Special thanks to Andrew Baxter, a one of the great young collegiate men’s lacrosse coaches for the last 15 years, took over as Yale’s defensive coordinator in 2013 and helped the Bulldogs win the Ivy League Tournament three times over the last four seasons.

Under his direction, the Yale defense has ranked no worse than 11th in scoring defense every season. They were eighth in Division I with an 8.13 mark in 2016. He was awesome sharing great defense drills on this podcast,

In his first season in New Haven, Baxter guided the Bulldogs to their most prolific season since the early 1990s. His charges led the Blue to a No. 6 ranking in Division I scoring defense (7.94), while the Elis went 12-5, won the Ivy League Tournament title and beat Penn State on the road in the NCAA Tournament. In 2015, Baxter helped Yale to the nation’s No. 9 scoring defense (8.1), an 11-5 record, and an Ivy League Tournament title over Princeton.

He joined the Yale staff after four seasons as defensive coordinator and the top assistant at Ohio State. As a Buckeye, Baxter handled all aspects of recruiting while leading a defense that ranked fourth in 2012 and 10th in 2011 for scoring defense among Division I schools. He coached All-America players each season at Columbus.

Baxter, both an offensive (2004-05) and defensive coordinator (2006-08) in five seasons at Drexel University, helped the Dragons rank seventh nationally in scoring defense in both 2007 and 2008. They also recorded the nation’s fifth highest face-off win percentage in 2008 en route to winning the Colonial Athletic Association regular season championship.

Before heading to Philadelphia, Baxter spent two seasons (2002-03) on the sidelines at Colgate.
Baxter earned his bachelor’s degree in movement and sport studies from Springfield College in 2001, where he played two seasons with Ohio State head coach Nick Myers and helped lead the team to two Division III NCAA Tournaments.

A native of Rochester, N.Y., Baxter graduated from Brighton High School. He and his wife, the former Marika Hartog, also a Springfield College graduate, have a two children, Rae, born in 2010 and Frankie, born in 2014.

In the full podcast for our Premium family, We hear Coach, discuss what he does in the time he has with his poles. He breaks these drills down into three categories, stickwork, footwork, communication, we talked about his drills in each area, but I was really intrigued with the drill on “Communication” it is crazy and you will love it! We feature in the Preview as well as the Article Section,

In the Audio Preview, This is for all Free Members simply log in… … listen to Coach describe this defensive lacrosse communication drill,

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This in his own words, then check out my article on this unique drill that is a lot of fun! Click here to read the article on this drill,

To see more drills from Coach Shay and other Yale lacrosse drills, just enter “Yale” in the search box on my Home Page,

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