Coaches
Dayton Gilbreath
Background: Dayton comes from Washington where he played at Bainbridge Island High School from 2005 to 2008. Dayton Graduated in 2008 as Team Captain and Washington State All-American. In 2009 he joined the Air Force Academy (Div. I), where he played all four years and was again, team captain in 2012. Dayton was 1st Team All League for all of his 4 years and the league rookie of the year in 2009. During his 4 years at the Air Force Academy, Dayton would return home to Washington each summer, where he created position-specific clinics and focused on working with up to 100 high school players a year, helping them understand and get ready for the recruiting process. Upon graduation, he was transferred to Okinawa, Japan, for 3 years, where in his spare time he set up 3 lacrosse leagues for kids ages 8 to 18, and coached the high school group. Dayton joined the Santa Monica Dragons in December 2016, when he is transferred to Los Angeles. Dayton left the Santa Monica Dragons to help build the Palisades Lacrosse Club into the great program it is today.
While running the Breakers, Dayton is also the Defensive Coordinator for the UCLA Men’s Lacrosse program as well as a volunteer coach for the Palisades High School Girls program.
Contact: 20dayton@gmail.com
(206) 819 - 3714
Connor Price
Background: Connor grew up in Northern Virginia just outside of Washington, DC where he played lacrosse at St. Stephens & St. Agnes High School. He graduated in 1998 as Team Captain and led the team that year in goals, assists, and points. He was recruited to Dartmouth College, where he played all four years, led the team in points during the 2000 season, and was named team captain in 2002. After college, Connor spent 2 years traveling and working in Australia. While living ‘down under’ he continued his love for lacrosse while playing in pickup box lacrosse leagues. Connor returned to the US in 2006 and began a career with J.P. Morgan in New York City. While in the New York area, Connor played 5 seasons of men’s club lacrosse for Tri-state Lacrosse. Connor moved to Los Angeles in 2019 where he now consults doing strategic operations for startups. Connor has been involved with coaching and mentoring since high school and is excited to be involved with Palisades Lacrosse.
Julianne Piatelli
Background: Julianne grew up in Wrentham, Massachusetts, where she began playing lacrosse in elementary school. She started out on her brothers’ team during her first year, as there was no youth girls’ program at the time. Julianne attended her regional high school and played varsity lacrosse all four years, becoming captain her senior year and was named to the Hockomock League’s all-star team in 2014. Throughout the fall and summer seasons in high school, Julianne played on her select lacrosse club team.
After high school, she continued her lacrosse career at Endicott College. Julianne has coached girls of all ages at various lacrosse camps, clinics, and as a Junior Varsity high school team coach. Lacrosse is a family affair – Julianne’s dad founded his own club program in Massachusetts and over the years, Julianne and her brothers have actively been involved in running clinics and helping to develop youth players.
Now based in the LA area for the past two years, Julianne works as a Senior Account Strategist at a global digital advertising company, bringing the same dedication and teamwork from her lacrosse days into her professional life.
Chris Martinez
Background: Martinez is coming out of uniondale new york. Started playing lacrosse in highschool in 9th grade. Earned all county honorable mention his senior year. He went on to play at powerhouse nassau community college for george powers where he played two seasons becoming a team captain and All American his sophomore year. He went on to play at division 2 mercy college for jordan levine and earned first team all conference honors his junior year there and became a All American his senior year. He went on to coach for three years with Jordan levin helping lead the mercy mavericks to back to back conference championships and the NCAA tournament appearances.
Corrine Bates
Background: Corinne Bates grew up in Northern Virginia where she began playing lacrosse in elementary school. She attended Georgetown Visitation High School and was a three sport athlete, playing volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse. She played for Crash lacrosse club and was selected as an Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Athlete in 2016. Corinne continued her lacrosse career at Occidental College (D3). She was awarded Rookie of the Year in 2018 and Defender of the Year in 2018-2019, made Second Team All-Conference in 2019 and All-Academic Team 2018-2021, and led as team captain in 2021.
After college, Corinne coached for the non-profit Winners lacrosse program based in DC. She recently moved back to LA to continue her career as a case analyst for the Department of Justice, and is excited to continue coaching and help develop youth players.
Reid Tudor
Background: Reid played at the University of Pennsylvania from 2010 – 2014. While there, he helped the team win its first Ivy League Championship in 30 years. Reid has been involved in coaching since graduating from high school, helping with kid’s programs during the summer and running private lessons. He grew up in San Diego where he played at La Costa Canyon. His senior year he led the team to a championship and undefeated record (23-0). Having recently graduated from UCLA Anderson, he is living and working in LA and helping coach the UCLA Men’s Club team.
Nick Coyne
Background: Born and raised in the DFW, TX metroplex, Nick played during the early stages of lacrosse’s development in the state, participating in several programs, including Southlake Carroll and Keller High Schools. Ultimately, he ended up playing for Colleyville High School, where he won a state championship in 2008. He played a few seasons in the MCLA before launching his coaching career at his alma mater. During this time, he attended his first NLL game when box lacrosse was still largely unrecognized by most Americans. Since then, it has become a significant passion and focus for him, something he has actively pursued both for himself and in the programs he’s been involved with to help grow that side of the game.
He has coached for over 10 years at the youth and high school levels, and he developed the first competitive box lacrosse league in Dallas, offering programs ranging from 1st grade through Men’s league. Not only did he attend the NLL combine in 2016 in Ontario, Canada, but he was also selected and invited to try out for the USA Indoor National Team in 2018. From traveling to box tournaments across North America to playing Senior B in Alberta, Canada for a summer, it’s been a unique journey for a guy from Texas. But with his father hailing from Long Island, it’s safe to say lacrosse has been a part of his life for as long as he can remember, with evidence in his family photo albums.
In 2021, Nick was recruited to be the equipment manager for the newly appointed expansion team of the NLL - Panther City Lacrosse Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Most recently, he was honorably selected as the head equipment manager of the U.S. Men’s National Indoor Team for the 2024 World Championships in Utica, NY, where they hope to win gold!
Now living in the West Hollywood area as of this summer, Nick is just as focused on growing the game and giving back to the sport in LA as he was in Dallas. He’s excited to be on board!
Danielle Gordon
Background: Danielle is from Rumson, NJ where she grew up playing lacrosse and soccer. She made varsity lacrosse as a freshman and played on a travel lacrosse team called T3. In college, she was caption of the Richmond Women's Club Lacrosse Team and taught private lessons at local schools. Danielle received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration and currently works at Amazon in media sales.
Ty Kelly
Background: Ty grew up in Colorado and attended college at UNC Chapel Hill, where he was a midfielder and captain of the club lacrosse team. While in North Carolina, he coached varsity lacrosse at Carrboro High School. Ty now lives in Santa Monica and works in the clean energy industry. He loves to ski, bike, and surf in his free time.
Tyler Tomlinson
Background: Tyler grew up in San Diego where he played lacrosse for four years at Eastlake High School where he graduated as varsity captain. He continued his lacrosse career playing at UCLA for four years and held an officer position for the team. Tyler graduated class of 2024 with a degree in Economics and is now a corporate tax consultant at Ryan, LLC. Tyler has previous experience coaching with the Santa Monica Vikings Youth Lacrosse and is excited to join the Palisades Breakers coaching staff.
Myles Mills
Background: Myles was raised in Los Angeles, CA, where he played 4 years of youth lacrosse with the Santa Monica Dragons and was coached by Dayton Gilbreath in 2016. Continuing on to play 3 years of Varsity lacrosse at Palisades High, Myles graduated as team captain and as a recipient of the Travis DeZarn award for outstanding leadership and sportsmanship. Currently in his third-year studies of literature and business at UCLA, Myles holds a managerial position to the UCLA Men’s lacrosse team and recently started coaching for the Palisades Breakers.
Palmer Lloyd
Background: Palmer is from Northern Virginia, where he attended James Madison High School and competed with the Varsity team for four years where he achieved all-region and district accolades in his sophomore through senior seasons. He was recruited to play at Rutgers University as a mid-fielder and face-off specialist. Palmer played with Rutgers for four years from 2016-2020. While on the Banks, Palmer helped the scarlet Knights remain in the top 20 rankings in the Division 1 polls throughout his whole career, being part of the only Rutgers lacrosse team to date to clinch the number 1 spot in the country during the 2017 season. During his tenure, the Knights broke the program wins record twice. He earned a starting role his senior year as a Faceoff man for the Scarlet Knights. He has 4 years of coaching experience dating back to private lessons during college summers to coaching a club team in Virginia (Virginia Lacrosse Club) before moving out west. In May of 2022, Palmer moved from the DC area to Los Angeles and recently started coaching for the Palisades Breakers and Maddog Lacrosse Clubs.
Mike Adler
Background: Mike attended High School at St. Thomas Aquinas’ starting goalkeeper over a three-year span and 41-1 during junior and senior seasons combined, including an undefeated 20-0 senior season... Led St. Thomas Aquinas to the 2016 State Championship for the first state title in program history, earning Most Valuable Player honors for the championship game.
Mike Attended Duke University where he started 68 of 69 career games played. He totaled 3,886 minutes between the pipes to rank second in NCAA history, amassed 810 career saves to finish ranked 14th in NCAA Division I history and completed his career with a 10.02 goals against average and a .555 save percentage.
Jesse Cuccia
Background: Jesse played at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill from 2015 to 2019. While there, he won a National Championship with the team in 2016 and an ACC championship in 2018. He has 8 years of combined coaching experience from running private lessons in High School to coaching future collegiate All-Americans with the Long Island Sting. Jesse grew up locally and graduated from Westlake High School. There he was a 3x Varisty captain, 3x All-American, 4x CIF All-Region, 2x League MVP, and Adrenaline All-American. Jesse accredits all of his accomplishments and love for lacrosse to Mario Waibel, Ken Miller and Jeff Seibold and takes pride in being a Goon Squad, Long Island Sting and an Adrenaline Tropics Alum.
Currently the Head Coach at UCLA with Dayton Gilbreath
Courtney Miller
Background: Courtney grew up in west Hester, New York. She graduated from Colgate University In 2012. She was Patriot League Midfielder of the Year and Colgate’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Courtney was inducted in Colgate university athletics hall of fame in 2017. Her name appears several times in the Colgate record books. Currently she is:
• First in Draw Controls (201) • Third in Career Points (241)
• Third in Goals (168)
• Fourth in Assists (73)
Courtney’s stats at Colgate put her in the Patriot League’s Top 10 in goals, assists, points and draw controls.
Courtney has continued her lacrosse career after Colgate as a member of the New York Athletic Club and has been on the Israeli National Team roster since 2015 where she represented Israel in the 2017 and 2022 World Cup.
Courtney is currently a certified Personal Trainer with several certifications ranging from Youth Exercise Specialist, to Speed, Agility, Quickness training, to a Performance Enhancement Specialist.
Ben Ramsdell
Background: Ben grew up in Rochester, NY where he played 3 years of Varsity lacrosse and soccer. Ben was a 2x NYS Class A finalist, and All County 2nd team LSM senior year. He was recruited to play lacrosse at Division 3 SUNY Plattsburgh. Ben was able to make an immediate impact to push his team to the conference championship birth in 3 of his 4 seasons. As for coaching, Ben moved from NY to LA in 2018 and was the Mira Costa High School Defensive Coordinator and is currently the Mad Dog National and West Elite 2030 coach as well as Mad Dog LA 2027/2030 coach.
Ben is also a Territory Sales Manager for a Packaging Design company.
Breada Farrell
Background: Breada Farrell is from Essex Fells, New Jersey outside NYC where she grew up playing all sports and picked up lacrosse in the 4th grade. Her speed, grittiness, and determination to win earned her 6 State Championships (2x lacrosse & 4x field hockey) and two-time team captain at West Essex Regional High School. She spent her summers with her travel team, STEPS, and enjoyed going to lacrosse camps with her friends, and the Jersey Shore in her spare time. Her love of the game earned a scholarship at UNC, Chapel Hill where she and her teammates won the 2013 NCAA DI National Championship her senior year. After college, Breada continued her game by competing with the Ireland Women's National Lacrosse Team in several tournaments, including the 2017 World Cup in Surrey, England. She also continues to play and be a team captain with the New York Athletic Club. She loves coaching and is excited to help grow the game more out west!
Anthony Canapini
Background: Anthony was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Throughout his 11 years of lacrosse competition, his extensive time playing Defense ranges from elementary through high school, as well as elite collegium and recreational squads in the Midwest.
As a starting Freshman for his high school’s Varsity lacrosse team, Anthony rose to the rank of Captain before committing to Concordia University in Ann Arbor Michigan. After two years of collegiate academic study and earning his associates, Anthony moved to Southern California to pursue an opportunity working behind the camera, in the film and television industry. Anthony has also performed duties as an Assistant Coach for the 13 Mile Lacrosse League in Royal Oak, Michigan coaching 6th, 7th and 8th grade athletes, as well as mentoring youth at his local community centers.
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Marissa Carne
Background: Marissa grew up in Los Angeles as the youngest of 4 in a sports focused family. Playing multiple sports, she found her favorite to be soccer and played year round til college. Eventually hanging up her cleats to focus on finding her career, she decided to major in photography and film. After graduating from CSULB, she found her way into the entertainment industry operating camera for reality shows and sitcoms and eventually found her way to sports broadcasting. With this well rounded experience, she further developed her passion and talent for lighting and photography. During this time she was also building her own photography business in which she specializes in families, newborns, maternity and sports portraiture- constantly furthering her education and skill sets within her field.