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Mario Enea walked out of an orientation at Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California and saw his first lacrosse game.
He turned to his father and asked "Dad- what game is that?" and his father replied, "That is Lacrosse and Jim Brown was an All American." Mario told his father "Well dad, I would really like to come to school here and play Lacrosse." The year was 1986 and he hasn't put his stick down since. Playing Experience: 1987- 1990 – Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA Played for legendary coach Jeff Young 1991- Drew University, Madison, New Jersey NCAA Division III First Round Loss to Gettysburg College 1993- 1995- University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Champion ’94 & ’95 Career Record– 56 Win, 5 Loss (Whittier 2x, University of Arizona, Santa Clara & Boston College) Most Inspirational Player ’94 All Western Collegiate Lacrosse League ’94 & ’95 Captain ‘94 & ’95 Cover of Lacrosse Magazine “Is Cal the Best in the West?” Feb 1995 Played in Division I North vs South Senior All American Game at Johns Hopkins University ‘95 1996- Drafted by Charlotte Cobras of Major Indoor Lacrosse League 1997- 2007- Men's Club- Marin Lacrosse Club, Olympic Club & Monterey Sharks Coaching Experience: 1997- Founded California Lacrosse Company (Lacrosse only retail store) 1998- 2001- Assistant Coach at Stevenson, Pebble Beach, Ca 1998-1999- Head Coach Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Ca 1997- Present- Director for Nike Lacrosse Camps San Diego, Utah, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri, Salinas, Oklahoma, Colorado 1997- Founded Pebble Beach Tribe Lacrosse Club 1997-2002 founded over 50 different programs all over the bay area and beyond. Grew sport from 1,000 players to 10,000. 2002- Founded & Head Coach Carmel High School 2002- ‘07 - Opened first full service Lacrosse Training & Retail Store in Lafayette, Ca 2003- Opened stores in San Rafael & El Cajon, Ca 2004- Opened flagship store in Dublin, Ca 2002- 2005- directed the BraveHeart Lacrosse Festival, which featured 144 teams on 12 fields. 2002- Present- BraveHeart Lacrosse Training Champions An elite travel team program & fall/winter/summer box league Won 3 tournaments in Park City, UT, Las Vegas, NV & Battle of the Bay in Monterey, CA ’07 Placed 3rd in 3 tournaments in Vail, Co, The National in New Jersey & Umass in Amherst, MA 2007- 2011- Head Lacrosse Coach at Santa Catalina School, Monterey, Ca 2011- Assistant JV Football Coach, Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, Ca 2009- 2015 - Director for BraveHeart Lacrosse Training Center- Pacific Grove, Ca 2013- 2014- Founded and Head Coach Palma High School, Salinas, Ca 2013 - US Lacrosse High School Coach of the Year 2014- ‘16 BraveHeart Lacrosse Officials Association 2017 - University of Oklahoma Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Norman, OK Lone Star Alliance Coach of the Year - LSA Championship Game Runner Up 12 Wins | 3 Loss University of California at Berkeley Lacrosse Hall of Fame class of 2017 2018 - Head Coach University of Oklahoma LSA Championship Game Runner Up 13 Wins | 3 Loss 2019 - Head Coach University of Oklahoma LSA Final Four 6 Wins | 7 Loss 2020- Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA Athletic Hall Of Fame class of 2020 Mario Enea, Matt Olin, Brian Bajari ‘90 2020 - Covid 19 Shut down ALL lacrosse operations 2021 - Covid 19 Shut down 2022 - Relaunch BraveHeart Lacrosse Develop a 2nd/3rd Grade Group to compete as 2032 |
GirlsCoach Mario enjoyed his five years coaching the girls at Santa Catalina. It is a great sport for girls and emphasizes stick skills, as there is zero body contact allowed. Pictured here with his daughter Sofia, at the Nike Lacrosse Camp at Salinas High School..
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BoysCoach Mario enjoys teaching boys the game. He can't wait for his son Ritter to begin playing!
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