Coaches About Blue Crab Lacrosse
Pat Tracy – owner
Coach Tracy is currently an Assistant Coach at Washington College with 16 years collegiate coaching experience across Division I and Division III Men’s Lacrosse programs. Coach Tracy was formerly the Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator at High Point University, Defensive Coordinator for UMBC, Goalie Coach at Dartmouth College and Offensive Coordinator for Goucher College. Tracy has committed his career to the development of outstanding student athletes, recruiting and coaching countless college standouts, among them, 62 High School All American Student Athletes, 18 College All Americans, 8 Collegiate Scholar All Americans, 49 All Conference Players, 20 Professional Lacrosse players, 5 Conference Players of the Year, and 2 USA World Team Members.
AmY Slade – UMBC womens head Coach
Future US Lacrosse Hall of Famer Amy (Appelt) Slade is in her eighth season at the helm of the UMBC Retrievers and tenth overall with the program.
Slade, who won the prestigious Tewaaraton Trophy and led the University of Virginia to a national championship in 2004, joined the UMBC women’s lacrosse staff in August 2009. She will be inducted into the 2020 class of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame after an illustrious career with the Cavaliers where she was a four-time All-American at Virginia, where she set school records for career goals (258) and points (373) and ranks second in career assists (115). Her goals and points totals are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the NCAA Division I record books, and she set an NCAA record by scoring a goal in 66 straight games. Slade became the first Cavalier to win the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation’s best player in 2004 when she led the NCAA in scoring with 90 goals – also a school record – and 121 points, and those totals still rank in the top 10 in Division I history.
Slade is currently the assistant coach of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL)’s Baltimore Brave. In her first season with the Brave, Slade helped lead the team to a 4-0 record and a trip to the inaugural WPLL playoffs.
In 2019, Slade helped coach the Brave to a WPLL championship.
Mike Phipps – Georgetown Assistant coach
Michael Phipps joined the Georgetown University men’s lacrosse staff as an assistant coach in August of 2017. He came to the Hilltop after spending the prior three seasons as an assistant coach at Navy.
Before his time in Annapolis, Phipps spent three seasons as an assistant coach at High Point. Phipps also spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Severn School and spent the 2008 season as the Director of Lacrosse Operations at his alma mater, the University of Maryland.
Phipps was a standout at Maryland, garnering Honorable Mention All-America honors as a senior in 2007 and was the recipient of the Van Trump Award honoring the team’s best attackman. He amassed 95 points (48G,47A) over his career including a team-high 50 points as a senior. Phipps would go on to play professionally in Major League Lacrosse from 2008-10 with the Los Angeles Riptide and Chesapeake Bayhawks.
mindy jones – St mary’s head varsity womens coach
Mindy Jones is a local product from Annapolis, Maryland where she attended St. Mary’s High School. Currently Mindy is entering her fifth season as St. Mary’s Varsity Head Coach. During her time as a St. Mary’s student-athlete her team won the 2005 IAAM Championship. After graduating from St. Mary’s in 2005, Mindy went on to play at the University of Maryland. Her senior year she was part of the team that won the ACC Championship in 2009. Now back at St. Mary’s, In November of 2020, the Saints signed a record high 11 seniors to play at Divisions I and III.
Alison Beyer – SSPP Head Varsity Womens coach
Beyer, a 1997 graduate of Saints Peter and Paul, has been actively involved with the sport since her days as a Sabre. Upon graduation from Saints Peter & Paul, Beyer played at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh as well as trained in Australia with the USA U19 lacrosse team.
Alison returns to the sidelines of Saints Peter & Paul as the varsity head coach after serving as the middle school coach from 2003-2008 and coaching with Talbot lacrosse and the Dark Horse lacrosse club.
REGISTER NOW
Young Guns – Crabfeast
When: June 17-18, 2023
Who: 2027 – 2033 . Ages will be verified. Use Chart to determine if your players are eligible for certain brackets.
Cost: $1595 per team. Multi-team discounts available.
Teams That Attended in 2021
2024
Annapolis Hawks Black A
Blackhawks
Gonzo
Resolute Cinci A
Sidewinders
VLC
2025
3D Garden State A
Annapolis Hawks Black
BBL
Blackhawks
Cannons Select
Crabs
Ground Control
Koopers
Looneys
Mad Dog
Resolute Cinci A
Resolute Cleveland
Resolute Columbus
Sidewinders
Team Minnesota
Top Caliber
True Annapolis
VLC
2026
Leading Edge
LKS 2026
Looneys
MD Roughriders
PA Roughriders
Resolute Cinci
Resolute Columbus
Resolute Ohio
TEAM
Team Minnesota
Thunder LB3
True Annapolis
VLC
Zingos Black
2027
Blackhawks
Annapolis Hawks Black
Crabs
Looneys
PA Roughriders
Resolute CLeveland
Resolute Columbus
Team 91 Carolina
True Annapolis
VLC
2028
Annapolis Hawks
Blue Claws
Crabs
Resolute Cinci
Resolute Cinci 28-29
Resolute Cleveland
Resolute Columbus
True Annapolis
2029
Annapolis Hawks
Bethesda LC
Crabs
True Annapolis
2030
Annapolis Hawks
Blue Claws
Crabs
Travel
Peak Sports Travel is excited to be the Travel Coordinator for Young Guns 2022!
Link to book rooms for Young Guns: https://peaksportstravel.
com/young-guns/
Request discounted team hotel blocks near the tournament fields, request group flights, book discount van/car rentals, and review nearby restaurants on the event page below:
Advantages of working with Peak Sports Travel
- Discounted team hotel blocks – as the travel coordinator of the Young Guns we have negotiating power with local hotels to set up the best available rates for your team to stay a hotels close to the playing fields. Once hotel block is set up there is an easy streamlined reservation process for players/family members to make reservations.
- Group flights – if you have 10 or more passengers on the same flight, we can help you organize a group block which would allow for name changes and spread out payment of the tickets. We’ll organize everything and make sure you don’t miss any deadlines.
- Discount van/car rentals – we have discounted van/car/SUV rentals available from BWI for your players and family members.
- One stop for coaches and teams leaders to organize their team travel needs.
