STEPS Lacrosse Boys Directors & Coaches:
Charlie Shoulberg
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Contact Info: cshoulberg@stepslacrosse.com 973.851.5961
About Charlie:
- Founder – Lax For The Cure
- Founder – Live Love Lax Tour
- Founder – Jersey Strong Showcase
- Founder – Nike XPO Prospect Camps
- Founder – Nike G8 Tournament
- New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- Former Head Boys Lacrosse coach Mendham High school, 2010 Group 2 State Champions
- 2010 New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association, Group 2 Coach of the Year
- Assistant General Manager of the 2006 United States Men’s National Team
- Director of Marketing and Lacrosse at the Indoor Sports Pavilion, Randolph NJ
- New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation, First Vice President
- Former Consultant to the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, rediscovering Youth Sportsmanship Program
- United States Lacrosse Foundation, outstanding service award winner.
- Former Assistant General Manager of the New Jersey Pride of Major League Lacrosse
- Former Rochester Knighthawk of the National Lacrosse League
- Assistant Coach at Nazareth College, Rochester NY, NCAA Finalist
- Graduate Assistant Coach, McDaniel College, M.S. in Educational and Sports Administration
- Assistant Coach, Mountain Lakes high School, 1995 State Champions
- West Australian Youth Development Director, Perth West Australia
- Head Coach, West Australian Senior Men’s Premiership Team
- West Australian Lacrosse Association, top 5 fairest and Best player
- Bayswater Lacrosse Club, Fairest and Best Player, Perth West Australia
- USILA North – South Game participant
- First Team All-America, Ithaca College — Team Captain
- Player of the Year, Eastern College Athletic Association
- 2x State Champion, Mountain Lakes high School
- First Team All-State
Charlie Shoulberg
Founder & CEO
Matt Kovachik
Executive Director
Email: mkovachik@stepslacrosse.com
About Coach Kovachik :
- Head Coach Delbarton School
- NJ Lacrosse Hall of Fame Inductee
- Has won 10 County titles and 14 State Championships (Non-Public A & TOC) during his time at Delbarton
- Assistant Coach University of Vermont
Matt Kovachik
Executive Director
Christian Cuccinello
Director of Media and Communications
About Coach Cuccinello:
- Current Professional Player Premier Lacrosse League
- 2018 All American and Captain at Villanova University
- 2018 Italian National Team Member
- 2014 NJ Player of the Year Mountain Lakes HS
- STEPS Alumni
Christian Cuccinello
Director of Media and Communications
Dave Giarrusso
Head Coach
About Coach Giarrusso:
- Head Coach Montclair Kimberly Academy
- Former Head Coach Seton Hall Prep
- University of Vermont – 4 year starter, Captain, MVP
- Former Head Coach St. Ignatius Prep, CA – 3 Time State Champions
- 4 Time Northern California Coach of the Year
- Northern California Man of the Year
- Northern California Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- Positive Coaching Alliance Presenter
Dave Giarrusso
Head Coach
Nick Kilkowski
Head Coach
About Coach Kilkowski:
- State Champion
- Attackman of the year
- 2 US Lacrosse High School All American
- State Player of the Year
- All time leading Goal scorer at Summit High School and second all time in points with 252
- Worked with Goalies and Offensive players at Marist College during 2015 season helping them win.
- MAAC championship and reach 2nd round of NCAA tournament.
- Current Assistant Coach at Summit High School working with the Goalies and Offensive players.
Nick Kilkowski
Head Coach
Tim Zangara
Head Coach
About Coach Zangara:
- Former Player Morris Knolls High School (’12)
- 2x Captain, 2x All-Conference, All-Daily Record, All-State, Boys’ Student-Athlete Award Winner
- Former Player Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Rookie of the Year Award Winner
- Mendham High School Boys’ Freshman Coach (2013)
- Mendham Futures Coach (2013)
- Mendham Boro Middle School Head Coach (2017-Present)
- Steps Elite Boys’ Coach (2018-Present)
Tim Zangara
Head Coach
Kaitlin Devir
Media Manager
About Kait Devir:
- Current Player Boston College
- Earned over 100 career saves at Ridgewood HS .6889% career save percentage
- 2017 Stars and Stripes Champions
- 2018 NJSIAA Group State Champions
- 2018 BCWCA Champions
- 2019 NJ Group 4 Sectional Champions
- 2019 Bergen County Champions
- only goalkeeper invited to the Northstar Invitational
- 2019 North Jersey Interscholastic Second-Team All-League
- 2016, 2017 and 2018 Under Armour All-American Team for Team New Jersey
- 2019 Ridegewood Lacrosse Association Award
- STEPS Alumni
Kaitlin Devir
Media Manager
Drew Brennfleck
Assistant Coach
About Coach Brennfleck:
- Current Player University of Virginia
- Three-year starter on midfield at Mountain Lakes HS
- US Lacrosse All-American and Team Captain
- Earned all-state, all-conference (New Jersey Athletic Conference) and all-division (Gibbs) honors in 2019
- New Jersey Tournament of Champions winner (2019)
- Captained a Mountain Lakes finished 2019 ranked No. 9 in the nation
- Richard Sabia Award recipient which is given to Laker lacrosse player who best exemplifies enthusiasm and loyalty to the team
Drew Brennfleck
Assistant Coach
Skyler Schluter
Assistant Coach
About Coach Schluter:
- Current Player Dickinson College
- Former Player Summit High School
- Registered 15 points in 5 points as a freshman at Dickinson
- Registered 72 points in 2019 at Summit High School
- Earned all conference and all state honors at Summit
- STEPS Alumni
Skyler Schluter
Assistant Coach
Thomas Colucci
Assistant Coach
About Coach Colucci:
- Current Player Colgate University
- U.S. Lacrosse All-American Seton Hall Prep
- All-State First Team
- All-Fitch Pitt Conference First Team
- Msgr. Daly Award as Seton Hall Prep’s Most Outstanding Athlete
- Helped Pirates to back-to-back Non-Public A runner-up finishes.
- STEPS Alumni
Thomas Colucci
Assistant Coach
Dominic Yorio
Assistant Coach
About Coach Yorio:
- Current Player Gettysburg College
- Competed in basketball, football and lacrosse at Summit H.S.
- Earned three varsity letters in each sport
- Named first team all-league in basketball and lacrosse
- Earned first team all-section, first team all-state and all-american in lacrosse
- Accumulated six all-conference honors in basketball (2), football (3) and lacrosse
Dominic Yorio
Assistant Coach
Gray Humphrey
Assistant Coach
About Coach Humphrey:
- Current Player Union College
- 2019 graduate of Summit High School
- Played four years of lacrosse and soccer for the Hilltoppers
- Named a second-team All-State and All-Conference selection on the lacrosse field
- Helped the team to a pair of Union County and NJSIAA state titles
- Also helped the soccer team to a conference title.
Gray Humphrey
Assistant Coach
Colin Pierce
Assistant Coach
About Coach Pierce:
- Current Player University of Scranton
- Prepped at Chatham High School, where he earned three varsity letters in lacrosse and four in ice hockey
- Helped the lacrosse team win the New Jersey Group 3 North Sectional Championship during his career
- Was the 2019 lacrosse team MVP and served as team captain
- Recorded 62 career ground balls and caused 21 turnovers