Coaching experience: Over the past 20 years Coach Cole has been involved with all levels of lacrosse, ranging from youth to professional. Immediately after college he served as a full-time assistant at The College of Wooster. In 2002, Cole took over as head coach at University of Iowa. He was named Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA) Coach of the Year in his first season with the Hawkeyes, leading Iowa to its first-ever appearance in the CCLA Division II championship game. In 2006, Cole took the reigns at Lake Zurich High School. In his first year as head coach, he guided a squad that had finished 4-17 the previous season to a 10-8 mark and the Illinois Class B semifinals. The Bears advanced to at least the state quarterfinals in each of his first three seasons as coach. Cole joined the Wolves in 2016 and in two years they posted a combined 34-4 overall record with two Fox Valley Conference titles. In 2016 he was named Illinois High School Lacrosse Association’s Coach of the Year. Cole has coached numerous elite youth and high school travel teams in addition to serving on the board of directors for the Chicago Machine of Major League Lacrosse.

Playing experience: As a high school student-athlete, Cole played for perennial powerhouse Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ) under New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach Marsh Chambers, winning back-to-back Prep A state championships and earning all-conference honors. Cole later played for three years at NCAA Division III Kenyon College, where he was a three-time MVP and first-team all-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) selection at attack. He broke the Lords' career scoring record in two and a half seasons and still holds numerous individual marks, including school and NCAC records for career points per game (5.05).

Coach Perez rocks.....