Duluth-Superior Chargers Revamp Coaching Staff

To keep up with the growth of the sport of lacrosse in the Duluth area, the Duluth-Superior Chargers board of directors opened their coaching positions to new coaches and revamped their coaching staff and structure.  The coaching search brought several new and qualified coaches to the interview process.

New Chargers head coach Scott Wishart #17

After an extensive coaching search and review, the Chargers are happy to announce Scott Wishart as their new head varsity coach.  Wishart comes from the successful UMD Bulldogs lacrosse program and brings a strong lacrosse i.q. and tireless work ethic.  He was a high scoring attackman during his time with the Bulldogs and will maintain the UMD system that has been operating for the Chargers over the last several years.

Along with Wishart, the Chargers hired Matt Koppang, another former UMD Player, to be the head JV and 9/10 coach and first assistant to the head coach.  Koppang has been on the Chargers staff for the past 2 years and brings solid experience and teaching to the long poles and defenseman.

Mike Feldstein has been hired to direct the Chargers middle school program that includes 7/8 and 5/6 teams for the 2012 season.  Feldstein brings several years experience coaching a high level 7/8 program for the Northwest Lacrosse Club and is a former attackman for the Arizona Wildcats of the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference.

Two additional former UMD players were interviewed and will also be serving on the Chargers coaching staff.  Brandon Nispel, a former all-american midfielder for the Bulldogs will provide solid teaching and expertise for the midfielders.  Alex Rogers, a former attackman for the Bulldogs will also be helping with the Chargers varsity and JV programs.

The Chargers are also happy to have much of the coaching staff from last year returning to assist the varsity, JV and middle school coaches along with a couple of new coaches that will be assisting the program.  With the success of the coaching search, the Chargers board expressed their confidence that they now have the coaching staff in place to take the program successfully into the future with a strong varsity level presence as well as the valuable experience needed at the youth levels to build a strong foundation for the future.

Departing from the Chargers program is head coach Matt Reeves.  Coach Reeves has been a huge part of the success of the Chargers program over the last 5 plus years.  Taking over a program that had not won a game, Reeves took the program to a level of success not seen previously in northern Minnesota.  Last years Chargers team finished the season with an overall 7-3 record, losing to eventual state champion MontiQuois in the first round of the state playoffs.  The Chargers board expressed their appreciation for the commitment and efforts of Reeves during his tenure as the programs head coach.