Meet Our Camp Staff!
We are here to provide you and your family with the best youth soccer experience possible! We are proud to bring you a group of highly accomplished coaches and administrators. Read the bios below to learn more about your coach and other leaders in our community.
 | | MIKE MURPHY • HEAD COACH
• All-Time Winningest Coach In Penn Men's Lacrosse History -- 96 Wins
• 2019 Ivy League Coach of the Year (unanimous selection)
• 2019 USILA Division I Coach of the Year (F. Morris Touchstone Award)
• 26 All-Americans coached at Penn
• 51 All-Ivy players coached
• 1 Tewaaraton Award finalist
• 1 Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award recipient (USILA Division I Midfielder of the Year)
• 1 Ivy League Player of the Year
• 3 Ivy League Rookies of the Year
• 15 Professional Players
• Ivy League Regular Season Championships -- 1 (2019)
• Ivy League Tournament Appearances -- 9 (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
• Ivy League Tournament Championships -- 3 (2014, 2019, 2022)
• NCAA Championship Appearances -- 4 (2011, 2014, 2019, 2022)
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The winningest head coach in Penn men’s lacrosse history, Mike Murphy has been the James H. Greene Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse since 2010.
Penn found success in 2023, finishing the year 7-6 and earning the second seed in the Ivy League Tournament. During the campaign, the Quakers won games against four nationally-ranked opponents—#8 Georgetown, #17 Saint Joseph's, #18 Princeton and #20 Yale—while being ranked as high as eighth in the February 20 iteration of the USILA Coaches Poll. The wins against the Hawks and Tigers came in overtime while going 4-2 in Ivy play with three straight victories to end the regular season. Murphy earned the 90th victory of his tenure with the Red and Blue in the season opener at Georgetown.
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 | | CASEY IKEDA • ASSISTANT COACH
• Ivy League Regular-Season Championships -- 1 (2019)
• Ivy League Tournament Championships - 2 (2019, 2022)
• 8 All-Americans coached
• 14 All-Ivy players coached
Casey Ikeda has been an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for Penn men's lacrosse since 2017, after he spent the 2016 season as the program's Director of Operations.
Ikeda's defense was a major reason Penn went 11-5 in 2022, winning the Ivy League Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Championship quarterfinal round for the second time in as many opportunities. Four of his players earned All-Ivy recognition, while SSDM Piper Bond was named third-team USILA All-America and defenseman Brendan Lavelle, LSM BJ Farrare and GK Patrick Burkinshaw all received honorable mention recognition.
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The 2020 season saw the Quakers go 2-3 before all 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19. During the year, Penn scored victories over No. 10 Duke and Saint Joseph’s.
Ikeda was part of his first Ivy League championship as a coach with the Quakers in 2019, when Penn went 12-4 and earned their highest-ever national ranking (No. 2). The Red and Blue tied the program record with its 12 wins and also tied a prgoram mark with 12 consecutive wins while reaching the NCAA Championship quarterfinals for the first time since 1988.
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 | | MIKE ABBOTT • ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
• Ivy League Regular-Season Championships -- 1 (2019)
• Ivy League Tournament Championships -- 2 (2019, 2022)
• NCAA Championship Appearances -- 2 (2019, 2022)
• 1 Tewaaraton Award finalist coached
• 1 USILA Midfielder of the Year coached
• 6 All-Americans coached
• 8 All-Ivy players coached
• 1 Ivy League Player of the Year coached
• 1 Ivy League Rookie of the Year coached
Mike Abbott joined the program in July 2018 and has coached three full seasons at Penn. Following the 2019 season, he was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach.
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Penn found success in 2023, finishing the year 7-6 and earning the second seed in the Ivy League Tournament. During the campaign, the Quakers won games against four nationally-ranked opponents—#8 Georgetown, #17 Saint Joseph's, #18 Princeton and #20 Yale—while being ranked as high as eighth in the February 20 iteration of the USILA Coaches Poll. The wins against the Hawks and Tigers came in overtime while going 4-2 in Ivy play with three straight victories to end the regular season. After leading the team in points, goals and assists, Sam Handley became a three-time consensus first-team All-American. He also earned unanimous First-team All-Ivy honors for the third time. Offensive threats Handley and M James Shipley earned two of the Quakers' seven All-Ivy nods for the year.
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