Andover Boys Lacrosse is a team storied with a rich and competitive history. Head Coach James Beaudoin brings the program’s core values of positivity, selflessness, and creativity together as he leads the team. After growing up on the campus of Proctor Academy in New Hampshire, Beaudoin played collegiate lacrosse as a goalkeeper on the Catamount men’s lacrosse team at the University of Vermont. Coach Beaudoin has spent 17 seasons coaching and teaching at the high school level, including Chase Collegiate, Proctor Academy, and for the last seven years before Andover, Cohasset High School. He has amassed over 200 career wins and was named U.S. Lacrosse Coach of the Year in 2009 for all Western New England private schools and was named Boston Globe Coach of the Year in 2013 and 2018. He was also the Vice President of the New England Secondary School Lacrosse Association from 2010 to 2012. Coach Beaudoin has coached 14 All-Americans and six Academic All-Americans. He has won two Massachusetts State championships and three Western New England championships during his time as a head coach.
