Cazenovia High School graduate Jamison Koesterer is now part of the coaching staff at his college alma mater, Johns Hopkins, one of the most storied lacrosse programs in the country.
Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala hired Koesterer to work with his team’s face-off specialists, an art he perfected both in his days with the Lakers and, later, with the Blue Jays in Baltimore.
Koesterer played at Johns Hopkins from 2004-07 and was a member of the Blue Jays’ national championship teams in 2005 and 2007. He scored seven goals and added 12 assists and 101 ground balls during his career. He also won 176-of-318 (.553) career face-offs and helped guide the Blue Jays to a 51-11 record.
Koesterer has continued his playing career in the National Lacrosse League as a member of the Portland Lumberjax (2009) and the Washington Stealth (2010). He helped the Stealth to the 2010 NLL Championship — the first title in franchise history — by winning 265 of-446 (.594) faceoffs while collecting 101 loose balls, the equivalent of a ground ball in indoor lacrosse.
According to Inside Lacrosse magazine, Koesterer has worked tirelessly in the state of Washington to grow the game at the youth level. He served as the director of Operations at walax.com, a web site dedicated to all things related to lacrosse in the Northwest. In addition, Koesterer coached the Seattle Starz, who won the 2010 Adrenaline High School Shootout.
With Koesterer joining Pietramala, Benson and associate head coach Bill Dwan, Johns Hopkins will feature a coaching staff made up entirely of former Blue Jays for the first time since 2004.
