Blue Star Coaching Staff
Trusted. Proven. Experienced.
Blue Star believes that the strongest asset we have is our large network of incredibly talented coaches and players. This network reaches far beyond our four directors - to professional Canadian box lacrosse coaches, professional (PLL/MLL/NLL) guest coaches, current college players, and volunteer coaches. Our staff of veteran high school coaches has a combined 140+ years of coaching experience that is unmatched in New Jersey.
Don Green - Director of All-Stars
Head Coach - Shawnee High School (2019 - Current)
2022, 2023 South Jersey Group III Champs
2023 Group III State Champions
2023 South Jersey Coach of the Year
2023 Group III Coach of the Year
Head Coach - Robbinsville High School (2012-2014)
Head Coach - Hun School of Princeton (2011)
Full Bio
MV Whitlow - FOunder
Westfield High School
Hun School (2013-2019)
The Lawrenceville School (2004-2012)
14 State Championships
Full Bio
Murf Butler - Associate All-Star Director, director of Box Lacrosse
Defensive Coordinator, Shawnee High School (2021-Present)
2023 South Jersey Assistant Coach of the Year
2022, 2023 South Jersey Group III Champs
2023 Group III State Champions
Defensive Coordinator, Mercer County Community College (2019) Ole Miss 2018
2013 USA Lacrosse All-American
Hopewell Valley, NJ
Boomer Wertheimer
Head Coach, Westfield High School
Kean University
Coaching honors:
2021and 2024 NJ.Com Fitch-Pitt coach of the year
2023 and 2024 New Jersey Coach of the Year for Group 4
Team Honors
2024 Group IV North State Champions
2024 Group IV State Champions
2024 Kirst Cup Finalist (TOC)
Bill Sutphin
Head Varsity Coach, Lenape High School
Division Titles in '10, '12, '16
3x US Lacrosse South Jersey Coach of the Year
2x Burlington County Times Coach of the Year
2x Courier Post Coach of the Year
1x Philly Lacrosse Coach of the Year
Bryan Hopper
Assistant Coach, The Lawrenceville School
Assistant Coach, The Hun School of Princeton (2017-2019)
Hamilton College
The Lawrenceville School
Eric Destefano - Associate Director/Head CoacH
Salisbury University - 2014
- 2x National Champion
Moorestown High School - 2010
- State Champion
- Team Captain
CHRIS ASLANIAN - ATTACK
Dan Fowler - Goalies
Assistant Varsity Coach, Lenape High School
*Specializes w/ Blue Star Goalie Training*
Chris fake - Defense
Yale University - 2x 2nd Team All-American
2018 National Champion
2018 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
The Hun School of Princeton
dAN LAMELA - Director of Camps
Owen Black - MIDFIELD
The Hun School of Princeton
Matt McCall
Assistant Coach, Shawnee HS Varsity
Griffin Thompson - Goalie
University of Virginia
National Champion 2019
The Lawrenceville School
Princeton, NJ
Austin Haynes - Defense
Shawnee HS Assistant Coach
University of Delaware '19
Delaware Record Holder for Caused Turnovers
Moorestown HS '15
Brendan black - Attack
Villanova University
The Hun School of Princeton
Princeton, NJ
ZACH COLE - FACEOFF
St. Joseph's University
Lenape High School
Mt. Laurel, NJ
Gib Versfeld - Goalie
Amherst College
The Hun School of Princeton
Langhorne, PA
Jim Spicer
Assistant Coach, Seneca High School
US Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year 2014
Head Coach, Cardinal Dougherty
Head of Marlton Chiefs Lacrosse
LaSalle University
Luke Wiles
Growing up in Orillia, Ontario, Coach Wiles attended the University of Delaware.
NLL career
- 8 Year NLL Veteran
- Drafted 4th overall in 2005 NLL Draft
- Named to 2006 All-Rookie Team
- Garnered over 450 points
- 3x NLL All-Star
- 12+ years coaching Box Lacrosse
Junior Career
- Played six years for Orillia Rama Kings and St. Catherines Athletics
- Led the league in scoring for two straight years ('01-'02)
- Led the Athletics to Minto Cup National Championship
- Named tournament MVP in 2003
- Finished Junior career with 404 points in 108 games
Alex Turner
Growing up in Kamloops, British Columbia, Coach Turner is an experienced Coach and Lacrosse Player.
NLL career
- 6 Year NLL Veteran
- Drafted 32nd overall in 2008 NLL Draft
- 8+ years coaching Box Lacrosse
Junior Career
- Played for New Westminster in the BC Jr A
Bryan Hopper, Director of Box Lacrosse
- Assistant Coach, The Hun School of Princeton, 2018-Current
- 2 Prep A State Championships
- 2 MAPL Championships
- Assistant Coach, Princeton Day School, 2017
- Mercer County Champions '17, Prep B State Champions '17
- 2014 USILA Scholar All-American
- FIL Team Israel Box Lacrosse, 4th Place at World Indoor Lacrosse Championships 2015, 2017 Eurobox Champions
- Hamilton College (2x Captain, 2x All-NESCAC)
- The Lawrenceville School Class of '09 (Captain), 3x State Champion ('07, '08, '09)
Email Coach Hopper, Bryanhopper@Bluestarlacrosse.com
Brad MacArthur
Head Coach:
Clarington Green Gaels (Junior B)
Team Israel Box Lacrosse (International)
Hailing from Barrie, Ontaria, Coach MacArthur is currently the general manager of the Brooklin Redmen (Senior A). Additionally, he is the head coach of two box lacrosse programs: Team Israel (international) , and the Clarington Green Gaels (juniors). Prior to Coaching, he played in the NLL for seven seasons. He has coached the likes of Mark Matthews and is highly respected throughout the box lacrosse world. He will teach players the correct way to play indoor lacrosse which will have a tremendous impact on their field game!
Na'ati Akauola - Performance & Wellness Consultant
Laura Poore
Coach Poore attended Westfield State University where she studied and became certified as an athletic trainer. Upon graduating, she then attended University of Massachusetts Amherst where she received her Master's of Science in Kinesiology. For the next three years, she worked as an athletic trainer at Amherst College. She currently resides in Princeton and works as the assistant strength and conditioning coach and a science teacher at Hun.
