Mad Dogs Hockey

2010 Mad Dogs Coaches

U8 Team ('01, '02)

Head Coach: John Young

Coach Young moved to the National Capital area from the New York/New Jersey area eight years ago. He has spent the last 30 years of his life playing hockey and is presently playing on two men's inline teams at The Box. During his short inline career, he has represented the Commonwealth of Virginia at the 2009 State Wars tournament as part of the Senior Masters (over 35) team in Cincinnati, Ohio. Coach Young was originally a goaltender and played in the nets for the Rye (New York) Junior Rangers and for Clarkson University. Upon leaving Clarkson, Coach Young began his "second career" as a forward and part-time defenseman. He has since played for the F.B.I. (New York) Law Enforcement Ice Hockey Team (eight years), which played in police tournaments throughout the United States and Canada. He has also played for the Fairfax Fire Department team and was a certified USA Hockey ice hockey referee for two years since his move to Northern Virginia. For the last few seasons he has coached hockey teams at the Ashburn Ice House, in the Ashburn Inline Hockey League, and at The Box. He helped to coach the 2009 Mad Dogs 8U team that won every tourament it entered except for one. When Coach Young is not helping area youth in the hockey rink, he is helping to keep them safe from illegal drugs during his day job as an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He and his wife, Thomasina, live in the Broadlands, Virginia area with three children, Logan (10U Mad Dog), Landon (8U Mad Dog), and Lainey.

Asst. Coach: Sean Evans

Coach Evans has lived in the Northern Virginia region his whole life. He has spent the last 20 years playing ice or inline hockey through out the region. He currently plays on an adult inline hockey team at The Box, and won the championship last season. He has been coaching in the Potomac Inline Hockey League for the past three years. His teams have consistently played in the championship games in this league. When Coach Evans is not helping area youth in the hockey rink, he is helping to keep them safe from fire during his day job as a Fire Captain for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. He and lives in the South Riding area of Loudoun County, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Aimee, and two children, Jenna and Justin (8U Mad Dog).

U10 Team ('99, '00)

Head Coach: John Young

Asst. Coach: Mike McMahon

Coach McMahon moved to the northern Virginia area in 2005, after living in Delaware and Arizona. He grew up playing hockey on the streets, and developed a love of the game. Since 2006, he has been either a coach or an assistant coach with Potomac Inline Hockey (PIHI) at The Box and was also an assistant coach with Ashburn Inline Hockey last season. When not helping area youth at the hockey rink, Coach McMahon spends his time working at Trader Joe’s. He lives in the Centreville area with his wife, Sue Murphy, and enjoys spending time with their children, Mason (10U Mad Dog) and Sedona.

U12 Team ('97, '98)

Head Coach: Hugo Cordova

Coach Cordova, being a native of Lima, Peru, grew up playing soccer and was never exposed to ice hockey or inline hockey until his boys were coaxed into playing ice hockey by a neighbor in 1998. It was then that he was bitten by the hockey bug and contracted "puckitis." He is a Level 3 Certified USA Hockey Coach and has been a Head Coach and Assistant Coach from House level to the CBHL Bantam AA level for the Prince William Hockey Club over the past 10 years, and has enjoyed much success along the way, including winning both CBHL Squirt "A" playoff and regular season championships, as well as the CBHL Pee Wee "AA" playoff championship. He is currently an assistant coach for the Woodbridge High School varsity ice hockey team. Hugo has also been a head coach for many years for the ’92 inline teams at both Prince William and Mad Dogs Hockey, as well as his current position as a coach for the ‘98 Mad Dogs. He enjoys playing in the adult ice hockey league as well as following his three boys up and down the East Coast for both ice and inline games. Coach Cordova believes wholeheartedly in the cross training benefits that come from transitioning between ice hockey and inline hockey. His coaching philosophy is centered on the expectation that every skater will exhibit an unselfish and relentless desire to be a team player.

Asst Coach: Tim Kline

'96 Team (U14)

Head Coach: Greg Folts

Coach Folts has been coaching travel hockey for four years, including serving as an Assistant Coach for the ’96 Ashburn Xtreme travel ice team, Virginia Wild travel ice team, and the Mad Dogs inline hockey team. He also coaches Little League Baseball and softball.

Asst Coach: Alex Eng

Coach Eng has been active in hockey for the past 10 years, and during that time his passion for the game has struck him like a disease. He began in the streets, playing with the neighborhood kids. From there, he branched into inline hockey and ice hockey as a goalie, defenseman, and forward. He is the Executive Director of the Prince William Hockey Club-Inline (PWHC-IL), where he is responsible for overseeing all facets of the club's inline program. Over the past five years, he also has coached in the House League and with the Sabres travel program. Coach Eng enjoys seeing the kids develop skills both as a player and as part of a team. As a coach, he focuses on teamwork and making the game of hockey exciting and fun for the team. Off the rink, he enjoys time with his family, church, boating and scuba diving.

'95 Team (U14)

Head Coach: Peter Grose

Coach Grose hails from Canada and works as a financial advisor. He has many years of coaching experience, including coaching the Pope Paul VI and Fairfax High School Ice Hockey teams and travel teams in both the Reston Raiders and Ashburn Xtreme travel ice hockey organizations. In 2006 and 2007, Peter coached the ’93 Mad Dogs team to the final four in the AAU Jr. Olympics in Detroit and in 2008 he coached the '93s to the 14U AA Division championship at the AAU Jr. Olympics in Feasterville, PA, and in 2009 his team repeated as champion when they won the 14U A Division championship at the AAU Jr. Olympics held again in Feasterville, PA.

Asst. Coach: Gary Jonesi

Mad Dogs Administrator, Webmaster, and Assistant Coach Gary Jonesi spent much of his youth on the sidelines, bench, or in the dugout, watching his father (a former professional baseball catcher) coach football, basketball, and baseball for Chicago public high schools. After a successful high school wrestling career, Gary went to the University of Illinois and then to law school at Hofstra University in New York. In 1985, he moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the U.S. EPA, where he is currently a senior enforcement attorney. In 2001, Gary's two sons started playing inline hockey in Northern Virginia, and Gary has been hooked on the sport since then, skating on adult inline teams and coaching numerous youth teams with Potomac Inline Hockey and the Mad Dogs, including serving as an Assistant Coach for the '95 Mad Dogs team that won the 2005 AAU/USARS U10 National Championship, the silver medal in the 12U AAA Division of the 2008 AAU Jr. Olympics, a gold medal in the 14U AA Tier II Division at the 2009 AAU Jr. Olympics, and as Head Coach of the U10 Mad Dogs team that placed 2d in the 2006 USA Hockey Inline National Championship (Stripes Division). Gary also served as the Head Coach for Team USA (South), which won the 12U silver medal at the 2008 AAU Junior Olympics.

'93 Team (U16)

Head Coach: Peter Grose