Boys Varsity Lacrosse

Coach Ball, who previously coached and worked at Loomis from 2008 to 2012, returned to the Island in 2021 to take over as the head coach of the boys lacrosse program and an associate director of admission.

Before coming back to the Island, Coach Ball had a successful five-year stint at the Friends School of Baltimore, where he led the Quakers to their first Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championship since 2011 in his final season. In his four full seasons at Friends, Ball compiled a record of 43-16. Prior to his time in Baltimore, Bill led the Calverton School to four straight Maryland Independent Lacrosse League championships from 2013 to 2016. During that time, the Cougars had signature wins over some of the top programs in the country, including St. Mary’s Annapolis, Archbishop Spalding, and Avon Old Farms, the latter of which was ranked No. 8 in the country at the time. While in Maryland, Bill coached dozens of collegiate recruits, over 20 of whom competed at the Division I level, including the nation’s No. 1 men’s lacrosse recruit in 2016. 

A graduate of Bates College, Ball played both football and lacrosse for the Bobcats. A midfielder, he helped the Bobcats achieve their first national top-20 ranking in over a decade In 2005. After Bates, Ball worked for two years as a graduate assistant football and lacrosse coach at St. Lawrence University, where he earned his master’s degree in education. After a year as a teaching fellow at Phillips Exeter Academy, Ball made his first stop on the Island, where he served as an assistant football, basketball, and lacrosse coach, and was a dorm head in addition to serving as assistant athletic director.

Bill lives in Simsbury with his wife, Marianne, and two children, Elle and Will.

Will Katts enters his first year as an assistant coach for the Loomis Chaffee varsity boys lacrosse team after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2023. At UNC, Will earned a bachelor's degree in sports administration and graduated at the top of his class with a 3.9 GPA. Will has an extensive background coaching lacrosse, including serving as an assistant coach for the Durham Academy varsity lacrosse team in the spring of 2023. During his time at Durham Academy, Will learned from former Duke lacrosse coach Jon Lantzy, and helped him lead the Durham Academy lacrosse program to the North Carolina State Semifinals. Will lives on campus and serves as Loomis Chaffee’s Sports Information Director.

Steve Colgate has been a coach in the Loomis Chaffee Lacrosse program since his arrival on campus in 2002.  He has coached at every level of the program from Thirds to Varsity, and he has been a fixture on the lacrosse fields for decades.  Steve is the only person to have walked the sidelines with every coach in the history of Loomis Chaffee lacrosse, from James “Grim” Wilson, to Ted Garber, to Bill Lee, to current head coach Bill Ball.  Steve also serves as an assistant in the Varsity Football program.  He currently works as the Chair of the Loomis Chaffee English department, and he lives on campus with his wife Dana, daughter Sarah, and son Kai.

Kenn Tarantino ’93 played lacrosse for Loomis Chaffee School where he was captain and earned All American honors. He went on to play at Williams College where he was named to the Western New England All Star Team and chosen for the Annual North-South All Star Game. Recently, Kenn spent two years as the Boys Director of San Francisco Lacrosse, coached at the club level for both the Alcatraz Outlaws, Fog City Lacrosse, and currently for 2-Way. Kenn has been coaching lacrosse since 2017 and joined the Loomis Chaffee Boys Varsity Program in 2022.