About Allen Lacrosse
Coaches
Head Coach - Wendell Lee
Wendell’s coaching style adheres to the goals of the Positive Coaching Alliance and he will bring to the Eagles, a philosophy that emphasizes skill development and the mastery of offensive and defensive skills.
His most recent coaching efforts have been as Head Coach of Plano West’s Boys Junior Varsity Team as well as the co-founder of Team North Texas, a traveling team for the youth of North Texas. He has also been involved as a Player and Program Development Consultant with StickSkillz Unlimited an instructional program that is focused on improving lacrosse skills for players in the Metroplex as well as coaching middle school and youth teams with Wrangler Lacrosse.
Wendell previously served as the Head Coach of the Boys Junior Varsity, as well as an Assistant Varsity Coach, at the Greenhill School in Dallas. Prior to moving to Dallas, Wendell served as the Head Coach of both Varsity and Junior Varsity teams in the New Jersey Area.
Assistant Coaches - TBD
History of Allen
Lacrosse
| 1996
- 2000 |
Head Coach
: Bryan Baker |
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Season
Record : N/A |
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In the Fall of
1995, Coach Bryan Baker introduced Allen High School to the
world of Lacrosse to the students of his Computer Science
class. Word spread around the school and the very first
Allen Lacrosse team was born. The beginning years were tough
playing the younger teams from Plano East, Hillcrest, and
ESD. This was the start of something big in North Texas for
all teams! |
| 2001 |
Head Coach
: Bryan Baker |
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Season
Record : 3-8 |
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LaxPower
Rankings : 19/26 Teams |
| 2002 |
Head Coach
: Bryan Baker |
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Season
Record : 0-11 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 32/33 Teams |
| 2003 |
Head Coach
: Bryan Baker |
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Assistant
Coaches : Mark Baggett, Chris Shaffer |
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Season
Record : 4-6 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 18/38 Teams |
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The addition
of assistant coaches was just one of the factors that made
this a year where the team went through some significant
changes and transitions. |
| 2004 |
Head Coach
: Tom Rintoul |
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Assistant
Coaches : Mark Baggett, Chris Shaffer, and Joe
Walker |
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Season
Record : 4-6 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 17/35 Teams |
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Team that
started turning the program around. First Allen team to win
a tournament when they won the Lax’n on the Red tournament
in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 2004 team also beat C.E.
Byrd, a traditional power, for the first time. |
| 2005 |
Head Coach
: Tom Rintoul |
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Assistant
Coaches : Mark Baggett, Chris Shaffer, Joe Walker |
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Season
Record : 11-3 / Playoff Record: 0-1 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 4/46 Teams |
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First Allen
team with a winning record and first team to make the
playoffs. Lost in the playoffs to Coppell, a team they had
beaten twice in the regular season, including an 11-4
victory less than three weeks before. |
| 2006 |
Head Coach
: Mark Baggett |
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Assistant
Coaches : Joe Walker, Chris Shaffer, Spencer
Davis |
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Season
Record : 7-5 / Playoff Record: 3-1 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 6/41 Teams |
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Four of the regular
season losses were by one goal. Made the playoffs the last
day of the regular season. Beat Plano East in the first
round and went to Independence Stadium in Shreveport,
Louisiana for the Northern District Championships. Beat
Hillcrest in the semi finals and C.E. Byrd in the finals to
become the Northern District of Texas Champions. State
Playoffs were in San Antonio. Lost in the semi finals to Cy
Fair. |
| 2007 |
Head Coach
: Mark Baggett |
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Assistant
Coaches : Joe Walker, Tom Helbing, Kyle Hoxie,
Chris Shaffer |
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Season
Record : 12-3 / Playoff Record: 1-1 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 4/42 Teams |
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Both the
varsity and JV Teams won the Lax’n on the Red tournament in
Shreveport, Louisiana. Lost season opener to DI Jesuit,
lost a game to Caddo that was scheduled during spring break,
and lost a heartbreaker at Highland Park 15-13. Team went
on an 8 game winning streak to end the regular season. Team
was 8-0 in Eastern conference of the Northern District. Beat
Captain Shreveport in the first round of the playoffs. Team
lost to Hillcrest in the second round of the playoffs.
Injuries to three players before the second round was a
significant blow. |
| 2008 |
Head Coach
: Mark Baggett |
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Assistant
Coaches : Joe Walker, Tom Helbing, Jerry Tucker,
Reagan Walters, Chris Shaffer |
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Season
Record : 5-5 / Playoff Record: 1-1 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 4/46 Teams |
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The team did
not get to play a number of scheduled games during the year.
The Team lost out on 3 tournaments and 3 regular season
games due to weather or other complications. The team
played four DI teams during the regular season splitting
them 2-2. Allen beat Hillcrest in the first round of the
playoffs who was the number 1 seed in the western
conference, but lost to Highland Park in the second round.
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| 2009 |
Head Coach
: Mark Baggett |
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Assistant
Coaches : Joe Walker, Tom Helbing, Jerry Tucker,
Chris Shaffer |
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Season
Record : 6-9 |
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LaxPower
Ranking : 7/45 Teams |
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In the fall and winter,
the team made it to almost all of the playoffs of the
various tournaments. The regular season was a tough season
dealing with many injuries along with a tough schedule. The
team came back to win some tough games only to end up losing
other in double overtime. |
Fallen Eagles
Every
player, regardless of what year, is part of the Allen Lacrosse
Family. Allen Lacrosse would like to remember those family
members which we have lost.
#35 Erik White -
Class of 2005
#38 Chris Newby -
Class of 2004
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