The President of the Fighting Clams, Justin was born in the Baltimore area. He graduated from Tabor Academy (MA) in 1995, where he was named as a high school All-American, and where he still holds the school record for points scored in a season (112). He was also named a Boston Globe All-Scholastic lacrosse player and the New England Prep Player of the Year in 1995. Justin started for all four years at attack at Denison University and was named as an All NCAC player three times. He was named as an Honorable Mention All-American for his senior year, and scored 182 points during his collegiate career. After serving as an Assistant Coach for Duxbury High School for two years, one of which was during a season that saw Duxbury win its first State Championship, Justin moved to the Rivers School in 2002 to take over a program that hadn’t had a winning season in over two decades. Since taking over, Rivers has gone 113-73, and has not had a losing season since 2005. In 2006 and 2014, Coach Walker was named as Coach of the Year in ISL, and in 2009 his team was one of three teams winning a share of the ISL title. Justin has coached two high school All-Americans at Rivers, and over 50 players who have gone on to play at the collegiate level, including dozens at the Division 1 level.

A former Clam and Littleneck, Tim grew up in Lowell, MA, and attended Lawrence Academy in Groton, where he was a two-year captain, two-time All-ISL selection, and Team MVP in 2006 and 2007.

Tim went on to play at the University of Hartford, where he helped turn the program around and win its first America East Championship and qualify for the NCAA Tournament. He was a captain and Team MVP in 2010 and 2011 and earned numerous honors throughout his career, including NEILA Division I New England Player of the Year, two-time All-American, All-New England, and multiple America East All-Conference selections. Tim also led the nation in ground balls in 2010 and 2011 and led the country in faceoff win percentage in 2011.

Following college, Tim played professionally for the Denver Outlaws, Rochester Rattlers, Boston Rockhoppers, and Charlotte Hounds. He also serves as the Territory Manager for Cascade and Maverik Lacrosse in New England.

Coach Westgate has been a part of Top Gun and the Clams since 1996 (Clams Class of ‘03). He played 4 years at Sandwich High School and joined one of the original Clams teams during his junior and senior year. Ronnie played 4 years as a goaltender at Providence College from ’02-’06. During his four years at PC, he served as team captain during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons while the Friars captured 2 MAAC Conference Championships. PC earned its first bids to the NCAA D1 tournament in ’04 (vs. Johns Hopkins) and ’06 (vs. Hofstra). After college, Ronnie coached for 5 seasons at Wellesley HS and was part of an undefeated regular season in 2011. He coached the 2012 season at Providence College where he worked with the goaltenders and defense, preparing for Big East opponents like Syracuse, Notre Dame and Villanova. Coach Westgate works full time for the Fighting Clams, manages our operations, and helps coach our goalies! He also is our resident rules expert; Ronnie has been refereeing high school and college games in New England for over 8 years!

Ryan is a 2010 graduate of Mansfield High School and went on to play at Springfield College, where he earned First Team All-Conference honors twice and finished his career 18th all-time in points in school history. He graduated in 2014 with a degree in Sports Management.

Ryan has extensive coaching experience at the high school, college, and club levels. He served as the Head Coach at Sharon High School in 2015 and Dennis-Yarmouth High School in 2016, before returning to Mansfield High School as an assistant coach in 2023 and 2024. Head coach at Mount Saint Charles in 2025 & 2026 seasons.

In spring 2017, Ryan moved to the collegiate ranks as an assistant coach at Massachusetts Maritime Academy before becoming the Head Coach at UMass Dartmouth, where he coached from fall 2017–2020. From 2020–2021, Ryan served as an assistant coach at Wheaton College.

Ryan has also been coaching club lacrosse since 2013. He served as the Operations Manager for Kings Lacrosse from 2017 - 2022 and has coached national programs including Nations Best and the New England Blazers. He also brings five years of box lacrosse coaching experience with the Knights and Stallions Lacrosse Clubs.

Coach Theriault was a long-time Fighting Clam and attended Northfield Mt. Hermon, and graduated from high school in 2020. He was ranked in the top 100 recruits nationally going into college. After a freshman year cut short by COVID-19, Coach T immediately earned the starting role as a sophomore in 2022. At the end of a historic season in cage, Conor was a USILA Honorable Mention All-American, a USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American, First Team All-Ivy League, and a NEILA First Team All-New England Goalie. Coach Theriault is our head of social media and content, and works with Fighting Clam and Littleneck goalies when he’s not working the camera!

A former Littleneck and Clam, Ian played college lacrosse at Drew University after starring as a defenseman at Lawrence Academy. He is currently the Head Coach at Morristown High School (NJ) and has been coaching with the Littlenecks program for four years.

Coach Petty grew up playing lacrosse in Worthington, Ohio, where he earned All-Ohio and Honorable Mention All-Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Association honors before graduating from Ohio State University.

Chris has more than 12 years of experience coaching youth lacrosse in Norwood and Foxboro, including the past five years serving on the Foxboro Youth Lacrosse Board as Co-Boys Director. He has also coached club lacrosse for more than seven years.

Kevin began his playing career at Mansfield High School before continuing on to Springfield College, where he played defense and graduated in 2015.

Kevin brings over 13 years of club lacrosse coaching experience, having worked with programs including Team Cape Cod, Kings Lacrosse, and Piatelli Lacrosse. For the past four years, he has also worked as a Physical Education teacher while coaching soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at Shore Country Day School. This year, Kevin begins a similar role at the Meadowbrook School in Weston.

Kevin is also Scoops Lacrosse certified and has spent the past three years running Scoops classes for players ages 3 - 7. He continues to work with young players through these programs in the area.

Coach Goodwin has been coaching club lacrosse for the past five years, working with players across a wide range of age groups from elementary school through the collegiate club level.

He currently serves as an Assistant Coach at Framingham State University. This will be Coach Goodwin’s third season with the Littlenecks program

Rob is the new Director of Lacrosse Operations for Harvard Men's Lacrosse and brings a tremendous amount of collegiate and international coaching experience to the Littlenecks.

Rob previously served as the Defensive Coordinator at the University of Mary Washington during the 2026 season. He also worked with the Eagles' faceoff units, helping the program advance to the semifinals of the 2026 Coastal Lacrosse Conference Tournament. In 2025, Rob served as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Franklin Pierce University. 

Rob is also a key member of the France National Team coaching staff. At the 2025 European Championships, he helped France achieve its best showing in the history of the competition, finishing eighth overall and second in its group. Rob also helped launch France's box lacrosse program and will return to the sidelines with France for the 2027 World Championships in Japan.

Rob graduated from Davis & Elkins College with a Bachelor's degree in Business and Sports Management.

Coach Tim Ryan attended Ashland High School, where he was a captain and played both hockey and lacrosse as a goalie. He continued playing both sports at Bridgewater State University.

Tim coached Piatelli Lacrosse for six years before joining the Littlenecks in 2024. He currently serves as the Head Coach at Framingham State University and also works as an elementary school Physical Education teacher.

Coach Wilkins began his collegiate lacrosse career at Becker College in 2018 as the starting faceoff specialist before transitioning into an all-around midfield role. He transferred to Salem State University for his final two seasons, but his playing career was unfortunately cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and injuries.

Since then, Mitch has continued to give back to the sport that has given him so many opportunities. He is currently entering his second year as the Varsity B Hockey Coach and Assistant Varsity Lacrosse Coach at The Winchendon School in Winchendon, Massachusetts, where he also serves as a Chemistry and Physiology teacher and dorm parent.

Coach Sider is a graduate of Brewster Academy ('10) and Endicott College ('14). He began his collegiate career at Le Moyne College before transferring to Endicott, where he played as a defensive midfield specialist.

Jon began his coaching career at St. John’s Prep, where he coached from 2015 - 2019. During his time there, the program made two MIAA playoff appearances and reached a sectional final in 2018.

In 2020, Jon was named the Head Varsity Coach at Manchester-Essex HS. During his tenure, Manchester Essex won its first CAL League Championship, made the first three MIAA playoff appearances in over a decade ('22, '23, and '24), and reached the State Quarterfinals in 2024, the first in program history.

Jon currently serves as the Defensive Coordinator at The Pingree School in South Hamilton, where he has helped lead the program to back-to-back NESLL Championships in 2025 and 2026.

Coach Sider has also been coaching with the Fighting Clams and Littlenecks organizations since 2018. He is without a doubt one of our finest coaches, and we are extremely excited to have him leading the 2031s.