Virginia
One
The Coaches
Who We Are
Virginia One’s founding principle is to provide an opportunity for girls to develop elite skills in an environment that honors the game. Our primary focus is to become the premier club that achieves excellence through dedication, hard work and focused training. We have an incredible group of coaches with experience playing at different levels. Their knowledge and passion for the game makes for a great dynamic.
Victor Chen
Owner
Club owner Victor Chen brings over 30 years of lacrosse experience as both a player and coach. His accolades are too long to list but his greatest accomplishment to date is the assembled staff below. He was previously an assistant coach at Averett University and head coach for George Mason University's women's club lacrosse team. Victor is currently the head coach at Lake Braddock Secondary School and head coach at Trinity Washington University..
Phil Carolan
Director
After a 30-year break from his playing days in high school and college, Phil returned to the sport of lacrosse to become the volunteer coach for his daughter’s 3rd & 4th grade recreational team in the spring of 2012. Since then, he has spent countless hours working as a volunteer coach, parent volunteer, or even team “mom” for rec, high school, and travel teams in the Northern Virginia area. In 2020 he was presented with the opportunity to become a member of the girl’s junior varsity lacrosse coaching staff at Bishop O’Connell High School. In 2021, Phil transitioned from VA One parent (daughter Allison, aka Big Al, played for VA One for four years) to VA One coach.
Rachel Chen
Assistant Director & Coach
Bringing 19 years of experience, Rachel's lacrosse journey began in pre-K with Vienna Youth, Annandale Youth, and Chantilly Youth, where she played as both attack and goalie. Transitioning to high school, Rachel continued to excel at Chantilly and Oakton High School, earning All-District honors as a freshman starter at the varsity level. Her talent and dedication led her to multiple national prospect invites, proudly representing Virginia One Girls Lacrosse Club. Beyond her coaching endeavors, Rachel participated with Taiwan's national lacrosse team at the Heritage Cup, showcasing her skills at the international level.
Driven by her love of sports, Rachel earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sport Management with a minor in Coaching and a Master's Degree in Sport & Recreation Studies from George Mason University. Additionally, she served as president of Mason's club lacrosse team for six seasons, demonstrating her leadership skills on and off the field. Outside of coaching, Rachel works for Mason Recreation's Competitive Sports and Marketing departments.
Tim Prosser
Head Coach 2027
Originally from upstate New York (Syracuse and Buffalo), Coach Prosser was a three-sport athlete playing football, basketball, and lacrosse. Coach Prosser then went on to play defense for Ithaca College. After graduating from Ithaca with a Degree in Health and Physical Education, Coach Prosser has been teaching and coaching for Fairfax County Public Schools since 1991. Coach Prosser was head varsity boys' coach at Lee High School before he had two daughters which led him to learn and love the girls' game. Since then, he has coached at the youth, high school, and club levels. Coach Prosser is now head coach at Robinson Secondary School, but has also been assistant coach for Robinson since 2012 which he helped lead the girls in back to back 6A state championships. He is also a US Lacrosse level 1 and 2 certified coach.
Bill McCulloch
Assistant Coach 2027
Coach McCulloch started in boy's lacrosse with Braddock Road Youth Lacrosse winning NVYLL Championships in 3rd-4th Grade, 5th-6th Grade & 7th-8th Grade before becoming Commissioner of BRYC Lacrosse. He has been Asst JV Boys Coach at W.T. Woodson High School before becoming the Head JV Coach the following two seasons and was Varsity Head Coach at Potomac School leading the Panthers to a MAAC Championship. He transitioned to girls and has been the WT Woodson Cavaliers Girls Varsity Out of Season Coach (Leagues: TripleEdge, Metro Fallball, Frost Fest Winter as well as Tournaments: Lax O’Ween, FallBrawl, Oakton Shootout, & Valentine’s Day) for the last 14 years for five successive coaches. Became Asst Coach of BYC Girls Lacrosse 7th-8th Graded Select in 2012 before joining Virginia United Girls Lacrosse Club and coaching 7th graders through HS Juniors in club competition. Excited to be part of Virginia One Girls Lacrosse Club.
TJ Finnerty
Head Coach 2028
A lifelong laxer originally from New York, Coach Finn is the Head Coach of the Girls Lacrosse program at Flint Hill School in Oakton as a member of the prestigious ISL conference. Prior to this position he was the Head Coach at Bishop O’Connell for the previous 5 years competing in the WCAC.
Outside of the high school scene Coach Finn has been on staff for 2021, 2022 and 2023 for the All-America lacrosse program coaching the DC region each summer in the national tournament pitting the best of the best young ladies in the sport. He has coached club lacrosse since 2016 and is one of our original Virginia One coaches coming aboard at our inception. Most recently he coached a DC region girls all star team (along with our very own Coach Prosser) that competed in Ireland in the summer of 2022 at the U21 Men’s World Championship Tournament. The team finished 9-0 at the tournament and captured the championship.
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Growing up in one of the original lacrosse hotbeds Coach Finn attended Washington & Lee University to play Division 1 for three years before W&L transitioned to Division 3 his senior year. He was a 4 year starter, a Captain, All Conference and an Honorable Mention All American.
Corey Brunkow
Assistant Coach 2028
Coach Corey Brunkow is a girls' lacrosse coach entering his ninth year, currently serving as Head Junior Varsity Coach at Woodgrove High School and as an Assistant Coach with the Virginia One 2028 Club Team. He has coached athletes from 3rd grade through high school, contributing to championship teams and focused on the development of players and love for the game. A West Point graduate with over 25 years of Army service, Coach Corey brings a leadership-driven approach focused on skill development, game IQ and performance under pressure, supported by USA Lacrosse Platinum, CrossFit Level 1, and Soldiers to Sidelines coaching certificates.
CC Jacobs
Head Coach 2031
CC has been playing lacrosse in the Northern Virginia area for 14 years. She started with Vienna Youth Lacrosse and played for St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School and Capital Lacrosse Club. In high school, CC was an all conference and all state captain. She also earned a spot on the Washington Post All Metro team and a US Lacrosse All American accolade her senior year. CC now currently plays for the University of Richmond Spiders as a defender/draw taker. This past spring, CC was a regular season champion and an Atlantic 10 first team all conference defender. CC has multiple years of experience coaching lacrosse at all ages at the St. James Stars. She is also a dive coach and has a strong passion for helping others. CC is excised to join us this summer and use her knowledge and skills of lacrosse to make a difference!
Ella Mathias
Assistant Coach 2031
Ella brings 14 years of lacrosse experience including time as both a coach and player. Her journey began with Annandale Youth Lacrosse. She continued on to play for Woodson High School, earning a starting spot on the varsity team all four years. She received various district and regional honors and ended her senior year earning first-team all-state honors. She also played for Pride Lacrosse and Virginia Metro. Currently, Ella plays for St. Mary's College of Maryland where she is a rising junior. Ella has four years of experience coaching girls lacrosse for Annandale Youth as well as experience as a women's lacrosse referee with WLUA. Ella is excited to be part of Virginia One! She has a strong passion for lacrosse and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and have fun!
Jack Sine
Goalie Coach
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Bristol Sine
Goalie Coach
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Paige Ellis
Goalie Coach
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Erik Viilu
Head Coach
Coach Erik started playing lacrosse in 6th grade in Northern Virginia for Braddock Road Youth Club, and fell in love with the sport. He played locally at Fairfax High School followed by stints at Washington College, GMU Club, and Mary Washington College at Middie. Coach Erik has experience coaching at different levels for both boys and girls programs. More recently Erik has been a Co-Commissioner for Annandale Girls lacrosse for the past 5 years and coached with them for over 6 years. Recently he took on the role of Girls coordinator for the Executive Committee for Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League. Erik is also the Head Varsity Coach at Yorktown High School. Being involved in lacrosse for over 30 years makes being on the field some of the best parts of his days! When not on the field, Coach Erik works in IT security for NIH. Over the last 3 years, Coach Erik has won the prestigious Virginia One's "Victor Chen's Coach of the Year" award for his outstanding work. Coach Erik enjoys making lacrosse fun, and passing on the knowledge he has acquired over the years.
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Dana Gleich
Assistant Coach
Coach Dana grew up in Fairfax County, attending Oakton HS, and played various sports including lacrosse, soccer, and basketball. She not only enjoys playing, wanted and attending all types of sports events, but now has an affinity for coaching, especially lacrosse. She graduated from Radford University in 2011 and began teaching Kindergarten, 1st and 6th grade for Fairfax County Public Schools. In 2011, Coach Dana started as an assistant coach for Oakton HS and helped lead the team to win the State Championship in 2012. She became the head coach for JV in 2013 through 2016 for Oakton and 2017 has been the JV head coach for Madison HS. In 2019 she became a head coach for Cardinal Lacrosse Club where she coached the 23's. In 2022, she made the move to Virginia One. When she isn't coaching high school and club lacrosse she is spending time with her two children who are only 3 and 1, but are already showing signs of loving lacrosse like their mother.
Mike Schneider
Assistant Coach
Originally from Syracuse, New York, Coach Schneider has been playing lacrosse since middle school. He played club lacrosse in college at the University of South Florida. Coach Schneider has been coaching high school lacrosse for over 15 years in Fairfax County. He started coaching boys lacrosse at Hayfield and transitioned to the girls game in 2016 at WT Woodson. Coach Schneider was an assistant coach on the 2018 State title winning team at Woodson and took over as the head girls lacrosse coach for Woodson in 2022 where he is also a teacher.
Megan Sheehan
Assistant Coach
Megan brings 14 years of lacrosse experience. She began playing at the age of 5 with the Western Loudoun Youth Lacrosse program. She continued to play for three years on the Loudoun Valley High School Varsity team. During that time, the team was Regional Runner Up and State Semi-finalists. She has played for Evergreen Lacrosse Club, 3D Mid Atlantic, and Cavalier Lacrosse Club. Currently she plays club lacrosse for West Virginia University. She has coached lacrosse for six years and is a draw specialist and plays attack. She has a deep understanding of the field and the awareness one needs for the game. She has a strong passion for coaching and a positive mindset toward the game.
