Meet the Staff
board of Directors

Vince Walch, President
Vince Walch is the new President of Dirty Birds Lacrosse. Vince works full time as a Sr. Technical Recruiter for Amazon. Vince is also a seasoned lacrosse professional with over 10 years of experience playing at the High School and Collegiate Level. He attended Emmanuel College and Georgia Southern University and played Attack for both organizations. Since Graduating Georgia Southern University in 2016, Vince has been involved in coaching at the High School, Middle School, and Youth grade levels in the Atlanta Metro Area. He started off at Campbell HS as their Varsity Offense Coach helping improve the team from a previous 2-14 record to 8-8 in one year. From there, he became an offensive coach at Milton HS assisting in an Elite Eight playoff run. Since 2018, Vince has been acting as an Offensive Coach for the 2019 GHSA State Champion and 2022 GHSA State Runner Up Walton HS Lacrosse Program at both the middle school and high school grade levels. He also has US Lacrosse, GHSA, and GMSA coaching certifications as well as his CPR/First Aid and Personal Training certifications.

Chris Hasbrouck, Program Director and Director of Recruiting
Chris Hasbrouck will be joining the Dirty Birds as a Program Director beginning with the summer 2022 season. Coach Hasbrouck arrived in Atlanta four years ago after a successful run at Episcopal HS in Houston. Before moving to Houston, Hasbrouck spent 22 years coaching and recruiting for three nationally ranked NCAA programs. Hasbrouck served as the Head Coach at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he earned the Capital Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award in 2009. In 2013 Hasbrouck guided the Seahawks to their first ever NCAA playoff berth defeating national powerhouse Salisbury in the conference championship. During his tenure at St. Mary’s the lacrosse team had 122 athletes named to the Capital Athletic Conference All-Academic team and 6 players named USILA Scholar All-Americans. Prior to St. Mary’s, Hasbrouck was the Head Coach at Limestone College where he took the Saints to the National Championship game in 2005. After the 2005 season he was named the Division II National Coach of the Year. Chris began his college coaching career at Salisbury University (MD), where he served for 10 years as the head assistant coach. Salisbury is universally regarded as one of the most successful collegiate men's lacrosse programs in the country. During his time at Salisbury, the Sea Gulls won five Division III National Championships and were a national runner-up once. Hasbrouck has successfully recruited over 250 high school athletes to play for nationally ranked NCAA college teams and has coached 90 All Americans, as well as 15 National Position Players of the Year. Chris hails from Suffern, New York where he played for the legendary coach John Orlando. Coach Orlando is one of the most successful coaches in New York state history compiling over 500 wins in a storied career.

Griffin Spotz, Founder
Griffin Spotz is in his 15th year as a head coach in GA and 12th as head coach at Walton High School. Previously, he played lacrosse in Illinois, playing defense and LSM for the University of Illinois MCLA Club team. He started the Duluth High School boy’s lacrosse team. In 2013, he started the Dirty Birds Lacrosse program. At Walton he has gone to the Elite 8 six separate times, as well as the Final Four three times. In 2019, Coach Spotz led the Raiders to a State Title, beating Lambert, 8-7 in the State Championship game. The Raiders finished the season ranked #1 in the state for all of GHSA Lacrosse, 1A – 7A, with a 21-2 record. They also finished the season ranked #3 in the Southeast by Inside Lacrosse Under Armour rankings. Their record of 7-1 against other teams that finished the season ranked in the Top 10 in the state will stand as a testament to how successful their 2019 season was. Coach Spotz was awarded the NFHS Boys Lacrosse Coach of the year for 2019 by the GHSA. In 2022, Coach Spotz led Walton to their first ever Region Title and a 6-7A GHSA State Championship appearance. In 2022, Coach Spotz also won MDJ Coach of the Year, which he previously received in 2014 and 2019 as well. His teams over the past decade have been awarded multiple Academic All American, All State, and All American honors.
Coaching Staff

Head Coach, Pete Manderano

Head Coach, Clinic Instructor, Mason Wren

Head Coach, Cole McMeen

Head Coach, Speed and Agility Coach, Bajro Buzaljko

Head Coach, Clinic Instructor, Mario Lewis

Head Coach, Jacob Nichols

Head Coach, CJ Mucker

Head Coach, Kevin Johns

Head Coach, Hunter Fisher

Head Coach, Carl Pfaff

Assistant Coach, Chad Horst

Assistant Coach, Michael Cabral

Assistant Coach, Ryan Bridges

Assistant Coach, Rick O'Neal

Assistant Coach, Kevon James

Assistant Coach, Matt Meeks

Clinic Instructor, Assistant Coach, Logan Myers

Faceoff Coach, Assistant Coach, Hunter Coleman

Clinic Instructor, Assistant Coach, Brady Hanak

Goalie Coach, John McLaughlin

Assistant Coach, David Williamson

Goalie Coach, Assistant Coach, Drew Hurst

Clinic Instructor, Assistant Coach, Blake Carrodus

Assistant Coach, Kevin Harper
What People are saying about Dirty Birds Lacrosse
"I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported Dirty Birds Lacrosse over the past decade. It's humbling to think about how it started and how strong it had become. I believe that passing the torch to Coach Walch is going to catapult Dirty Birds to the next phase of its success as an organization. My vision was always to develop players and provide the best experience I could while connecting our lacrosse community, and I look back with pride knowing that happened. I believe there is a place in Atlanta for many club travel teams, and I can recognize that so many different people have positively impacted that talent I receive at the varsity level at Walton HS, but I can honestly say with gratitude that Dirty Birds Lacrosse helped provide us with a state title. My hope is that so many more youth players will now get to play lacrosse for this program as I have full confidence in Vince Walch."
- Walton HS Varsity Coach, Griffin Spotz