Mike Waldvogel played lacrosse at Levittown Division
High School where he earned
first team All-County honors
in 1964 and 1965. He played
defense and midfield at
Cortland State, earning
First-Team All-America
honors for defense in 1968
and 1969. He played in the
1969 North-South Collegiate
All-Star game.Waldvogel
played club lacrosse for the
Long Island Athletic Club
from 1970-77, and Miller
Lacrosse Club from 1978-79.
He played on the 1974 and
1978 U.S. teams. He began
coaching as an assistant at
Cornell from 1970-80. Since
1980, he has been the head
coach at Yale University. He
has served on the
All-American Selection
Committee since 1990 and is
the Secretary/Treasurer of
the United States Lacrosse
Coaches Association. He
served on the NCAA Lacrosse
Committee from 1988-94, and
the 1981 U.S. Team Selection
Committee. Waldvogel was an
assistant coach for the 1990
U.S. Team. He started Eli
Youth Lacrosse in 1980 and
was elected to the Long
Island Metro Hall of Fame in
1988. In 1990, Waldvogel won
the Touchstone Award as the
Division I Coach of the
Year.
Coach Waldvogel leads the
very successful Hurricanes
and has authored what many
consider the definitive text
on Developmental Lacrosse.
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