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Jeff Goldberg served 17 years as the Head Lacrosse Coach for Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Fl. During his tenure Coach Goldberg amassed 16 final four appearances and 14 state high school lacrosse titles for the Scots. Under his guidance, Saint Andrew’s Lacrosse was ranked in the top 25 teams nationally in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and earned the recognition as the #1 Lacrosse program in the Southeast by both Lax Power and Inside Lacrosse. Coach Goldberg has over 27 years coaching experience and has graduated over 35 high school All-Americans in his career. He currently has more than 30 former students playing lacrosse at the college level. His essence is about helping capable boys grow into exceptional young men with respect, responsibility and resilience.
Goldberg is the co-director of Team Florida, the preeminent high school level lacrosse team, showcasing the talents of the best players across the state of Florida. In 1998 Goldberg launched Premier Player’s Lacrosse Academy, an educational institute serving student athletes and coaches.
Originally from Levittown, as an Attack/Midfielder, he played for Team USA in 1986 and was named “Unsung Hero” of the series. Goldberg is a two-time world champion, playing lacrosse professionally for the Detroit Turbos and as first-round draft pick for the New York Saints. He earned the title of MVP for the 1988 World Championship Games and also served as coach for Team Australia and Team Japan in the World Lacrosse Games. Goldberg acted as Head Assistant Coach and Offensive Coordinator at Michigan State University (Div I) and as Head Coach at Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy (Div III).
Along with countless other awards, Coach Goldberg was inducted into the 300 Win Club in 2006 by the US Lacrosse Coaching Association. To date, his career victories as a head coach are at 391.
In this passionate interview this great coach describes athletes today, how he has worked to make his lacrosse practices and more ‘game-like’ and competitive and a number of awesome lacrosse drills and philosophies. In the Preview Sample he describes the 1V1 Build Up Lacrosse Drill, I loved it! Currently he is focusing on the Premier Players Academy, and coaching clinics, you can use him for team camps as well, reach him at jeff@pplax.com. This drill is also featured in the article section. Get ready, it is easy to see why he has been so successful.
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