Coach Matt Kelley grew up in the Syracuse area of New York and played high school lacrosse at Saratoga Springs High School in the Albany area. He went on to play attack in college for Fairfield University. After college graduation, he moved to Colorado (Summit County) to compete in snowboarding (halfpipe). He lives in Lafayette with his wife of 11 years, his twin daughters and his two chocolate labs. Coach Kelley began his career when he arrived in Boulder (circa 1999) as the head JV coach with the Boulder County combined team (Boulder, Fairview, Monarch, Dawson and Nederland). After pushing BVSD to split the team in 2001, he accepted the position as the head coach of Boulder High, where stayed for 11 years. When his daughters were born, he stepped down from Boulder High to become a dad. Not wanting to leave coaching entirely, he joined the Dawson school as an assistant coach and worked hard with the friends on staff there to return that program to dominance. After 4 years at Dawson, which included Boulder County's first and only semi-final playoff appearance, he accepted the position at Fairview. Coach Kelley believes in holding his team and players to high standards, teaching character and leadership, and having fun. He encourages players to become multisport athletes by participating in other sports, besides lacrosse and to become well-rounded individuals by participating in other activities in school and community. In order to fulfill this role, he has been working to hire a top-notch staff in the past few weeks. Here is the anticipated staff for 2015-2016 along with their college alma mater (or in some cases, current college).

Kyle Burto - Salisbury State
Cory Smith - Salisbury State
Mike Ryder - Salisbury State
Anders Houser - Carleton University
JP O'Brien - Cornell University
Peter Appenzeller - Mars Hill; Florida Southern
Bob Annear - Cornell University
Chris Keating - Clarkson University
Adam Michaels - Colgate University
AJ Colaizzi - University of Colorado
Aaron Beach - St. Bonaventure University
Brycen Zolnick - BYU
Jim Teegarden - Purdue University
Griffin Bohm - University of Colorado
Andrew Teta - University of Colorado

In addition to all the above coaches, former head coach Mike Flood has offered to stay on board to be the lacrosse contact within the High School, to help establish the new lacrosse mentoring program and to help with the anticipated Developmental Team. Dale Greenwald has offered to help consult on strength and conditioning. Please join me in welcoming Coach Kelley and his anticipated staff.

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