Current time in Baltimore 10:14 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2009
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Steve Vaikness now in his third season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Loyola men's lacrosse program. A face-off specialist during his playing days at Evergreen, Vaikness was a teammate and classmate of current Head Coach Charley Toomey.
In his first two seasons as an assistant coach with the Greyhounds, Coach Vaikness' instruction at the face-off x has paid large dividends. Last year, Loyola registered the nation's fourth-best face-off win percentage as a team, and had the country's third-best face-off man in senior Dan Kallaugher.
A native of Camillus, N.Y., Vaikness attended West Genesee High School and played for the 1985 New York State Championship Team. He came to Loyola and in his four years, helped the Greyhounds advance to three NCAA Tournaments, including the Quarterfinals in 1988 and the NCAA Championship Game in 1990.
As a senior, Vaikness earned the John R. Mohler Award, presented annually by the Loyola College Alumni Association for excellence in the areas of athletics, scholarship and character.
He earned his bachelors degree in marketing and immediately began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Greyhounds during the 1992 and 1993 lacrosse seasons. Vaikness earned his MBA from Loyola's Sellinger School for business in 1994 and shortly thereafter entered the business world.
As a lacrosse coach, Vaikness has stayed active with local high school programs, including Boys Latin, where he helps develop midfielders and face-off players. He spends time working with the Lutherville Recreation Council, where he serves as a volunteer youth coach in the spring and summer months.
Apart from his volunteer duties with the face-off men at Loyola, Vaikness is also involved in game-planning and on-field instruction with the Greyhounds. He currently works at the Holladay Corporation, a residential developer located in Washington, D.C.
Coach Vaikness and his wife Gengy have three children, Tim, Anna and Brigid. The Vaikness family currently resides in Towson, Md.
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