Kevin Barnicle
Kevin Barnicle began his lacrosse career in Simsbury, CT, where he was a four year starter at close defense at Simsbury High School as well as a captain in his senior year.  He was recruited to play lacrosse at Springfield College in Massachusetts, a perennial Division III powerhouse. While at Springfield, Barnicle was a four year starter at close defense for the Pride. In his senior year at Springfield, he was named captain, 1st team All-NEWMAC as asked to play in the 1999 Division III North-South All-Star game in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Kevin Barnicle has extensive college and high school coaching experience. After college, Kevin spent a year abroad, coaching boy’s and girl’s lacrosse at the prestigious Charterhouse School in Surrey, England. On returning to the states, Kevin spent 3 years coaching at the Division III level at Hartwick College in New York and his Alma Mata, Springfield College. He has spent his summers coaching youth lacrosse players through out the northeast at camps such as, Peak Performance, Player’s Choice, and the Hartwick JV Shootout.

Coach Barnicle earned a Masters degree from Springfield College in Athletic Administration and is currently the Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach and Program Director at the Episcopal School of Dallas.  In his three years at ESD, the Eagles lacrosse team has been named two-time, Division I, Texas High School State Champion Runners-Up and was honored as the Division I, North District Coach of the Year in 2006.

Chris Van Dorn
Christopher Van Dorn played at William Floyd HS on Long Island, NY where he was a 4-year letterman, 4-year starter and a two-year captain on varsity. As a senior, Chris was the MVP of the team and an All League midfielder. Chris was awarded the Floyd Scholarship Award, which is presented to the best scholar athlete in his graduating class of 1100 students.

Chris was recruited to schools such as Yale, Dartmouth, Colgate, Hamilton, Notre Dame and many others. He decided to play at Dartmouth, a highly competitive Division I school, and was a 4-year letterman that graduated in 1996 with a B.A Government.

After graduating, Chris worked for Heartland Securities in NYC till 2002 and then moved to Houston, Texas to work for Andover Brokerage. While in Houston he was the Head Varsity Coach of then Division I Clear Lake High School in 2003. He then transferred to Andover's Dallas branch and became the Head Freshman Coach at Highland Park in 2004. From 2005 to the present he is the Assistant Varsity Coach at Highland Park. Chris is one of the head instructors at the Highland Park Summer Clinic and each summer assists the elite Texas Lonestar team, comprised of 7th-8th graders, who go to the Vail Shootout in Colorado.

Alex Poole
Alex Poole has been playing lacrosse since the age of six, giving him twenty-one years of experience. He was a four-year letter winner and three-year starter as a member of the varsity team at St. Paul's School in Baltimore, MD, one of the most recognized programs on the east coast. As a senior, he was the team captain and named to the All-Conference team. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Carl Biernik Award winner as the school's best midfielder. He also participated the Bay-State game, an all-star event pitting the best players from New York against those from Baltimore.

After finishing his high school career, he was offered a scholarship to play at the University of Maryland, an elite Division I program which competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The ACC is one of the strongest leagues in the country and annually draws top recruits. As a member of the Terrapin lacrosse team Alex was a four-year letter-winner and two-year starter. He was twice named the Faber-Hagy Unsung Hero Award winner, adding three years on the All-ACC academic team.

Alex Poole in currently the Director of Lacrosse Operations at Not Just Soccer, the largest lacrosse retailer in the Metroplex. Additionally, he is the offensive coordinator at the Episcopal School of Dallas, which has participated in the last two State Championship games, and three of the last four. He is also one of two people in Dallas to be certified as a Level 1 Trainer by US Lacrosse. Each summer he coaches an elite all-star team that competes in the Vail Shootout, playing in the championship game each of the last two years.