Tony Resch

Tony Resch is a retired lacrosse player who became one of the most successful coaches in the sport. As a player he starred at Yale University, where he was a two-time All-American and a three-time first team All-Ivy League selection, and he won a gold medal with Team USA at the 1990 World Lacrosse Championship in Perth, Australia. He turned to coaching and led the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League from 1994 to 2001, winning four league championships, and he was named to the NLL Hall of Fame in 2008. He later coached the Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse and works as a guidance counselor and defensive coordinator for the lacrosse team at La Salle College High School in Pennsylvania, where the team has won several state championships.