HS Boys

Background of Head High School Boys Coach Alex Poole

Coach Alex Poole played his high school lacrosse at St. Paul's in Baltimore, Maryland and college lacrosse at the University of Maryland where he was known as "the locker room coach" and a true leader of the team. He has coached at Episcopal School of Dallas, Southern Methodist University where he helped deliver a top 25 MCL finish and has inspired youth as a coach with Lonestar and as a founding partner of Coast 2 Coast. Additionally, US Lacrosse named Alex the National Youth Coach of the Year in 2008. Alex is stepping away from his former role as the high school boys coach at Greenhill. Alex is known for his passion for the game, his organizational skills both on and off the field and for an ability to promote excellence in player development and to foster player and parent enjoyment of the game through his leadership.

‪While Coach Poole will primatily focus on the Coppell High School Boys Program, he will assist in implementing a unified approach to developing boys players at all levels.

Johnny Roberson New Coppell High School Strength and Conditioning Coach

Johnny Roberson is now working with our the high school boys lacrosse team as its strength and conditioning coach. Johnny is certified in Personal Training, Physical Fitness, ACE, NSCA member, Biomechanics and has over 11 years experience with organized athletic programs. The boys will train at his gym located at 680 N. Denton Tap Rd between Sherwin Williams
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Coppell Wins Texas Boys' Division I Title

In just their first season at the Division I level in Texas, midfielder Tyler Landis and the Coppell boys' lacrosse team certainly wasted no time in making their presence felt.

Following an impressive semifinal round victory over top-seed St. Mark's on Saturday, Coppell edged Dallas Jesuit 10-8, to capture the Texas High School Lacrosse League Division I Boys' Lacrosse Championship on Sunday at Woodforest Bank Stadium. Landis, a Brown recruit, was named the title game MVP thanks to four goals in the pinnacle contest, including three tallies in the opening stanza.

The victory also marked Coppell's third-straight state title. The Cowboys had won back-to-back championships at the Division II level before making the switch to Div. I this season.

Rivals.com - "Nationally Ranked Texas Football Team Powered by Lacrosse Stars"

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Dallas Morning News - "Net gains: Coppell football team gets big boost from athletes who also play lacrosse"

10:59 PM CST on Thursday, November 11, 2010

By CORBETT SMITH / The Dallas Morning News

COPPELL – Dual-sport athletes are often key to a high school football team's success.

Rarely is the other sport lacrosse, something more associated with Yankee blue bloods than blue-collar good ol' boys.

But Coppell has six varsity lacrosse players – seniors Nate Hruby, Sam Johnston, Tyler Landis and Brandon Mullins, and juniors Matt Ainsworth and Ethan Evans – who are key to this year's football team, the most successful in school history.

Finishing the regular season undefeated for the first time, Coppell (10-0) hosts Plano at 1 p.m. Saturday in the bi-district round of the Class 5A Division I playoffs.

"That whole group right there, they are funny, they've got great personalities, and they are really a big part of our core," coach Joe McBride said. "It's just a tight-knit group."

That group has been playing together since fourth and fifth grade, in both youth football and lacrosse leagues.