Brad Johnson ’79, President and Head of The Bolles School, announced today Brian Silcott as Head Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse Coach. Coach Silcott brings to Bolles extensive experience as a player and coach at all levels of lacrosse. After beginning his college career at Cornell, Coach Silcott moved to Nazareth College where he was a First Team All-American, national Mid-Fielder of the Year and National Champion. He then played professional lacrosse. Silcott is currently the Chief Operating Officer for LB3, a lacrosse club with operations in multiple cities. The approximately 130 Bolles athletes already involved in lacrosse will have complete freedom to choose other sports, clubs or tournaments outside the School spring varsity season. “We are thrilled to be joining an established program, including a boarding facility, that has unlimited potential for our student-athletes,” Silcott said. “We will continue to develop lacrosse players and future leaders by maintaining the School’s primary emphasis on academics.” He and his wife, Karen, a former varsity lacrosse player at Syracuse, are in the process of relocating to Jacksonville. “Based on his background, reputation for the utmost sportsmanship and interpersonal skills, Coach Silcott is a natural fit into The Bolles Way,” said Johnson. “I see Brian as a long-term fixture in the Bolles Community.” The Bolles School is an 83-year-old Pre-K through 12 independent school with approximately 1,675 students, including over 90 boarders from around the world. To date, the School has won 111 state championships and several national sports titles. Bolles has also produced two Pulitzer Prize-winners, a Rhodes Scholar, Morehead-Cain Scholars, a Jefferson Scholar, the first man in space and the most recent Princeton Valedictorian.