Meet The Coaches

High School Coaches

John Cummings

Varsity Head Coach

From Baltimore, MD and started playing lacrosse at 8 years old. Played high school lacrosse as an attackmen at Loyola Blakefield, one of the top programs in the country. Then went on to play at The Ohio State University and was a 2 year starter. At that time, began coaching at Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, OH as the freshman team head coach. After that, became the head JV coach and assistant Varsity coach at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, OH. After moving back to Baltimore, became head coach of the Freshman team and assistant Varsity coach at Loyola Blakefield. This was followed by a big move to San Diego where I coached with Adrenaline Lacrosse and at Coronado High School as JV head coach. Then went on to Patrick Henry High School where I was the Varsity assistant coach for 2 years. Finally, following a move back to Baltimore, spent 7 years as the Varsity head coach at Towson High school. Missing the West coast, resulted in a move to Bend in 2018 and thrilled to be back coaching!

Dan Brostek

High School Coach

Dan is a native of Syracuse, NY. He played lacrosse at Baldwinsville High School and then at Army ('92 - '96). He moved to Bend in 2015 with his wife and and 2 boys. Dan has coached youth and high school lacrosse programs at multiple schools in both Connecticut and Oregon, including serving as the Bend Varsity Coach from 2017 - 2020.

Ryan Lanigan

High School Coach

Ryan Lanigan was born and raised in Long Island, NY where he grew up playing hockey and lacrosse. He went on to play Defense at Limestone University where he was two time All American and won a Division II NCAA National Championship in 2000. Since graduating, he has coached at the college level and more recently, the youth level in Portland with EPL and at the club level with Team Oregon. Ryan is extremely passionate to not only teach the game, but also concentrate on developing great teammates and young men.

Max Wilson

JV Head Coach

Grew up in Menlo Park California and played 4 years of lacrosse at Alfred University (’12-’16) while studying mechanical engineering. He moved to Antelope Oregon after graduation, obtained his master’s degree from Texas Tech in 2019 and moved to Bend with his wife Jessi in 2020. While at Alfred he was awarded multiple athletic and academic league honors. He has coached regularly throughout his playing career from elementary to high school age groups. More recently he coached with Bend High School from 2020-2021 and Thump Lacrosse.

Tarin Storm

High School Coach

Originally from Sherwood, Oregon, Tarin was named a US Lacrosse Academic All-American in 2015. He started coaching as a sophomore in high school in Sherwood, and after high school went on to play at academic powerhouse Vanderbilt University, where he graduated with highest honors in 2019. Tarin has been in Central Oregon since 2019 and has coached at all age levels. Tarin is the General Manager of Thump Lacrosse, and loves building and coaching lacrosse in Central Oregon.

Cooper House

High School Coach

Cooper was born and raised in Sherwood, Oregon and moved to Bend five years ago. He has been playing lacrosse his whole life and was a face off specialist. He has coached Bend High Varsity in the past and coached Fall and Summer seasons for Thump.

7/8 Grade Team

Austin Miller

7/8 Head Coach

Grew up in Bend, Oregon! Started playing lacrosse in 7th grade when park and rec first started their lacrosse program in Bend. Started on Bend's varsity team for two years. Four-year starter at Marymount University right outside of Washington, D.C. I coached several teams out east before moving back to Bend and have been coaching the Bend 7th and 8th team since 2019! Excited to give back to the program that got me into lacrosse!

Michael Selkirk

7/8 Assistant Coach

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Played Middie at Lincoln High School (2002-04) and in various indoor/outdoor leagues across the country. Fourth-year Bend Lacrosse coach. Enjoy skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and traveling.

James Rockett

7/8 Assistant Coach

Played attack and graduated from Bend High in 2014, and continued playing lacrosse briefly at Cal Poly SLO. I'm very excited to be a part of the Bend team again!

5/6 Grade Team

Tyler Mackeson

5/6 Head Coach

Tyler is from Portland Oregon. He played as a long stick midfielder for West Linn High and coach Mark Flood. As a senior in 2001 he played in the state championship game finishing the season 16-1. Tyler has coached a dozen teams in youth lacrosse locally both at the recreational and club levels. He is passionate about the athletic development of young athletes and team culture.

Aaron Thomas

5/6 Assistant Coach

Aaron is a multisport coach who has had the privilege to coach and contribute to the success of nearly 30 local teams in football, wrestling, and lacrosse. This will be Aaron's 1st season on the Bend-Caldera Lacrosse coaching staff, and the 9th youth lacrosse team he has coached. Looking forward to the opportunity to assist in the development of the youth players to help them build the necessary foundation today in order to become the champions of tomorrow.

Chris Errington

5/6 Assistant Coach

Chris has lived in Bend for 21 years. Although he never had the opportunity to play lacrosse, Chris has fallen in love with the game through his two boys. Taking every opportunity over the years to coach multiple youth sports, currently assistant coaching the 7th grade Caldera Prep basketball team. Chris is very excited to be a part of the Bend-Caldera family and help this highly experienced coaching staff nurture these boys on and off the field.