| FCA Lacrosse North Carolina Staff |
| Jamie Sliwa - CO Director, FCA Lacrosse North Carolina - Coach Coach Sliwa has been the Head Varsity Coach at Jordan High School since 2004. Since that time, the team has earned a Pac VI Regular Season Title (2004), a Pac VI Conference Tournament Title (2005), and a State Semi-Final playoff appearance (2006). In 2004 and 2008, Coach Sliwa was named Pac VI "Coach of the Year." Coach Sliwa played his college lacrosse at Division I Canisius College and Division II Wingate University as both a close defenseman and a long stick midfielder. Prior to becoming the Head Coach at Jordan High School, Coach Sliwa worked at Southeast Raleigh High School as the Head JV coach for 2 years. During his first year at Southeast Raleigh, Coach Sliwa helped to lead the JV to their first ever "winning season." Coach Sliwa has also coached at multiple lacrosse camps including; UNC Lacrosse Camp, Pfeiffer Lacrosse Camp, Roanoke Defenseman's Challenge, and The Roanoke Goalie Camp, as well as the selection committee for the 2006 North Carolina State Games "North" team, and co-coach of the 2008 team. Coach Sliwa and his wife are active Sunday School Teachers on the weekend. Questions for Coach Sliwa? E-mail him at: fcalacrossenc@teamfca.com Sherry Sliwa - CO Director, FCA Lacrosse North Carolina - Book keeping and Travel. Coach Sliwa is the Director of the FCA program at Northern High School as well as their head cheerleading coach. While a student at North Carolina State University, she was in charge of the operations for the club softball team including transportation, fundraising, book keeping, and many other aspects of the day to day running of the team. Coach Sliwa teaches Sunday school at Duke Memorial Methodist Church along with her husband. Coach Sliwa teaches Earth Science, Physical Science, and Freshman Seminar classes at Northern High School. Mark Florio - Coach Coach Florio has always viewed coaching lacrosse as his ministry and looks forward to assisting the FCA program. Growing up in Long Island, NY he has been involved in all levels of the game as a player and coach for over 20 years. In the Triangle area he has coached with the Triangle Area Lacrosse League (TALL), the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation (RALLY) and the NC Lacrosse Academy. He is a graduate of Cortland State (NY) and resides in Wake Forest with his wife Diane and sons, Tyler and Logan. Dennis Patton - Coach Coach Patton is an assistant varsity lacrosse coach at Jordan High School in Durham, NC. Prior to working with the Jordan program, Coach Patton was the head JV lacrosse coach at Chapel Hill High School. Coach Patton played his college lacrosse at both DIII Ohio Wesleyan University and for DI Robert Morris University during it's first year as a program at defensive midfield. James Aldridge - Coach Coach Aldridge is the head varsity coach at Panther Creek High School in Cary, NC. A North Carolina native, he played lacrosse at Southeast Guilford High School where he was the defensive captain of the team that won the NCHSLA Championship in 2000. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he coached at the middle school level in Chapel Hill for four years. In 2008-09he took over the program at Panther Creek, where he also teaches English. He and his wife Kristie live in Durham. Ron Campoli - Coach Coach Campoli is the head JV coach at Panther Creek High School. A native of NJ, has coached CYO High School Basketball and Rec. Basketball from 1990 through 2003, moved to Apex in 2006 and instantly found lacrosse leagues for his 2 boys to get involved with. What a great success the move to NC has been. Current Board Member for NCLAX Academy. Coached rec. soccer spring of 2007 through Apex Rec. Dept. Assistant Coach for the Carolina Canebreaks(NCLAX) travel team 2008. Director of the 5th/6th grade SLLIC League fall of 2008. Coached High School Indoor Lax - 2008 Coached 5th/6th grade boys for Apex Sports Authority spring of 2009 Director of the 7th/8th grade SLLIC League fall of 2009. Tom Spaulding - Coach Coach Spaulding graduated High School in Syracuse, NY in 1979 and lead the league in scoring his senior year. He played at SUNY Farmingdale, NY and helped win a national championship while earning All American honors. He then transferred to Cornell and played two years, being Ivy League Champs and participating in the NCAA playoffs both years with a career high #2 national ranking. Coach Spaulding has been an asst. varsity coach in NY and locally has coached at Salem Middle School, Panther Creek HS, and currently at Apex HS. He has also many of his summers coaching local RALLY and SLLIC teams. He is looking forward to sharing some of his trade secrets and old school stories with the kids. Dan Nifong - Coach Coach Nifong is a graduate of Jordan High School in Durham where he was a 2 time "All-Conference" selection and an "All-State" selection as a senior. While at Jordan, coach Nifong started on defense and long stick midfield for all four years. He still remains "2nd" all time in ground balls at Jordan with 252. Coach Nifong currently attends North Carolina State University where he is an important part of the men's club lacrosse program. Bill Nifong - Coach Coach Nifong is a graduate of Jordan High School in Durham where he has been an "All-Conference" and an "All-State" selection. As a senior, Bill was named an "Academic All-American." Bill finishes his high school career as Jordan's 2nd all time leading scorer and is a current player at North Carolina State University. Bill played for the first FCA lacrosse team in NC. Wesley Thomas - Coach Coach Thomas is a graduate of Cedar Ridge High School where he was an "All-State" defenseman. Wesley was a member of the first FCA lacrosse team in NC and is currently playing lacrosse at NCAA DII Wingate University. |
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