Patrick DeBolt
Founder
There are few who can rival the experience and knowledge that 3X Western Empire selection, Hofstra Goalie, and Hofstra Graduate Assistant Coach can offer. Coach DeBolt throughout his career has played and coached some of the best players in the country. He has two CAA Championships, 3 NCAA berths, and has held a national ranking as high as number two in the country. Through the summer months of his career Coach DeBolt has set up and ran camps and tournaments throughout the country, including all Hofstra Camps/Tournaments. Patrick strives to grow the game of lacrosse while raising money for a number of different non-profit organizations. Coach DeBolt offers an extensive background of knowledge in all aspects of the game, and specializes in goalie and face off play. Spending the last three seasons working alongside Hofstra Head Coach Seth Tierney has enhanced Coach DeBolt’s ability and given him many ties in the Long Island area, as well as Upstate NY where he grew up. Patrick DeBolt grew up in Waterloo, NY and graduated from Waterloo High School in 2005. Patrick has earned his degree in Physical Education from Hofstra University and hopes to teach and coach in the future. Patrick has an older brother Chad who played both football and lacrosse at the University of Notre Dame. Pat also has two younger sisters, Mariah who is currently playing lacrosse at Buffalo State, and Taylor who will attend Syracuse University in the fall of 2009. Patrick’s parents Robert and Jaymie DeBolt reside in Waterloo, NY.
Contact Info:
Phone: (315) 719-8072
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Adam Swarsen
Co-Founder
Coach Swarsen has spent the last four seasons on the Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse Roster and plans to play a fifth year due to an injury incurred in 2008. He spent one year under John Danowski until Head Coach Seth Tierney took the helm in 2006. He has had the pleasure to play against the best competition in the country and work with some of the best defensive coaches in the country such as Joe Amplo, Ron Caputo, and Sean Smith. From his years spent at Hofstra he has developed strong ties with coaches and different programs throughout the tri-state area as well as the Denver area where he grew up. Adam has spent his summer months coaching youth programs, running lacrosse camps, and coordinating tournaments for Hofstra University and several others. He offers a perspective and defensive coaching mindset that few others can offer and has 2 CAA Championships and 3 NCAA berths. Coach Swarsen is a 3X Captain at Hofstra and has started in over 40 games in his career. He was also named to the 2007 All-Colonial Athletic Association Second Team. Adam received his degree in Finance from Hofstra University while earning the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award and Dean’s List Honors throughout college. He was a four year letter winner at Denver East High School and was a First-Team All State selection and MVP as a senior. Adam has one brother David who attends school at Metro State and both parents Ron and Pamela reside in Denver, CO.
Contact Info:
Phone: (303) 917-2551
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Chad DeBolt
Administrator
Chad DeBolt is a former midfielder at Notre Dame University. Chad is an expert in face off and defense techniques. He was a four year starter at Notre Dame and was a part of the Western Empire team for one year. Chad severed as one of four captains along with John Flandina, Devin Ryan and A.J. Wright. Chad was a hard-nosed player who played with a great deal of confidence and also was a walk-on member of the Notre Dame Football team each of the past three seasons and earned two letters as a special teams member. The combination of playing both lacrosse and football has been hard to duplicate because of the aggressive mentality that it takes to hone both skills. Chad was an unselfish player who raised the level of intensity when he was on the field. He primarily handled Notre Dames face-off duties, and was ranked nationally in that category. Chad was also honored in being selected for the Face-Off Yearbook Honorable Mention All-America Team. Chad has a younger brother Pat and two younger sisters. Mariah is currently playing lacrosse at Buffalo State, and Taylor who will attend Syracuse University in the fall of 2009. Chad’s parents Robert and Jaymie DeBolt reside in Waterloo, NY.
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Kevin Unterstein
Denver/Hamptons Coordinator
Kevin Unterstein is currently the volunteer assistant for the Pioneers 2009-10 season. Unterstein went to DU after serving as an assistant coach for the Princeton Tigers last season, working primarily with the defense and the face-off specialists.
For the Pioneers, Unterstein will assist assistant coach Trevor Tierney with the defense, with his prime focus on working with the face-off men and the overall face-off game. He will help coordinate the Pioneers' man-down unit and work specifically with the defensive midfielders. He will also help the assistant coaches with camps, clinics and the Denver Elite Club Team.
Unterstein graduated from Hofstra with a degree in sociology after a four-year career as a shortstick defensive midfielder. A native of Shoreham, N.Y., he was a high school All-America at Shoreham-Wading River High, where he was part of four Suffolk County championships and one state championship.
During his time with the Pride, Unterstein helped lead Hofstra to a No. 2 national ranking and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament as a sophomore. As a junior, he earned USILA All-America honors and then capped off his four-year career as the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the year.
Adding to his Player of the Year honor, he was also named to the 2008 CAA All-Tournament team and honored as a First-Team All-CAA selection. While with Hofstra, Unterstein was part of a three-man brother act that saw his older brother Chris and twin brother Mike also play for the Pride.
Steve Prifte
Virgina Coordinator
Steve Prifte played four years of lacrosse at Hofstra and took his fifth year to play football for the Pride. He was was a three year starter and two time captain. Steve was selected twice to the All-Colonial Athletic Association Second Team. He helped the team to win two CAA Championships and three NCAA playoff berths. In high school Steve earned All Olympic Conference honors in both lacrosse and football, as well as All American honors in lacrosse his senior year. Steve is now a assistant lacrosse coach at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Bob McGrath
Virgina Coordinator
Coach McGrath has spent the last four seasons on the Lynchburg College Men’s Lacrosse Team. He spent 4 years under Coach Steve Koudelka for the Hornets. He has had the pleasure to play against the best competition in the country at the division III level and work with some of the best defensive coaches in the country such as Chad Clark, Joe Matta, and Garrett Curran. Bob was part of the 2008 Lynchburg team that went undefeated in the ODAC's and won the ODAC conference championship. In his career at LC, the Hornets made it to the ODAC championship 3 out of 4 seasons, and also had 2 NCAA berths. Coach McGrath was a captain his senior year, and also was honored with the Buddy Zimmer Leadership Award given every year to the player who demonstrates the most team leadership throughout the season. Bob received his degree in Exercise Physiology from Lynchburg College. Coach McGrath in his first season at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, VA as the head varisty lacrosse coach. Bob was a 3x letter winner and all confrence defensemen at Shawnee High School in Medford, NJ. He has one sister, Krissy, who is a senior captain for the Virgnia Weselyan Lady Marlins lacrosse team and both parents Bob and Becky still reside in Medford, NJ.
Tyler Brant
Fundraising
Tyler is a recent graduate from Hofstra University and played lacrosse for Coach Seth Tierney. He is currently working for a company called TCG Booster Solutions which has given him the opportunity to continue to be involved with the lacrosse community and help raise funds that are so badly needed to keep your program alive.
