Pittsburgh 2014

[LaxTV_Admin]

From Dave Franklin's Twitter Feed

The @PittPanthersLax will be in transition for 2014-Buzzard looks to step down into an Operational Director role and find a new Head Coach.

[LaxTV_Admin]

Rickel to take over Head Coaching duties at Pitt.

Jason Rickel grew up in Baltimore, MD, an area rich in lacrosse tradition,
where he began his lacrosse career at the age of 10. He went on to play his
high school at perennial powerhouse Loyola Blakefield which led to a
scholarship to play for Penn State University. Jason graduated from Penn
State with an Organizational Leadership degree. Since moving to Pittsburgh,
Jason has been the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator for the
Upper St. Clair Varsity program. He also coached with Pittsburgh Select, a
South Hills based travel program at their U19 and U 17 levels mainly
responsible for EMO and the maturation of the attack. Lacrosse has been a
passion in Jason's life for over 26 years and he is excited for the
opportunity to lead Panthers Lacrosse to the next level building on the
programs recent revitalization. Jason now resides in Upper St Clair, PA
with his wife Lindsay and their four children Holden, Luke, Landon and Penn.


The Panthers begin their 2014 campaign tonight with the first organized team
meeting at 9pm at the COST center.

[LaxTV_Admin]

In addition to assistant Kris Stanford (who was with Pitt last year) Frank Baverso joins the staff.

Frank Baverso joins staff as an assistant coach.

Frank Baverso a Pittsburgh native from Mt. Lebanon whose lacrosse coaching
experience began in 2006 where he founded and served as President and
player/coach for the Youngstown State University men's lacrosse club team
from 2006-2010. During his time at Youngstown State University he also
founded and coached the boys and girls lacrosse teams at Cardinal Mooney
High School. He served as the head boys lacrosse coach from 2008-2011 and
the assistant girls lacrosse coach 2009-10. In addition, Baverso served as
the strength and conditioning coach at Cardinal Mooney from 2009-11. Baverso
was also the head coach for the Kent State University Lacrosse team in
2011-12. He continued his coaching career during graduate school as an
assistant Lacrosse coach at The University of Mount Union in 2012. For the
past two seasons Baverso served as the Head Equipment Manager and the
Assistant game day operations manager for the Ohio Machine of Major League
Lacrosse. During his time in Columbus Baverso also help coach with Resolute
Lacrosse and Lacrosse the Nations. Baverso is currently employed as the
Athletic Director at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. Baverso earned his
Bachelor's Degree from Youngstown State University and his Master's Degree
in Sports and Recreation Management from Kent State.

[Buzzlax]

As quickly as Baverso came on the scene, he had to drop out due to career situation.
The team has responded well to new Head Coach Rickel and his high tempo practices and with Coach Kris Stanford firmly in place to work with the defense, the loss of Baverso shouldn't be an issue. Panthers will play Ohio U on 20 October and then travel up to Grove City on Oct 26 in upcoming fall ball action.