Meet The Team

Coach Keogh will head up the Flames (K-1) in 2023. A native of Fairport, NY, John has a deep coaching background and also teaches at Santa Barbara High.

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Coach Evan Smith hails from Tri-Cities, WA and serves as the Head Coach at San Marcos High School. Evan has been with the Hotshots since inception and has coached every player currently playing in Santa Barbara.

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Drew is also a Fairport, NY native who played midfield for NCAA D-1 perennial power UNC. He is an exceptional teacher of the game for players of all ages and abilities.  Drew is a small business owner and recently launched Galivant Teardrop Trailers which are handcrafted by him in Ventura.

Coach Ike has coached youth and high school lacrosse players in Santa Barbara since 2018. He attended NCAA D-III Beloit College (WI) where he played lacrosse and football. 

Ike an Account Executive at Essentials in DevOps with Copado, he serves as a Varsity Assistant at San Marcos High School.

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Coach Brake grew up playing lacrosse in Montgomery County, Maryland and played lacrosse at Frostburg State before moving to CA. He has coached all ability and ages with Hotshots since its inception. 

A recent UCSB graduate, Austin is a Strategic Account Manager for HG Insights.

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Nik is the first local product (Laguna Blanca School) that went on to play lacrosse in the NCAA for D-III for Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He represented the Argentine national team in the 2010 and 2014 World games in Manchester, England and Denver, Colorado respectively.  

When not working for the family business, Brander Vineyards, he is the longest tenured high school lacrosse varsity coach for the Royals.

Marshall is from Menlo Park, CA.  Another standout two-sport athlete in high school, Marshall was a hard hitting safety/middle linebacker in football and a face-off specialist in lacrosse for Menlo-Atherton High School. Marshall was pursued by multiple NCAA DII and III schools but decided on attending Santa Barbara City College with the plan to transfer to UCSB to join Coach Allen and the Gauchos.

Alex Dilorenzo

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Coach Nick is from San Diego and attended Cathedral Catholic High School.  He is currently a Communications major at SBCC.

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