Meet Our Coaches
Girls Coaches
Addie Bitting
Addie is a senior at Mizzou in the Trulaske College of Business studying Management. She is the President of the Mizzou Women’s Club Lacrosse team and works at MizzouRec! She grew up in St. Louis Missouri playing lacrosse for 410 West and played one year of college Lacrosse! Addie also has a one year old golden retriever named Cooper!
Joe Barnett
Joe began playing lacrosse as a sixth grader (in the late twentieth century) in Houston, TX and has been in love with the sport since then. He played in high school and played for four years on the UW - Madison men’s lacrosse club team. After college, Joe played on men’s clubs back in Texas. Joe started with CYL in Spring 2023 as a girls coach, two of whom are his daughters. He and his wife, Sarah Barnett, are thrilled to contribute to the growth of lacrosse in the Midwest and support the development of young individuals through the sport! Joe currently teaches Biology at Rock Bridge High School and, generally speaking, loves working with young people.
Megan Lilien
Megan started the Hickman Girls Lacrosse team in 1999 and continued to play on the University of Illinois club lacrosse team after high school. Megan began her coaching career in San Diego, California as the Varsity Coach for the Santana Girls Lacrosse team at the same high school where she taught biology and chemistry for eight years. Since moving back to Missouri, Megan has coached the Columbia Girls High School Lacrosse team and worked to grow the youth program. Outside of lacrosse, Megan works as a high school science teacher and enjoys spending time with her husband and three daughters. Megan’s goal is to make lacrosse accessible to all players and to help build confidence in girls through playing sports.
Boys Coaches
Sam Addison
Sam Addison is our 3/4 boys coach and has been coaching for a year. He began playing lacrosse in 2014 with the Ladue Lacrosse Club in St. Louis. Although he had to pause his playing career in college due to a busy schedule, he is thrilled to be coaching the next generation of laxers. Sam is studying Business Management at Mizzou and is set to graduate in May 2025. In his free time, he enjoys off-roading in his truck and photography. GO LIONS!
Jeff Wallace
Jeff Wallace was born and raised in Columbia Missouri. Grew up playing hockey since he was a kid until high school. Wanting to play a school affiliated sport he joined the varsity lacrosse team at Rock Bridge High School and played three years there. After high school, Jeff played a year of lacrosse at Missouri Baptist University. Currently a sales representative with Royal Papers. Has a son on the youth team who got him back into the sport and is excited to teach and help grow lacrosse in the Columbia area.
