Dan Teat

Dan Teat, born on December 9, 1971, is a Scottish-Canadian professional box lacrosse coach and former player from Brampton, Ontario. He began playing at the age of five in the Brampton Minor Lacrosse Association, made his debut with the Brampton Jr. Excelsiors of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League in 1988 and was named rookie of the year, an honour he repeated in Major Series Lacrosse with the Major Excelsiors in 1993. He was a forward on squads that won Mann Cup championships in 1993, 1998, 2002, 2008 and 2009. His 211-game MILL and NLL career began in 1997 with the Rochester Knighthawks, with whom he won the Champion's Cup as a rookie, and later took in the Albany Attack, the San Jose Stealth, the Buffalo Bandits, the Edmonton Rush, the Philadelphia Wings and the Boston Blazers before he retired as a player. He also represented Scotland at the inaugural World Box Lacrosse Championship, coached the Excelsiors to a sixth Mann Cup in 2011, and has since worked as a scout and assistant coach in the NLL.