Greg Cannella - Head Coach at UMass and Very Decorated D1 Men's Lacrosse Coach 

00:56 Coach Cannella's Journey 

-Following suit to his Dad 

-Older brothers as big mentors 

-Tony Seamen as a high school coach 

-Starting at University of Maryland 

-Learning to play within a system 

-Making the transition to UMass 

08:46 UMass Playing Days 

-The personnel of the team 

-The "White" defense 

-Some of the less known players who people should

-"The Hill"

-Stories of playing on The Hill

-Throwing oranges while playing Syracuse 

17:01 Making to Move To Coaching 

-Starting at Stoney Brook 

-Learning to want to coach 

-Growing the grass roots of the program 

-Learning the nuances of coaching 

-Jumping at the job at UMass 

-Coaching some great players

-1993 UMass vs Yale game

22:10 Becoming a New Head Coach In 1995 at UMass

-Sitting down and analyzing roster to configure a plan 

-Run and gun team 

-Playing disciplined on defense 

-Scripting portions of games

-The effect on recruiting to be a slower paced team 

-The change to becoming more of a fast paced team 

-Progressing to becoming more aggressive on defense

-The use of no rules drills 

-"Snidely look"

-Breaking the 10 man ride 

33:53 2006 Team and the Run They Made

-Started with Doc Schneider

-Jack Reed on defense

-Facing off with a pole 

-Contributions from other players they hadn't before 

-The ups and downs from the year 

-Playing Cornell in the first round 

-Playing Hofstra in the Quarter Final in overtime 

-Playing the great group of the Maryland team 

-Going to the National Championship

-Why Virginia was so good that year 

-The model of leadership of that team 

-Not drinking during the season 

47:11 Where  UMass is at With Building Team Culture 

-Ever evolving 

-Willingness to find people to be apart of it

-The team embraces itself 

-Being able to use the dining facilities to bring in the young guys 

-Fostering an inclusive group

51:14 Player Development 

-Shooting 

-Off-ball play 

-Focusing on footwork and technique 

-Footwork is key defensively 

-The use of small groups and individual practices

-Use of speed training 

-How do skills translate

-Teaching decision making 

-Allowing players to play with what they are taught in a free

environment 

-The translation of basketball 

-Translation from wrestling 

-How Box Lacrosse helps 

1:05:37 Recruiting at UMass

-Quality character 

-Toughness is a key

-Speed is a key 

-Size is negotiable 

-Attack: be able to play off the ball 

-Defense: Agility, strength, and meanness 

-Ability to be apart of a group

-Doc decides the goalies 

-The theme of working hard

-Watching video of recruits

-Seeing the good and the bad in live showcases