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Nate Watkins
Head Coach
nwatkins@whittier.edu
Nate Watkins
is entering his first season as the head coach for
Whittier. He is originally from Horseheads,
N.Y. and is a graduate of the University of Maryland,
where he was a four-year letter winner and an
All-American midfielder his senior season. He won
a gold medal in the World Games in Australia as a member
of the United States Under-19 team. After
graduating, he was drafted by the Rochester Rattlers of
Major League Lacrosse. He now plays for the San
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Watkins
began his coaching career at his alma mater, where he
helped guide the Terps to a Final Four appearance. He
then traveled to Whittier and was the defensive
coordinator when the Poets made the NCAA Tournament in
2004. The past two seasons he was head coach at the
University of Southern California. |
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James Morgan
Assistant Coach
James Morgan is
entering his first year as an assistant for the Whittier
College men's lacrosse program. Morgan is the
offensive coordinator under head coach Nate Watkins.
Morgan attended Hofstra University 2001-05 where he lettered
in men's lacrosse each of those years. During his career,
the Pride picked up wins against national powerhouses
Princeton, Syracuse, Duke and North Carolina. He
played attack and midfield his first two seasons, and was
named the David McCartney Award winner as the team's hardest
working sophomore. His junior and senior year he moved
to defensive midfield and was part of a man-down defense
that ranked in the top ten in the country. He was
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Morgan was born and raised in Annapolis, Maryland and went
to High School at the Key School. After his senior
year of high school, Morgan was named the Anne-Arundel
Country Athlete of the Year. Upon his graduation
from Hofstra, he returned to his high school alma mater
where he was a teacher and head coach of the boys' varsity
lacrosse team.
Morgan is now finishing his degree in Kinesiology and Leisure
Science at Whittier. He resides in Seal Beach, Calif. |
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Brian Kelly
Assistant Coach
Brian Kelly will begin his second stint as assistant
lacrosse coach at Whittier College two years after spending
the 2004 season as a graduate assistant. Kelly now assumes
the role of defensive coordinator under head coach Nate
Watkins.
A graduate of Whittier
College, Kelly earned his BA in Kinesiology in 2003. As a
player, Kelly was a two-time All-American and was recognized
as the best long stick mid-fielder in the country during his
junior and senior seasons. Kelly was selected to the
North/South Senior All-Star game after serving as captain
during Whittier’s 2003 Final Four run. Kelly finished his
Whittier playing career with over 300 ground balls, as well
as contributing over 40 points in transition. Since his
graduation, Kelly has played professionally in both the MLL
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Kelly is employed as an elementary physical
education teacher at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, CA.
Kelly is recognized by the National Academy of Sports
Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist, and has
recently earned his MS in Exercise Science.
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