Crabs 2026

 Summer Practice Schedule:

TBA

Tournament Schedule:

Summer Events:

Crab Feast June 21-22

NLF Championship July 11-13

Team Roster and Bios

Coaches

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Ryan McClernan

Founder of Crabs Lacrosse and 2026 Head Coach

Ryan McClernan is the owner and founder of the club. He is a 25 year veteran of high school, recreation and all star team coaching. A 3x US Lacrosse U19 World team selector Coach McClernan was honored to Chair the 2003 World Games held at Towson University. In 2014 he helped the Baltimore Under Armour team win 5 one goal games on its way to a national UA underclassman championship! He is a former head varsity high school coach (Greenwich HS, CT) head JV coach (Mt St Joe, Md) and a head freshman coach (Boys' Latin, Md). Currently he coaches the 8th grade team at Crabs where he helps prepare some of the areas best players year in and year out for the challenges of high school lacrosse.

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Pete Ward

Pete’s involvement with the game of Lacrosse has been a lifelong activity. This includes, playing 4-Years of Varsity Lacrosse at McDonogh School and then attending the University of Vermont where he earned a starting position in every College Game for all 4 years. Pete also served as Captain of the Nationally ranked University of Vermont Catamounts in 1991. Pete’s coaching began in 1994 at McDonogh School and then progressed to Towsontowne Youth Lacrosse Program where he served as Age Group Coordinator and held many Head Coaching positions. Changing to the Club Lacrosse world in 2010, he coached with the Breakers Lacrosse Club until he joined the Crabs Coaching staff in 2016. Pete believes in teaching personal responsibility, team culture, having positive attitude and earning respect with hard work.

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Kevin O'Toole

Faceoff Coach

Kevin grew up playing for Crabs. He played 4 years on varsity at Loyola Blakefield and captained the 2013 MIAA championship team. After high school, Kevin was a faceoff midfielder at Johns Hopkins (2013-2017). After graduation, he spent a year as a graduate assistant coach at Hopkins under Coach Dave Pietramala while earning his MBA.