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Jeff Tambroni ex-LDO at Heaton Mersey is the new Head Coach at Penn State University

Go PSU Sports will be following the development of the Lacrosse Team under the new Coach

First Practice 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WhTFC_PkdU

Interesting stuff; never heard the word "excited" used so much, so the Penn State season should be fun.

Maybe we take the LDOs for granted, so have others similarly succeeded?
What do you reckon Tambroni learned/experienced at H-M, and was he obviously going to make a lacrosse coaching career?
What does Penn State have that Cornell doesn't, or is it just a new challenge?

Rochdale's LDO from 2 seasons ago Jon Hayes is on the Roster at the Boston Cannons, some kid called Rabil is keeping him out of the squad.

Tony Resh, John McEvoy and Greg Traynor have all been pretty successful* since leaving Boardman & Eccles - a springboard to success clearly.

* Google them if interested as I'd probably get it wrong - all have played and/or coached at the highest level.

All great lads, all BHLC LDOs, not an MLL,NLL,NCAA Coaching role amongst 'em.

(admitted Mike came back to assist God's Own Kingdom this summer)

Steve Beville - Ex-Timperley LDO
Now Head Coach DIII Cortland State
http://www.cortlandreddragons.com/staff ... &path=mlax


Steve Scaramuzzino - Ex-Heaton Mersey LDO
Volunteer Assistant Coach - Syracuse University
http://www.suathletics.com/coaches.aspx ... =mlacrosse

Their biographies are thorough but no mention of a dark, wet winter coaching in the Old Country. Maybe they're succeeding despite their stint in England.

davewilliams wrote:Their biographies are thorough but no mention of a dark, wet winter coaching in the Old Country. Maybe they're succeeding despite their stint in England.

Coach Tambroni:
http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-lac ... eff00.html

Coach Tambroni wrote:Before embarking upon his collegiate coaching career, Tambroni coached the Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club of the English Lacrosse Union for one year and served as a visiting coach for the Czech-American Lacrosse Foundation in Prague in the summer of 1996

Heaton Mersey 1992-93 (Jeff Tambroni back row 5th from left)

UKLaxfan wrote:

davewilliams wrote:Their biographies are thorough but no mention of a dark, wet winter coaching in the Old Country. Maybe they're succeeding despite their stint in England.

Coach Tambroni:
http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-lac ... eff00.html

Coach Tambroni wrote:Before embarking upon his collegiate coaching career, Tambroni coached the Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club of the English Lacrosse Union for one year and served as a visiting coach for the Czech-American Lacrosse Foundation in Prague in the summer of 1996

Heaton Mersey 1992-93 (Jeff Tambroni back row 5th from left)

Great find, thanks for sharing. Oh to be young again.

davewilliams wrote:Their biographies are thorough but no mention of a dark, wet winter coaching in the Old Country. Maybe they're succeeding despite their stint in England.

Trust me, as they are grew up or played in the Syracuse area they were used to dark, wet winters. That's why I got the hell out of upstate NY as soon as I could

BTW, has anyone else noticed the common link for all these successful coaches? (other than being LDO's of course) Maybe they don't mind spending all their time away from home coaching

Quality team, not a pinched stick-head in sight. Who was the 13th man, and which one is DH?

DH back row, 1st on left?

next to Magnum P.I ?

The stick on the floor has a nice curve to it though....fore runner to the crank shaft??

Is Dave super-wide or does he have arms round the mysterious no. 13 and the obligatory team 'tache?

whopead wrote:The stick on the floor has a nice curve to it though....fore runner to the crank shaft??

Gait et al used to bend their shafts to get the same sort of effect as the crankshaft/offset head. Check out the Katana shaft by STX - a new school version of the old school trend.

webby wrote:

whopead wrote:The stick on the floor has a nice curve to it though....fore runner to the crank shaft??

Gait et al used to bend their shafts to get the same sort of effect as the crankshaft/offset head. Check out the Katana shaft by STX - a new school version of the old school trend.

After watching The Secret of Our Success over and over circa '92 I decided to immitate the Gaits by whacking my aluminium shaft off the nearest tree repeatedly until it bent to the desired radius of curvature. That, along with the cycling shorts, extra chin guard and STX sticker on top of my Bacharach made me really good.

whopead wrote:The stick on the floor has a nice curve to it though....fore runner to the crank shaft??

I think that might be Jack Simpson's! He gave me 6 assists on my first team debut with a similarly bent stick! Of course like Davo I went and did exactly the same with mine, and then sanded the white paint off to make it lighter.

Another article on Penn State, this time US Lacrosse Magazine
http://laxmagazine.com/college_men/DI/2 ... pey_valley

Penn State will be one of the main stories in NCAA 2011

davewilliams wrote:What do you reckon Tambroni learned/experienced at Heaton-Mersey, and what does Penn State have that Cornell doesn't, or is it just a new challenge?

So, perm these three reasons Tambroni gave today for moving to PennState from Cornell;
1. Moving closer to his in-laws.
2. To enhance his children's education.
3. To put his own stamp on an undeveloped lacrosse programme.