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Head Varsity Coach: Pete Stirling
Pete is in his 7th year as a PWBLC coach and 6th year as varsity head coach. He is a 1999 Parkway West graduate and currently employed by Verizon as a Consumer Financial Services Analyst. He played 2 years of varsity lacrosse at PWH and was a senior captain. Pete attended Mizzou where he played lacrosse for 4 years and graduated in 2003 with a major in business administration and finance.

Coaching Philosophy: "Our goal as a coaching staff is to maintain consistency in the coaching staff at all levels so that the players are learning the same general system throughout their PWH careers. Our focus is on building fundamentals and we will put a new emphasis on defense. We will also focus on everyone working hard in practice so we can be a more tough-nosed team while increasing our speed and stamina."

Coach: Glenn Pecher
Glenn returns for a 5th year as a PWBLC coach, having served as the JV assistant coach last year. He is a 2005 graduate of Parkway West where he played lacrosse for 4 years as a defenseman and was a senior team captain.

Coach: John McCool
John is in his 4th year as a PWBLC coach at Parkway West. He is familiar with the program having graduated from Parkway West High School where he played 4 years of lacrosse. He then attended Mizzou, being named to the Dean's List 2000-2002 as well as playing lacrosse for 4 years and serving as President of the Mizzou Lacrosse Club. Tom served as Mizzou Co-captain in 2003, was voted 2nd team All Conference in 2002 and has worked as a camp counselor at various Mizzou lacrosse camps.

Coaching goal: "...to teach the young aspiring athletes the basics of playing lacrosse. I am less interested in winning than I am in making sure each player learns the fundamentals."

Coach: Matthew Schaller
Matt returns for his 2nd year with the PWBLC program this year. He played lacrosse at DeSmet Jesuit High, class of 2003. Matt was on the starting Mizzou lacrosse team, class of 2007, where he played a leadership role. They went to the national championship his first year and was 2nd team All-Conference '04-'06. His team made 1st team All-Conference in '07 and Matt was runner-up for the conference defensive player of the year. As the captain of the team '05-'07, Matt received Academic All-America honors twice and was also treasurer of the team for two years.

Coaching Philosophy: "I demand a lot from my players, but at the same time, command a lot of respect. If my players give it their all and leave everything on the field then, win or lose, I consider it a success. My high school coach Mike Sennett told me, 'Never mistake activity for achievement.' This quote sums up a great lacrosse player; someone that shows up and works hard every single day, but makes sure that the work they are putting in is making them a better lacrosse player, not simply getting them through the practice."

Coach: Brad Shearman
Brad joins the PWBLC program this year as a coach. Brad is currently working on an undergraduate degree in Business Finance. He plans to attend graduate school and become a high school business or math teacher and coach as well. Brad played three years at Parkway West (2000-2002) and 4 years at Missouri State (2006-2009). His team at Missouri State won our conference last year and went to Nationals in Denver, CO. At Missouri State Brad was named to the All-Conference team twice and once to the National All-American team.

Coach: Blaine Skrainka
Blaine joins the PWBLC program this year. He played four years of lacrosse at Parkway South High. Blaine went to Mizzou where he studied economics, and played lacrosse all four years. Blaine was named captain in both his junior and senior season and led the conference in points my junior year. He played both midfield and attack throughout my career. After graduating, Blaine began graduate school and became the Head Coach of the lacrosse team at Mizzou. He is currently working on my MBA with an emphasis in International Business at UMSL.