Boys' Varsity Lacrosse

Chris Roberts brings more than 20 years of coaching and competitive playing experience to his position as head coach of Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse. He was a four-year member of the men’s lacrosse team at Princeton University in New Jersey, which won three NCAA Division I Championships and maintained a 54-6 record over his four years there. Prior to Princeton, Chris played lacrosse at Farmingdale High School in New York, where he captained the team and was awarded All-County honors and Academic All-American runner-up. He has volunteered with New Milford Youth Lacrosse since 1999 and currently coaches the third and sixth grade teams while serving on the Board. He also coaches the 2024 AA team with Eclipse Lacrosse and is the director of the annual Championship Lacrosse Summer Camp. During his tenure as head coach, Chris has led the Saints to a Western New England Division II Championship and coached four All-Americans.

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Tom Hamilton has more than a decade of experience as a lacrosse coach and player. He was a four-year member of the men’s lacrosse team at Yale University in Connecticut. Prior to Yale, Tom played lacrosse at Choate Rosemary Hall, also in Connecticut, where he captained the team and was awarded All-New England honors.

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While a member of the Saints team for only one year, Keith Angell ‘75 was a force for the Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse team. He was selected to the All-Western New England team his sophomore year of high school before becoming a tremendous asset for the Saints by leading the team to their league championship title in 1975. Keith ‘75 then advanced his playing career at Duke University, NC as a four-year starter on the School’s nationally ranked Division 1 team. A lifelong fan and promoter of the sport, Keith ‘75 has continued his involvement in lacrosse since his career at both Canterbury and Duke. Keith was the Founder of Medfield (MA)Lacrosse, now an eight-time boys and two-time girls state champion. He currently serves as the President of the Canterbury Lacrosse Association.

Leading the Canterbury Saints to a league championship my senior year cemented my appreciation for the team-first approach required to succeed in any highly competitive sport and life. I realized that our success was not built on one or two-star lacrosse players but on learning how to play well together and encouraging the best of our athletic talents from each teammate. Because of this experience, my commitment to and support of the Canterbury Lacrosse program has extended well beyond my time as a student-athlete at Canterbury.

Current Canterbury board member, Matt Dwyer ‘71 has inspired Canterbury’s lacrosse program since its roots at the School in the early 70s. “I began playing lacrosse in third grade on Long Island. When I arrived at Canterbury, I was surprised to discover there was no [team].” It was then Matt ‘71, aided by his teammate (and fellow Long Island-native) Mike Whelan ‘71, eventually convinced then Head of School Walter F. Sheehan to launch the School’s program. As the “leader of the attack,” as reported by the Spring 1971 edition of The Tabard, Matt was the lead-scorer and fearless captain of the Saints’ first team.

Following his role as founding member of Canterbury’s program, Matt ‘71 advanced his playing career at Dartmouth College where he led the Big Green as a four-year starter. Since college, Matt ‘71 has gained national recognition for his promotion of the sport. The Boston Globe has called him the “Greater Boston's Pied Piper of Lacrosse.” He began the boys lacrosse program at Weston High School, MA, founded the Weston Youth Lacrosse League and co-founded the Massachusetts Bay Youth Lacrosse League. Matt ‘71 has served as the Chair of the Board at MetroLacrosse - an education-based lacrosse organization providing free equipment and guidance to children in Boston public schools - and was the founding owner of the Boston Cannons, a Major League Lacrosse team. As well, Matt ‘71 spent time as a coach at Phillips Exeter Academy. The Boston Globe has called him the “Greater Boston's Pied Piper of Lacrosse.”

The Canterbury experience taught me not to give up when you want to accomplish something. Had Headmaster Sheehan denied us the chance to build the team, my lacrosse life likely would have ended. I wouldn’t have played for a great coach like Charlie Huntington at Canterbury nor at Dartmouth. I wouldn’t have later brought the joys and life lessons of lacrosse to thousands of boys and girls. Almost 50 years after that first Canterbury season, I remain deeply indebted to Canterbury Lacrosse!