Coach

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Eric Evans returns to the Outlaws as the strength and conditioning coach for the 2011 season. Eric has been a trainer since 1996 and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist since 2003. In addition to keeping the Outlaws in shape, he has also been the S & C coach for the Denver East lacrosse program for the past 3 seasons. Some of Eric’s former clients include high school, college, and professional athletes…as well as an Olympic gold medalist. Eric has a Bachelor’s of Science from the school of Kinesiology with an emphasis on Fitness and Sports Management from UNLV (2000)

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Jon Barocas

Director of College Scouting

Jon Barocas will continue his role as Director of College Scouting through the 2011 season. He is the head coach of the Denver East High School Men’s Lacrosse team and has engineered nine state championships. He has also produced players who have gone on to win a combined eight NCAA National Championships and 29 All-Americans. A native of Colorado, Barocas is currently the Chairman/CEO of bieMedia, LLC an international multimedia company.

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