Andy Ogilvie Named Offensive Coach to the 2023 USA U21 Indoor Lacrosse Team

NEW YORK, NY — US Indoor Lacrosse has announced Andy Ogilvie to the 2023 USA U21 Indoor Lacrosse Team Staff.  Ogilvie will be working with Head Coach Oliver Marti and staff in preparation for the 2023 World Junior Lacrosse Championships in Saskatoon, Canada. 

"I am honored to be named to the coaching staff for the 2023 USA U21 Indoor Team. I am excited to get the process started," said Ogilvie. "We have an impressive pool of players and I'm looking forward to competing for the gold medal." 

Ogilvie will help lead the U21 USA Indoor Team that will compete in the International Indoor Junior Lacrosse (IIJL) World Junior Lacrosse Championship -  August 7-12, 2023. 

"Andy Ogilvie is the right man to help lead the team to victory. His professional record speaks for itself. His loyalty and commitment to the game is more than self-evident and his success as a leader of men is a part of who he is," said USIL President and General Manager Graham D'Alvia. "I am excited and look forward to the process of building a championship team with Andy." 

It’s been almost 30 years since Marti and Ogilvie competed for a Mann Cup as members of the New Westminster Salmonbellies and won the bronze as teammates on the Canadian Men’s Field Lacrosse team at the World Championships in Manchester.  “There are none better than Ogs, as a player and person.  These young men are incredibly fortunate to have him as a coach,” said Head Coach Oliver Marti. 

About Andy Ogilvie: Ogilvie is an accomplished Lacrosse player, considered to be one of the sport’s best ever.  Ogilvie had a successful junior playing career first playing Junior B with Ennismore then progressing to Junior A with Peterborough winning two Minto Cups, in 1983 and again in 1986.  Ogilvie then headed to western Canada to play Senior A lacrosse in the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA). It is here where he was part of the team that won the Mann Cup three times 1989 and 1991 with the New Westminster Salmonbellies and in 2001 with the Coquitlam Adanacs, in 2001 he was named Mann Cup MVP. 

Professionally, Ogilvie had a successful 9-year NLL playing career where he played for the Buffalo Bandits, Vancouver Ravens, and Calgary Roughnecks. 

Internationally, Ogilvie won gold at the 2003 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship and bronze at the 1994 FIL World Field Lacrosse Championships.  In 2021-2022, Ogilvie was the Head Coach of the Australia Junior Box Lacrosse, competing in the IIJL 2022 WJLC. 

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