Andrew Kirkaldy Named Head Coach for the 2022 USA U18 Indoor Lacrosse Team

NEW YORK, NY — U.S. Indoor Lacrosse announced Andrew Kirkaldy as the Head Coach of the 2022 USA U18 Indoor Lacrosse Team which will compete in the 2022 IIJL World U18 Lacrosse Championship. Kirkaldy, a former player drafted by the NLL Calgary Roughnecks and Senior A WLA player for the Nanaimo Timberman, winner of the Keith Mann award in 2009. Currently Andrew is the Head Coach and Assistant Director of Admissions at Trinity-Pawling School. 

Kirkaldy attended Gordon College Fighting Scots from 2006-2010, earning the TCCC Rookie of the Year in 2006. A prolific goal scorer, Andrew was the 2x leading scorer for the Fighting Scots, Captained the team in his senior year and was a 3x First Team All-Conference. 

Andrew began coaching in 2012 for the Haverhill High School boys field lacrosse team where, in only his first year, he was selected Head Coach of the Year in the Merrimack Valley Conference and, in 2013, as the assistant coach at Fairfield Prep, help the team win a Class L State Championship. 

“We are very excited to announce Andrew Kirkaldy as Head Coach of the USA U18 Indoor Lacrosse Team. Andrews passion for the game of lacrosse and proven track record as a player and coach makes him the perfect choice to lead the USA U18 Indoor Team this year and and in the years to come", said President of US Indoor Lacrosse Graham D'Alvia. 

The 2022 IIJL World U18 Indoor Lacrosse Championship will take place in Buffalo, NY on October 8-10th, 2022. 

The final USIL U18 roster will be comprised of talented, up-and-coming lacrosse players who have a strong worth ethic, willingness to work within a team, and will have promising results at international events and high-level domestic events. Tryouts beginning in January 2022.