Chad Horst is an upstate New York native and also where he began his lacrosse and coaching career. He played his collegiate lacrosse at Nazareth College in the late 90s and early 2000s when Nazareth was a perennial powerhouse. He comes to Dirty Birds with several years of high school and youth lacrosse coaching experience. Most recently, he has been coaching the past four seasons in the Cherokee Youth Lacrosse program, after moving to the Atlanta area with his wife and two kids in 2018. He is excited to join the Dirty Birds family and focus on our youth teams player development.