HISTORY OF LEHIGH VALLEY ATHLETIC CLUB STAFF PARTICIPATION
A COMMITMENT TO ATTRACTING QUALITY LEADERS

LVAC Overseer of Operations
Pat Santoro, Head Coach, Lehigh University 2008-current; LU Asst 1994-2003 (2003 NWCA Asst Coach of Yr)
1996 Olympic Alternate; NCAA 6, 2, 1, 1 (Pittsburgh); 2008 ACC Coach of Yr, Maryland, 2x ACC 1st

LVAC Head Coach (2007-current)
Jason Kutz, Lehigh ’96, EIWA 1st; 3rd at U.S. National Open; placed World Team, Olympic Trials; 1st, World Military

LVAC Assistant Coach (2009-current)
Keith Gavin, Pittsburgh ’08, NCAA 2nd, 1st; U.S. National Open 2nd in ’09

LVAC Coach/Clinician (2005 to end of 2008): head clinics coach (2005-06); Part-time aide (2009-current)
Jon Trenge, NCAA 2, 2, 3; 2x Midlands 1st; FILA Jr. World 1st, University National 1st, Olympic Trials 5th

LVAC Head Coach (2006-07)
John Clark, Ohio State ’04, NCAA 5, 6; 2-time Big Ten 2nd; Midlands 2nd, 6th; current #1 asst at Brown U

Co-Founder, LVAC (1999-2008)
Greg Strobel, Head Coach, Lehigh U (1995-2008); 6-time EIWA team champion (all-time record, pct wins)
2004 NWCA Nat. Coach of the Year (NCAA 3rd); 2x U.S. Olympic Coach

Founding LVAC Head Coach (2000-05)
Kerry McCoy, PSU ’97, NCAA 1, 1, 3; Olympic Games 5,7; Worlds 4,4,2; 6-time U.S. Nationals Champion Head Coach, Stanford U (2005-08); Head Coach, Maryland (2008-current)

VISITING TRAINING PARTNERS, CLINICIANS
2000-01: Les Gutches (World 1,3,7; NCAA 1,1,5,Oreg.St); Cary Kolat (World 2,3,4; NCAA 1,1,2,3, PSU,LHaven);
TJ Jaworsky (NCAA 1,1,1,N.Carolina); Steve Marianetti (’98 World Team; NCAA 1,4,5, Illinois); Glenn
Pritzlaff (NCAA 1,7, PennSt); Dean Morrison (NCAA 1, West Va); Joel Sharratt (NCAA 1,2,2, Iowa);
Lou Roselli (’96 Olympic; NCAA 3,4, Edinboro); Jared Frayer (World Team Trials 2,3,4)
(Joint LVAC, Lehigh U Training Camp in Spring ‘01 with the U.S. World Team and contenders)
2001-02: World Team returns in late Summer; a separate Winter visit is made by Mark Munoz (NCAA 4,1, Okla.St)
2002-03: Jason Kutz (World Military Champ, 3rd, U.S. Nat. Open); Tim Dernlan (NCAA 6, Purdue; 7x Nat. Open/2nd)
2003-04: Jason Kutz; Pat Cummins (NCAA 4,2, Penn St); Japanese World team trains on campus before NYAC
Steve Mocco (’08 Olympic 7th; NCAA 2,1,1,2, Iowa, Okla.St)
2004-05: Kutz returns full-time to the staff
2005-06: none (Jon Trenge was interim head of all clinics)
2006-07: Travis Frick (NCAA 8,6, Lehigh); Bobby Weaver (Olympic Gold, NCAA 3); Vic Moreno (NCAA 6,6, Cal Poly)
James Yonushonis (NCAA 8, PSU), Adam Smith (PSU)
2007-08: Frick; Weaver; Dave Esposito (NCAA 3,2, Lehigh)
2008-09: Cary Kolat (NCAA 2,3,1,1, PSU, Lock Haven); Matt Valenti (NCAA 5,1,1, Penn); Mario Stuart (NCAA 4,5);
Jon Trenge, David Nakasone (EIWA 1), Tom Koch (EIWA 1, NCAA Rd12); Pat Cummins; Frick