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RUSS
OLSEN |
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OWNERS BIOGRAPHY
Russ
Olsen is the owner of Great Western Lacrosse. He is a Physical
Educator in San Diego and is pursuing his Master's Degree at
National University. Russ is 48 years old and was one of the
founders of Great Western Lacrosse in 1984, along with his college
buddy, Tommy Hannum. They created the lacrosse camp as a school
project through the Physical Education Department in the
spring of
1984. Over 2000 young student athletes have gone through the summer
training sessions. Many have gone on to very successful collegiate
lacrosse careers. In fact, in some years, more than half of the
Western Collegiate Lacrosse League's All-Stars were former graduates
of Great Western Lacrosse.
Russ began his lacrosse at Novato High
School in Northern California where he won the first two HS State
Championships as a player. Russ
went on to play college lacrosse at San Diego State University where
he won the Team MVP trophy as well as San Diego State's "Athlete of the Year" in 1985 & 1986.
He finished his collegiate career at the SDSU All Time Scoring
Champion and still holds that record today.
He also had the opportunity to play world caliber lacrosse. He played
in the 1984 Olympic Exhibition Lacrosse games in Los Angeles. He
graduated in 1986 with a Physical Education degree and started coaching the very next year.
He began his coaching career at Patrick Henry where he took a team
from 1-15 to the State Championship.
He
is the first coach in west coast history to win two state titles
with two separate high school teams. He did this is a three year
span (1995 with Patrick Henry & 1998 with Serra). He has accumulated
more wins as a coach that any other high school coach in San Diego
County history, winning his 150th game in the 1998 State
Championship game and is 9 wins away from his 250th win. His 1998 Serra team was also ranked 17th in the Nation, the
highest ranking of any team in the west to this date.
He was asked by Warrior Lacrosse to go to Japan to teach the first
Lacrosse Camp in Tokyo in the spring of 1996 which was one of the
highlights of his lacrosse career. He is currently the Head
Varsity Boys Coach at
Canyon Crest Academy HS in San Diego.
Below is a listing of Russ Olsen's accomplishments as a player and a coach...
Russ Olsen's Playing Statistics
1979
-
Novato High School JV Team Captain
Most Valuable Player Award (Junior Varsity)
1980
-
Novato High School Team Captain, NHS Assist’s Champion (26).
Northern California Jr. Lacrosse League's Assist’s
Champion,
Northern California Jr. Lacrosse League All-Star. High School All-American.
1981
–
Novato
High School Team Captain, NHS Scoring Champion (39 Points).
Northern California Jr. Lacrosse League's Top Attackman,
Northern California Jr. Lacrosse League All-Star. High School All-American.
1982
–
Attackman
for the
San Dieguito Lacrosse Club.
Redshirt at San Diego State University.
1983 -
All-Western Collegiate Lacrosse
League Attackman
SDSU Scoring Champion (98 points). Team's Rookie of the Year Award.
1984 -
SDSU Team Captain, All-Western
Collegiate Lacrosse League Attackman
SDSU Scoring Champion (104 points). SDSU Most Valuable
Attackman.
Member of the 1984 Olympic Exhibition Team for the
Los Angeles Olympics.
SDSU Scoring Champion (83 points). SDSU Most Valuable Player Award.
SDSU Sports Clubs Athlete of the Year.
1986 - SDSU Team Captain, All-Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Attackman
SDSU Scoring Champion (70 points). SDSU Most Valuable Player Award.
SDSU Sports Clubs Athlete of the Year.
SDSU All-Time Scoring Champion (348 points).
1987 - Cuervo Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-Southern California Team.
1988 - Cuervo Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-Southern California Team.
1989 - Yogi's Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-Southern California Team.
1990 - Yogi's Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-Southern California
Team. Southern California Champions. State Championship Game Runner Up.
1991 - Yogi's Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-California Team.
California State Champions. California Club Attackman of the Year.
1992 - Yogi's Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-Southern California Team,
Southern California Champions, State Championship Game Runner Up.
1993 - Yogi's Shooters Lacrosse Club, Team's Top Scorer, All-Southern California Team,
Southern California Champions, State Championship Game Runner Up.
1994 - Moondoggies Lacrosse Club, All-Southern California Team,
Runner up in Southern California Championship. Moondoggies Top Scorer.
1995 - Moondoggies Lacrosse Club, All-Southern California Team,
Moondoggies Top Scorer.
1996 - Moondoggies Lacrosse Club , All-Southern California, Moondoggies Top Scorer.
1997 - Guinness Lacrosse Club sponsored by Reebok, All-Southern California Team,
Southern California Champions, State Championship Game Runner Up.
Guinness Top Scorer.
1998 - Guinness Lacrosse Club sponsored by Reebok, All-Southern California Team,
Southern California Champions, State Championship Game Runner Up.
Guinness Top Scorer.
1999 - Guinness Lacrosse Club sponsored by Reebok, All-Southern California Team,
Southern California Champions, State Championship Game Runner Up.
Guinness Top Scorer.
2000 - Miller High Life Lacrosse Club sponsored by Reebok. Miller Top Scorer.
All-Southern California Team,
Southern California Champions, State Championship Game Runner Up.
2001 – Retirement from Playing Lacrosse
Russ Olsen's Coaching Statistics
1986 -
Head
Coach of the Pershing Lacrosse Club
San Diego County Champions.
10 - 0 record
1987 -
Head
Coach of Pershing Lacrosse Club
San Diego County Runner-Up.
(FALL)
9 - 1 record
- Head Coach at Patrick Henry High School.
(SPRING) 1 - 13 record
1988 -
Head
Coach of Pershing Lacrosse
San Diego County Runner-Up.
(FALL)
10 - 1 record
- Head Coach at Patrick Henry High School.
(SPRING)
7 - 7 record
1989 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School.
8 - 6 record
1990 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School. City Division Champions,
San Diego County Runner-Up.
9 - 4 record
1991 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School. City Division Champions,
San Diego County Runner-Up.
11 - 3 record
1992 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School, City Division Champions,
San Diego County Runner-Up.
11 - 3 record
1993 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School. City Division Champions,
San Diego County Runner-Up.
12 - 4 record
1994 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School. City Division Champions,
San Diego County Runner-Up.
15 - 2 record
1995 -
Head
Coach at Patrick Henry High School.
San Diego County Lacrosse League Champions,
California State "Coach of the Year".
California High School Lacrosse State Champions.
18 -
1 record
1996 - NOT
COACHING
President of the San Diego County Lacrosse Association.
1997 -
Head Coach at Serra High School.
Runner up in the San Diego County Lacrosse League,
12 - 3 record
President of the San Diego County Lacrosse Assn.
1998 -
Head Coach at Serra High School.
San Diego County Lacrosse League Champions,
California State "Coach of the Year".
California High School Lacrosse State
Champions, 17 - 0 record
1999 -
Head Coach at Serra High School.
San Diego County Lacrosse League
8 - 8 record
2000 -
Head Coach at Serra High School.
San Diego County Lacrosse League
5 - 8 record
2001 -
Head Coach of Novato High School.
Northern California Junior Lacrosse League
15 - 6 record
2002 -
Head Coach of Novato High School.
Northern California Junior Lacrosse League
12 - 4 record
2003 -
NOT COACHING. NCJLA Referee and League
Scheduler.
2004 -
NOT COACHING. NCJLA Referee and League
Scheduler.
2005
- Head Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
CIF – Sand Diego Section.
7 - 7 record
2006
- Head
Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
CIF – San Diego Section.
18 - 1 - 1 record
2007
- Head
Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
CIF – San Diego Section. 12
- 9 record
Ranked #9 in San Diego CIF Varsity.
2008
- Head
Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
CIF – San Diego Section. 12
- 9 record
Ranked
#9 in San Diego CIF Varsity.
2009
- Head
Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
3
- 15 record
2010
- Head
Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
10
- 9 record
2011
- Head
Coach of Canyon Crest Academy HS.
10
- 9 record
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261 WINS - 134 LOSSES - 1 Tie
.661 Winning Percentage
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