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Coach
Joe Seivold's Lacrosse Vitae
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Durham Academy (NC) Coach Joe Seivold
will be a Contributing Columnist for YLUSA.com,
for the 2002-2003 Season. Coach Joe Seivold’s lacrosse
vitae reads like a “Who’s Who” in lacrosse.
Coach Seivold’s lacrosse “pedigree of experience”
is second to none.
He is a former year star at Gilman; Seivold
was a four-time All-American at UNC; and, he played
on the 1986 World Champion Team USA. Seivold is also
co-director of the Dixie
Top 150 Lacrosse Camps. Coach Seivold Coaches at
LaxPower's #1 Team in the South, Durham Academy. DA
has won nine (9) NC State Championships since 1990 under
Coach Seivold. He has a son who plays for DA's JV team
and another son who starts for UNC.
Coach Seivold’s wife, and brother were also UNC
athletes. His father, Joseph Seivold, Jr. and brother
Gary played lacrosse and his wife Joan played soccer.
All three of those former Tar Heels were All-Americans
on the field in their respective sports and Coach Joe
Seivold was also an Academic All-America while at Carolina.
Coach Seivold’s father Joeseph Seivold, Sr. is
,in the United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Coach Seivold summarizes his coaching
style as, “high energy, high intensity and high
expectations.” He loves lacrosse over other sports
“because in lacrosse grace and athleticism in one
package. Big hits and beautiful passes; that type of
thing.”
Seivold began playing at around age 4. Growing up in
Baltimore, with a dad heavily involved in the club game,
it was just what you did. His first organized team was
when I was 10.
Coach Joe Seivold’s elder son, Johnny “Holmes”
{nickname} Seivold is a starter for UNC . He who played
on Carolina’s second midfield unit the 2001 season
and lettered in the 2000 season as a red-shirt freshman.
Johnny Seivold’s biggest sports thrill was winning
his fourth straight state lacrosse championship at Durham
Academy with his best friends. Coach Seivold’s
younger son plays for Durham Academy.
Coach Seivold is certainly qualifies as an expert lacrosse
coach.
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