Top Side Sniper Coaches

Justin Otto - Director/Head Coach - Justin is a 2005 graduate of Manhattan College in Riverdale. There he obtained his degree in Civil Engineering while playing lacrosse at the D1 level. Justin plays attack and is currently the All-Time Leading goal scorer in MC history (129), second in points (172) and was part of the 2002 undefeated season winning the MAAC Championship and playing in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. He received Team MVP honors in 2003 along with 3-Time First Team All-MAAC selection, a Second Team All-MAAC selection, 2-Time All Tournament Team, led the team in scoring and points in three out of his four years and was Top 25 in goals in Division 1 every year. He was the Offensive Assistant Coach at MC for the 2005-2006 season as well as the Assistant Coach for Riverdale Country Day in 2008 & 2009. He is currently the head JV coach at Bronxville H.S. and still plays as part of the U.S. Indoor Developmental Team, the Salt Shakerz (www.laxoften.com) and runs the Empire Lacrosse club as part of the American Lacrosse League (www.americanlacrosseleague.com).

Justin will be working with the offense and defense of all the Snipers teams this summer.

James Synowiez - Offensive Coach - A 2010 Graduate of Manhattan College. At MC he obtained his degree in Marketing with a minor in Global Business while playing lacrosse. James is an attackman and the fastest player to reach 100 points in Manhattan College history(32 games). In 2009 he was named MAAC conference offensive player of the year, was a 2x all MAAC selection as well Team MVP in 2009. In 2009 James finished top 20 in Division 1 in goals. James finished his career in fifth place on Manhattan's all-time list with 81 career goals and 2nd and 3rd in single season goals. At Onondaga Community College in 2008 James was one of the team captains and earned an NJCAA All-Region III First Team selection. As a freshman in college James was part of the 2007 NJCAA Undefeated National Champion Onondaga Lazers and earned an Academic All-American Selection. In High school at Owego Free Academy James is the all-time leader in goals and points. He also ranks among New York State’s all time leaders in career goals and career points, as well as single season goals(twice), a 3-time Section IV All Star and 2x team captain.

James currently teaches at Heathcote Elementary and is the Freshman Lacrosse coach at Scarsdale High School. He lives at Greenwich, CT. James will be working with the Varsity Snipers this summer.

James Goldmann - Defensive Coach - Coach Goldmann is currently the Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains. Prior to becoming head coach, Goldmann spent the 2011 season as the teams offensive coordinator. Coach Goldmann was the Head Junior Varsity Coach and Varsity offensive coordinator at Oneonta High School for three seasons from 2008-2010. He was the first Head Junior Varsity Coach in program history, and helped develop numerous players to go on to play lacrosse in the college ranks. He was also the Head Coach for the Oneonta State Club Lacrosse team in 2010, leading the team to the NCLL sweet 16 and a top-10 national ranking. Coach Goldmann has worked at numerous clinics and camps across New York, while also coaching travel teams out of the metro NY area.
 
Prior to coaching, Goldmann played collegiate lacrosse at Oneonta State College in Oneonta, NY. He played his high school lacrosse at Archbishop Stepinac, where he was the teams leading goal scorer and a 2x CHSAA All-League selection.
 
Orgininally from Yonkers, NY, he currently resides in Greenwich, CT and works as a Social Studies teacher at Archbishop Stepinac High School. He will be working with the Varsity Snipers this summer.

Mitch Bradbury - Offensive Coach - Mitch began his lacrosse career as an Attackman at The Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. He broadened his field experience by playing attack and goalie at The University of California Berkeley with two other Exeter classmates together with whom he lead the Cal Bears to the Western States Championships in 1980 against Stanford. Since college, Coach Bradbury has played attack at the Masters, Grandmasters and Half Century level for Team Florida and The Sound Shore Team. He brings forty years of Lacrosse experience to the coaching staff at Top Side. More recently, Coach Bradbury founded and served as President of the New Rochelle Youth Lacrosse program from 2007-2011. Coach Bradbury will serve as Head Coach
for our U12 Snipers as well as offering his expertise in goalie and attack training at our Summer clinics.

Mitch currently lives in New Rochelle and is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in NYC. Mitch will be the offensive coach for the U-12 Snipers this summer.

Alex Scriffiano - Offensive Coach - Alex began his involvement in lacrosse at Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey. As a junior and senior captain, he helped lead the team to the playoffs for the first time in program history. He played his college lacrosse at Rowan University where he led the team in goals and assists as an attackman in each of his last three seasons. After college, Alex continued his involvement in lacrosse by playing for the US Developmental Box Lacrosse team and other various clubs. He also coached the 7th and 8th grade Warren boys team in 2009 and 2010. He is a very energetic coach with a great offensive mind.

Alex is a current employee of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Materials Engineering Unit. He is a 2008 graduate of Rowan University’s College of Engineering, where he received a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Jason Cappadoro - Offensive Coach - Son of Patty and Jack, brother of Justin and Kristen. Attended MacArthur High School, Levittown NY where he lettered in Football and Lacrosse. Went to college at Stony Brook University, where he started as a freshman. Led the team his rookie campaign with points and set a new school rookie record for points and was named MVP. Throughout his collegiate career, he was named First Team All-Conference 3 years and Second Team All-Conference once. Upon finishing his college career held three records at Stony Brook: Most point’s by a freshman, all-time career point’s leader, all-time assist leader. After college was drafted by the New Jersey Pride, and later played for the Chicago Machine.

Jason currently lives in Hoboken works in the finance industry for ICap Securities as a Stock Loan Trader. He will be the offensive coach for the U-14 Snipers this summer.

Marty Dunn - Defensive Coach - Marty has been playing lacrosse for 20 years and currently plays goalie for several club teams including Dunn Financial LC in the American Lacrosse League and Halligan's in the Sound Shore league. He has played in several tournaments, most recently Lake Placid with Buffalo Soldiers, and has earned MVP honors for the Mardi Gras tournament and the Peach State Classic. He is a very vocal goalie on the field and on the sideline as a coach. His understanding of defensive positioning and terminology can't be found anywhere else.

Marty lives in Stamford and is currently a VP of Operations at Gramercy in Greenwich, CT.