Dayton Coaches
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Dayton Coaches
Dayton leadership, then every Dayton coach in one list.
Leadership
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Ben Haws
Dayton Director
Bio
Ben Haws brings more than five years of experience managing and leading lacrosse organizations, currently serving as President of the Beavercreek Men’s Lacrosse Boosters. A graduate of Springboro High School, Ben has spent his entire life in the Dayton area. He resides in Beavercreek, Ohio, with his wife Nicole and their three children, Carter, Emmy, and Liv.

Andre Ortiz
Director of Player Development, Dayton
Bio
Andre Ortiz brings over 20 years of playing and coaching experience to Resolute Lacrosse. A 2003 graduate of Western Reserve Academy, Andre served as team captain, earned All-Ohio honors as a Long Stick Midfielder, and helped lead WRA to the 2002 Division II Ohio State Championship game. He continued his collegiate career at Butler University. In 2018, Andre co-founded Creek Lax.
Coaches
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Travis Flanagan
Eli Harless

Jack Harless
Bio
Jack Harless is a Centerville, Ohio native, graduating from CHS in 1993. Coach Harless played baseball at Eastern Michigan University and Marietta College, where he earned NCAA All-American honors. This is Coach Harless’s 15th season coaching lacrosse. He has coached youth, middle school, high school, and box lacrosse.

Garrett Hart
Bio
Coach Garrett Hart is currently the Head Coach at Kettering Fairmont High School. A Dayton-area product, he played high school lacrosse at Oakwood High School, played all four years of select high school lacrosse with Resolute, continued at Furman University, and completed his education at Miami University of Ohio.

Steve Howell
Bio
Steve Howell is a dedicated and experienced lacrosse goalie coach with a four-year track record of developing youth, middle school, and varsity talent for Beavercreek. He was a key member of the coaching staff that led Creek Lax to a Division 1 state championship.
Maddox Johnson

Caleb McConnell
Bio
Current Bellbrook High School Varsity Head Coach. Bellbrook High School Junior Varsity Head Coach, 2024 and 2025. Graduated from Bellbrook in 2020. Played Midfield and Attack.
JP Mercer

Sebastian Michaud
Bio
Hello, my name is Sebastian Michaud. I am from Springboro, OH and played for Springboro High School as an attackman/offense middie. I was a part of the 2020 Resolute Ohio team. I graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2024 with a major in mechanical engineering and played lacrosse there all four years, earning second team All-OAC as an attackman.

Mick Morgan
Bio
I am a 2026 graduate of Hiram College, where I played four years of collegiate lacrosse and served as a team captain, playing Attack. Before college, I helped start the lacrosse program at Northmont High School and was a member of the school’s founding team. This will be my fourth year coaching club lacrosse.
Noah Nietz
Luke Stanfield

Mark Violet
Bio
Mark Violet is a veteran lacrosse coach with 16 years of experience developing athletes at the high school and youth levels. He is the owner of Paideuo Power, an athletic training and development center, and the founder and president of Creek-Lax.

Brent Wethington
Bio
Brent Wethington enters his fifth year as Head Coach of Beavercreek High School lacrosse and is a two-time GWOC Coach of the Year. A former collegiate player at Lourdes University, he was a team captain and brings a player-first approach to coaching and development.
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