Head Coach
 
Name: Todd Cliggett
Title: Head Coach
Team: Varsity
Years
Coaching:
17
Bio:
  • Head Coach Downingtown East since 2010
  • Assistant Coach of the 2007 PA State Champion Downingtown East High School Boys Lacrosse Team
  • Assistant Coach at Conestoga High School from 2003 - 2005 including Central League Champs in 2004 & 2005
  • Assistant Coach at Episcopal Academy from 1995 - 2001 including State Champions in 95 & 96
  • Played 4 years of lacrosse at Salisbury College from 1991 to 1994 including a National Championship in 1994
Coach Joe Horvath

Coach Horvath
 
Name: Joe Horvath
Title: Head Coach
Team: Junior Varsity
Years
Coaching:
11
Bio: Coached the JV Boys' Lacrosse team for 8 years. He also coaches the 9th Grade Boys' Soccer team (7 years) for Downingtown East and serves as the head coach for the Cougar Wrestling team (10 years).
A 1994 graduate of Bucknell University where he earned a B.A. in English and Education. In 2002, he received is M.Ed. in Secondary Education, and in 2008, he earned his M.S.A in Sports Administration, both from West Chester University.
 
Coach Corozza
Coach Carozza
 
Name: Peter Carozza
Title: Assistant Coach
Team: Varsity
Years
Coaching:
13
Bio:

Downingtown high school lacrosse coach since 1998 including a member of the 2007 Downingtown East State Champion coaching staff.  Played 2 years of college lacrosse at West Chester University.  Member of 1982 Springfield High School State Champion Lacrosse Team.  Individual All State honors as a high school defenseman in 1984.

Coach Karpinski
Coach Karpinski
 
Name: Joe Karpinski
Title: Assistant Coach
Team: Varsity
Years
Coaching:
Bio:

Assitant Coach at Downingtown East since 2008.  Served as an Assistant Coach and recruiter at Ursinus College.  Help put Ursinus College into the Top 20 in the nation in only their sixth year of existence. Grew up in upstate New York and played Long Stick Midfield & Close Defense at Hudson Valley Community College and then University of New Haven.

 
Coach Colley

Coach Colley
 
Name: Ryan Colley
Title: Assistant Coach
Team: Varsity
Years
Coaching:
Bio: A 1995 graduate of Downingtown West H.S. where he played middie for the Downingtown West Whippets.   Coach Colley was also an all-league pick, an honorable mention 2005 Daily News selection, and a team captain while accumulating 21 goals and 17 assists in addition to 39 ground balls at Downingtown West.
Coach Cullinan

Coach Cullinan
Name: Patrick Cullinan
Title: Assistant Coach
Team: Varsity
Years
Coaching:
29
Bio:
  • 2004-2011: Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach at Saint Joseph’s University
  • 2006-2008 Chair of US Lacrosse Men’s Division Convention Committee
  • 2006 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
  • 2003-2004: Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach at Saint Joseph’s University
  • 1998-2003: Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at West Chester University
  • 1988-1998: Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach at West Chester University
  • 2003 New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
  • 2002 New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
  • Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach 1982-1988 at Glen Mills School
  • 1978-79 Captain, Men’s Lacrosse, Lebanon Valley College
    • An instructor of Kinesiology Courses (2000-2003) at West Chester University.  In 1998 he completed a Master’s in Sports Administration at West Chester University.  He received his BA at Lebanon Valley College in 1979.

       

      Coach Staudt
      Coach Staudt
      Name: Brendan Staudt
      Title: Assistant Coach
      Team: Junior Varsity
      Years
      Coaching:
      Bio: Graduated from Downingtown East in 2007, was part of the 2007 State Championship team. Graduated from Millersville University in 2011 with a BS in Speech Communication with an option in Broadcasting and a Minor in Athletic Coaching. Was President and Captain of the Club Lacrosse team at Millersville for 2 years and started in net all four years. Led Millersville to NCLL Top 10 rankings and playoffs all four years, and two NCLL Eastern PA Conference Championships in 2008 and 2010.