Meet Dan Oliver: Montgomery Blair HS鈥檚 new lacrosse head coach for the 2021 season
SILVER SPRING, Md. (BVM) — The first game of the 2021 season is less than a month away for the varsity boys lacrosse team at Montgomery Blair High School. for the Blazers and a new head coach will be leading them to potential victory this season.聽
Dan Oliver was as the program鈥檚 new head coach on March 26 and he is bringing nearly eight years of lacrosse experience to the program. He was head coach for the varsity boys at John F Kennedy HS for two seasons starting back in 2014. In that time, he doubled program participation by recruiting an additional 20 players to the team. For the 2016 season at Bethesda Chevy Chase HS, Oliver鈥檚 lead coaching skills helped improve the team record from 2-12 to 6-8 in one season. He then became an assistant coach at St. John鈥檚 College HS from 2017-20. He helped the team to win their first-ever Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title during his first year with the team.聽
Currently, Oliver is serving Montgomery County, Carroll County, Prince George’s County and Howard County as a leader for the Maryland Lacrosse Club; he is the MDX-R Director. He is taking all past and present lacrosse experience to coach the Blazers and so this season there are some high expectations for the team with Oliver leading the way.聽
