Lacrosse - Boys

Lacrosse Coaches

Head Coach 

Sal Cipolla: scipolla@lbschools.net

Coach Sal played Varsity Lacrosse at Lynbrook High School on Long Island in NY. During college, he played intramural Lacrosse at Nassau Community College and later at Florida International University where he was the team captain of the Men's Lacrosse Club Team. During his years at FIU, the team won the Southern Florida State Championship three years in a row! In 2000, Sal moved to Long Beach,  CA and has loved it ever since.  Coach Sal has also coached Football and Baseball, and has a son at Rogers Middle School.  Coach Sal can be reached at salcip@msn.com

Assistant Coach

Malachi Valenzuela-Mier

Assistant Coach Malachi hails from Long Beach, California where he started playing Lacrosse in 2015 as a high school sophomore with Beach Cities Youth Lacrosse before Wilson officially had a school team. In 2016, Wilson officially started the Lacrosse program, and Coach Malachi was one of the founding team members. A mid-field master and fierce on face-off, Malachi helped the Bruins go 5 and 8 in their inaugural season. With a little more time on the field together under the direction of then Head Coach Sterling, the Bruins proudly finished season two with 13 wins and only 3 losses. Malachi was one of the Bruins all time lead scorers. After graduating, Malachi continued his lacrosse pursuits playing box lacrosse and to date, shares his expertise and passion as a Beach Cities Youth Lacrosse Club coach. One of his biggest joys is being able to teach the game to others and help develop their skills.  When Coach Malachi isn’t on the lacrosse field, he is currently working on continuing his education at Long Beach City College. We are so grateful to Coach Malachi for assisting Coach Sal this season! When you see Assistant Coach Mali on the field, please give him a warm Bruin welcome!