Lewis Ratcliff

Lewis Ratcliff played professional lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League. In his 14 seasons in the NLL he scored over 1,000 points and after his final season was the 6th leading scorer in the league. He was also a member of the Victoria Shamrocks (WLA), on both the junior and senior team, that won the Mann Cup Championship twice. Ratcliff played Division 1 NCAA lacrosse at The Ohio State University.

Rich Schwartz

Rich Schwartz is a veteran Seattle Starz coach and the Managing Director for the club.   In addition to coaching Starz for nearly a decade, Rich served as a high school varsity coach at both Seattle Prep and Eastside Catholic.   Rich has a proven track record of developing players and helping them achieve their goals of playing NCAA lacrosse (20+ NCAA players from his 2015 team and similar numbers from his 2018 team including seven D1 commits).   Rich played MCLA college lacrosse for  University of California, Davis.

Matt Leveque

Matt Leveque is a former NLL player who was on the Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks. While with the Mammoth, Leveque played on the 2006 championship team and in 2011 was top face-off man. That same summer, Leveque was a member of the WLA Championship winners Langley Thunder. Matt is currently the head coach for Team BC.

Jack Pruitt

Jack Pruitt (Starz ’12) played NCAA D1 lacrosse at the University of Denver and graduated in 2016. The defensive midfielder was a member of the 2015 NCAA National Championship team and received the NCAA Elite 89 award that same year in recognition of his academic achievements. Throughout his collegiate career he was recognized for his success in the classroom; he was named to the CoSIDA All-District team in 2016 and earned ECAC All-Academic honors 2013. Pruitt has also been a head coach for Denver Elite in addition to being on the Seattle Starz sidelines.

Austin Gaiss

Austin Gaiss recently graduate from Notre Dame and was a four year member of the men’s lacrosse program.The midfielder was part of a Fighting Irish class who won the ACC Championship in 2018, took the ACC regular season title in 2015 and were NCAA Finalists the year prior. Gaiss moved to Seattle this summer and works as a Financial Analyst for Microsoft.

Chris Carter

Chris Carter joins the Starz HS Boys coaching staff after four years at Notre Dame. The 2017 graduate was part of a class that reached the NCAA Quarterfinals twice, Semi-finals and the Championship game. Prior to his time with the Fighting Irish, Carter was one of the best from the west and the country. He senior year of high school he was ranked the 16th defensive player  (60th in the top 100 incoming NCAA freshman) in his class nationally by Inside Lacrosse. He now works with his former UND teammate and current Starz coach Austin Gaiss as a Financial Analyst for Microsoft.

Matt Shannon

Matt Shannon was a four time letter winner and two year starter for the Tar Heels from 2011-2015. During his sophomore year he led the long stick midfielder unit in both caused turnovers and ground balls. He was a two time recipient of the Baddour Award for Academic Excellence and a three time member of the All-ACC Academic team. The LSM was also honored as the Athletic Department Scholar of the Year in 2014. Shannon brings a wealth of coaching knowledge to the west coast after being on staff for multiple UNC camps and select DC area travel teams. The Connecticut native recently moved to the Seattle area to take an exciting opportunity with Zillow.

Mike Pittas

Mike Pittas is a veteran Starz coach for both the boys and girls programs. Pittas is also the offensive coordinator for the Eastside Catholic boys varsity team where he has lead two All-Americans and 13 All-Conference selections. The Crusaders won the 2017 WHSBLA Private A State Championship. Prior to moving to the Seattle area, he also coached for club lacrosse programs in the Pittsburg area. Pittas played lacrosse at Robert Morris University.

Matthew Lizotte

Matthew Lizotte joins the Seattle Starz staff this Fall following a successful career at the University of New England. The midfielder helped the Nor’easters tie the program record for most wins in a season  his senior campaign, a spring that saw the program go 14-5 overall (6-2 in conference) and reach the CCC semi-finals. Lizotte earned four additional varsity letters as a member of the Men’s Soccer team.

Keith Gagne

Keith Gagne is a veteran coach whose lacrosse expertise is multifaceted. At the youth level, Keith has earned 4 Provincial Championship Gold Medals over the last 7 seasons coaching Box and Field for New Westminster along with a Bronze at the 2016 BC Summer Games representing South-West BC. He also coaches the New Westminister Warlocks where he and the team won the 2015 Canadian National Championship.  In addition to coaching, Gagne is an indoor lacrosse official at the Professional and International levels having refereed in the NLL, at the 2015 Indoor Worlds and at the 2017 Indoor Europeans.

Larry Maurer

Larry Maurer played field and box lacrosse at Cicero-North Syracuse High School in Syracuse, New York.  He has coached at every level for the last eight years in the Pacific Northwest for Juanita Lacrosse, Starz youth program, Starz High School program and for Woodinville lacrosse.  He played close defense in high school and is a defense focused coach who stresses the importance of the fundamentals.  Dr. Maurer is a foot and ankle surgeon who specializes in sports medicine.  He also works for the Seahawks as a game day action photographer.  His oldest son has committed to McDaniel College and will start there in the fall.  His youngest son is a freshman attacker at Juanita High school and plays on the 2021 elite Starz team and on the West Coast Starz.