Young Park boys lacrosse coach rebuilding culture across district
Ian Curley, a 22-year-old Drew University senior, has brought new enthusiasm to the Park Regional boys lacrosse co-op team.
Sometimes, Ian Curley hopes his Drew University professors aren't paying too much attention to what he's doing on his laptop during class. Lately, the senior finance major has been watching lacrosse video and making up practice plans. He's fit his school schedule between 9 a.
m. and about 2:30 p. m.
, and often shows up for his last class in lacrosse gear. Then Curley, 22, jumps into his car and zips over to Hanover Park High School. The young coach is trying to rebuild the culture of the Park boys lacrosse team , a co-op between Hanover Park and Whippany Park.
The first thing he did after being hired for the top job in late October was to institute team lifts and dinners, bringing all the players together regardless of their home school. Curley estimated that about 25 of the 30 on the roster are from Hanover Park. The youth program, which includes pre-kindergarten through eighth grade boys and girls in Florham Park, East Hanover and Hanover Township , is closer to a 60-40 split.