Park City Lacrosse Organization is extremely pleased to announce the addition of Todd Faiella, one of the most accomplished players in the game, as PCLO's Performance and Technical Director for boy's high school lacrosse. In this role Todd will oversee player and coaching development and create elite-level athletic programming to enhance physical, nutritional and mental aspects of the game. Todd will work closely with varsity head coach Andy Langendorf to develop on-field systems for all of PC High Schools boys teams, and act as defensive coordinator for the varsity team.

Todd's athletic resume includes the 2011 NCAA National Lacrosse Championship with the University of Virginia, where he earned ACC All-Academic honors and received UVA’s Tom Rixey Award as the team’s most spirited and emotional leader. Although primarily a defenseman at UVA, Faiella’s lacrosse knowledge and athleticism allowed him to play goalie, midfield, long-stick middie and close defense during his college career.

Todd transferred to UVA from Brown University where he was captain of the lacrosse team and won Ivy League Championships in both lacrosse and football. In 2008, he received Brown’s Rick Whelan Award, recognizing unselfish play, dedication to the program and overall commitment to excellence. A senior-year Achilles tendon injury ended Faiella’s Brown career, where he graduated, but opened an opportunity at UVA while pursuing his master’s degree.

In 2011, Todd played professionally with LXM Pro’s STX Team Philly. That year he also co-founded Native Lacrosse Company in Utah and developed a connection to Park City’s lacrosse community. This spring he coached at Marin Catholic High School near San Francisco, where the team finished as NorCal State Runner Up. But Utah called, and Todd sees an opportunity to continue the explosive growth of lacrosse in the state and bring success to Park City’s program.

“Park City reminds me of Duxbury, MA, close to where I grew up,” Faiella said.  “Lacrosse was the town’s biggest sport, they had great facilities and the community embraced the program. They were surrounded by other lacrosse programs, but they dominated year in and year out. I see the same opportunity in Park City … for years to come.”

To enhance his efforts with the high school team, he hopes to tap into Park City’s elite athletic and Olympic-level infrastructure. “We have so many resources here–the headquarters of Athletic Republic, the U.S. Ski Team and so many world-class athletes and coaches,” Faiella said. “The sky’s the limit for the lacrosse program as we make these connections.” 

He also hopes to bring in some old friends to help from time to time, like UVA teammate Steele Stanwick, 2011 Tewaaraton Award recipient as the NCAA’s top player.

“Steele was an attackman, so I played against him every day in practice,” Faiella said. “He’s a close personal friend as are so many other great players. They’ll definitely be out here to help on occasion. And we’ll start developing a pipeline to attract other top-tier players to come out and coach in Park City after graduating.”

While working with the Park City program, Todd will continue building a Utah-based lacrosse business, conducting camps, clinics, tournaments and lessons.