Coaches

Coach O'Neil is in his 17th year on the sidelines and enters his first season as Head Coach at Arizona State. He spent the previous 9 seasons as an Asst. Coach at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, CA where the team captured 7 consecutive CIF Open Div. Championships.  During his tenure at Torrey Pines, the team was ranked in the US Lacrosse National Top 25 in 6 seasons, finishing as the #1 ranked program in the West in 5 of those years. 

O'Neil has been heavily involved with the West Coast Starz program for the last 11 years as a Head Coach for the 2020, 2024, 2027 and now the 2029 class. In the summer of 2025, his 2027 team captured the NLF National Championship, the first for WCS since 2018, and finished the year ranked as the #1 club team in the country.

O'Neil has also served as a Head Coach for the Pacific Southwest Team in the Nike National All-Star Games in Baltimore, MD for the past 5 years, coaching the 2024, 2027 and now 2029 team. In 2021, his '24 team won the National Championship at the event.  His '27 team captured another National Championship at the event in 2024.

Locally, Coach O'Neil helps Coach and Co-Direct Team 48 Lacrosse with ASU Defensive Coordinator Gunner Garn. 

Coach O'Neil grew up in Franklin, MA and attended Franklin High School where he was an All League and All Eastern Massachusetts selection at Attack. He is 2009 alumnus of Arizona State where he helped ASU earn its first MCLA tournament appearance in 2007, making it to the Quarterfinals along with an MCLA Tournament Semi-Final appearance in 2008. 

Coach Garn joins ASU for his first year this season as the team's Defensive Coordinator.  Garn most recently served as Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame Prep (AZ) for the last 3 seasons.  Prior to NDP, Coach Garn also had stints as a Defensive Assistant at Tesoro High School (CA), Lane Tech High School (IL), and De La Salle (CA).  Locally, Garn coaches and is the High School Director of Team 48 Lacrosse.   

Garn hails from Southern California and attended Tesoro High School where he was a 2x all CIF and All American selection.  Garn went on to become Tesoro's first D1 lacrosse product (Class of ‘15), playing at the University of Michigan from 2015–2019 — starting numerous games throughout his career.

Coach Neff joins the ASU staff in his first year this season as the team's Face Off coach. Neff is the director of Face Off Academy Arizona, where he works with athletes and a myriad of high school and youth programs across the state developing technique and a deeper understanding of the game.

Neff played four years of NCAA Division III lacrosse at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, starting for three seasons as a Face Off specialist. After finishing his collegiate career, he returned to Arizona to pursue his PhD in Chemistry at Arizona State University, when he also began coaching and staying actively involved in the local lacrosse community.

Since then, Neff has joined the Arizona Lacrosse League High School Governing Commission and was honored in 2025 with the Billy Lloyd Memorial Award, recognizing his dedication and service to the growth of lacrosse in Arizona.

Coach Perrot began his collegiate career at Coker College where he was a starting defenseman as a freshman, earned NJCAA All-American and Maryland JUCO Defensive Player of the Year honors at Harford Community College.  He went on to transfer to the University of Tampa where he was a starting defenseman and served as a team captain, helping lead the Spartans to 3 Sunshine State Conference titles.

After graduation, Coach Perrot served as a Ranger-qualified Infantry Officer in the 101st Airborne Division from 2022 to 2026.

Having previously coached at Northside Christian School in St. Petersburg FL in 2022 and returning to the role in 2026, he leverages his background in elite athletics and military leadership to develop fast, disciplined, and resilient student-athletes anchored in accountability and teamwork.

Coach Catt joins ASU for his first year as the team's Strength and Conditioning Director.  A Michigan native and former Division 1 hockey player at the University of Michigan, Catt brings a wealth of playing and training experience to ASU.  

His Junior hockey career included winning a national title in 2009 and playing three years in the NAHL.  While at Michigan, Catt's teams captured the Big Ten Championship in 2016 and made an appearance in the Final Four in 2018. 

Catt is also a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and a Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach, and is currently pursuing his doctorate in physical therapy.