Our Coaches.
Every one of our coaches at Crown Lacrosse Club have the same goal. We want to build the best possible club team by enhancing and adding to our players skillset. They all have a passion for coaching/teaching and are dedicated professionals. We want to be more than just a coach, we strive to be positive role models and mentors.
Will Munley
Coach Will is the Co-founder of Crown Lacrosse Club Georgia and Director of Player Development. He is the founder and lead boys instructor at Elevate Lacrosse Academy, Director of lacrosse and Varsity Boys Head Coach at Hebron Christian Academy, and the former youth director of team 91 Georgia and the 2026 ignition coach.
Coach Will is a native of Greenville, South Carolina and played college lacrosse at Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA. Coach Will was the co-captain of the men's lacrosse team at Mercyhurst and holds multiple records for scoring, assists, and overall points in a game. Coach Will helped lead his team to the two most successful seasons in the program's history.
Coach Will also attended Tennessee Wesleyan University where he was awarded the prestigious Stan Harrison Award (Most Valuable Athlete in 2015). He also set national records in overall assists and points in a single game and season. Coach Will was the two time captain and earned All Conference accolades.
"I am extremely excited to be able to bring the most unique travel ball organization to Georgia and the South! We are ready to break out fall of 2024 with some of the best young student athletes in the area who want to be the best versions of themselves with individual stick skill training, team practices and speed and agility year round!"
"Heavy is the head that wears the crown"
Mark Destro
Mark Destro was named assistant men's lacrosse coach in September 2023 and will begin his first season with Piedmont University in the Spring of 2024.
Destro joins the Lions after spending this past season as assistant men's lacrosse coach at Oglethorpe University.
Overall, Destro boasts six seasons of collegiate coaching experience, all of which have come at the NCAA Division III level. Destro began his coaching career as assistant men's lacrosse coach for Sewanee in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before moving onto the University of Mount Union in 2017. He then spent tow seasons coaching at USA South foe Methodist University as an assistant coach in 2018 and 2019.
During his time at Sewanee, Destro helped the Tigers to two consecutive SAA Conference championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
As a collegiate athlete, Destro played three seasons of lacrosse as a goalie at The Catholic University of America, while he also earned Division I experience, playing for both Manhattan College and Jacksonville University.
In 2022, Destro earned his master's of business administration from Liberty University. He also has a B.A. in history from Catholic University of America, which he earned in 2014.