Blue Tornado Lacrosse

The McCallie lacrosse program began in the fall of 1989 with approximately two dozen players and two coaches. Since that date, the program has grown into one of the top programs in the Southeast.

The overall school program consists of more than 120 players on the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Middle School teams. McCallie welcomes players of all levels of experience and strives to develop them appropriately at each level.

The varsity program has built a reputation as one of the premier programs in the Southeast, having won nine State Championships since its inception 34 years ago (1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2022).

The mission of the program is to help its student-athletes develop as McCallie Men who embody Honor, Truth, and Duty; as teammates who put their brothers’ needs above their own; and as players who are willing to be uncommon by striving for excellence and persevering through failure.McCallie lacrosse

The program is led by Head Coach Eamon Thornton ’02, who took over the program in 2020. Eamon has been a member of the school’s faculty since 2011 and the JV head coach and varsity assistant for seven years before assuming the varsity head coaching role. A graduate of Hampden-Sydney College where he played lacrosse, he also teaches English and is a dorm advisor. Eamon just finished a 10-year stint as the head coach of the Swiss National team and also serves on the DEI Committee for the National Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association.