“We are excited to bring a person of such great quality into the program,” Brousseau said. On the field, we want to make sure we are helping them grow into confident young women to play on the next level or move on to the next level, depending on what they want to do.”īrousseau announced the hiring to the Greenwich Academy community several days ago. Of course, off the field, we want to make sure we are doing our best to help our students achieve success in the classroom. “I’m really excited to work in tandem with Katie and work end to end to make sure we are putting the strongest team we can out there on the field,” said Quillinan Griggs, a Rowayton resident. The Anderson/Johnson coaching combination continued GA’s successful lacrosse tradition and Quillinan Griggs is excited about joining the traditionally strong program. Anderson is soon heading to Massachusetts with her family, where she will serve as a history teacher at The Rivers School.Īnderson, replaced legendary coach Angela Tammaro, after Tammaro left her coaching positions with the school in 2014, following a career in which she amassed 700 lacrosse victories and 746 field hockey wins. Anderson, who was with GA’s lacrosse program since 2006, coached her last game with the school in the team’s season finale against Taft on May 16. Greenwich Academy athletic director Martha Brousseau recently named Quillinan Griggs as the school’s new co-head Varsity A lacrosse coach – a position Melissa Anderson filled since 2014. The opening day of the Girls High School Lacrosse National Championship tournament on Wednesday gave Halley Quillinan Griggs a glimpse of the Greenwich Academy team she will be coaching next spring.

Anderson recently stepped down as the team’s co-head coach and Griggs was announced as the program’s new co-head coach. Photo courtesy of Greenwich Academy lacrosse team: From left to right, Melissa Anderson, Greenwich Athletic Director Martha Brousseau, Halley Griggs and Katie Johnson gather prior to one of Greenwich Academy’s games at the Girls High School Lacrosse National Championship in Farmington.

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