- Welcome to The Coaching Zone Initiative
John Yeager
Drawing on his illustrious lacrosse playing and coaching career and his organizational behavior work with athletic, educational, and business organizations, John Yeager’s presentations and training programs have inspired audiences around the United States.
Jon Cunha
Jon is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC), earning his master’s degree from Lesley University in clinical mental health counseling. He is a co-owner of Riser and Tread, a company dedicated to helping young people ages 8-25 “Step Up + Move Forward.”
Sara Metzger
Sara Metzger is an ACC, ICF credentialed, personal development coach, mother of two and founder of Vista Coaching. Sara spent 20 years as a teacher and after retiring from the world of education she began her own coaching practice. She specializes in working with schools, leaders and student athletes.
Dr. Wally Bzdell
Dr. Wally Bzdell is a sport psychologist who specializes in providing comprehensive sport psychology services and high-performance mindset training for teams, coaches, and individual athletes. He teaches principles and skills that help individuals organize their inner experiences and mental skills to build capacity to perform well in consequential moments.
Jim Warnock
Jim is a high school teacher and coach at South Windsor High School in Connecticut. Athletics have always offered him an environment to develop as a person. He wholeheartedly values the opportunity that being part of a team can have on an individual. A former lacrosse player and team captain at Springfield College, Jim has had the opportunity to coach lacrosse at all levels from kindergarten through eight years as a college coach at Western New England College. He has been named the Connecticut High School Lacrosse Coach of the Year, as well as the Connecticut Assistant Coach of the Year.
Sean Quirk
Sean Quirk is the Head Coach of the Cannons Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League and Associate Director of Athletics at Endicott College, an athletic specialist, motivational coach, and expert leader in terms of building championship-caliber athletes, teams, programs, and organizations. He teaches people how to unleash their inner potential, based on many years of experience as a dynamic head coach and athletic director.