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Todd Blumbergs
Badlands Lacrosse Founder
Program Director
12U Badlands Head Coach

Todd grew up playing lacrosse in Penn Yan, NY just outside of Rochester. He was coached by Hall of Fame HS coach Harry Queener and coach Brian Hobart. Todd was an All-League Midfielder and All-League Tight End for the Mustangs from 1992-1995. After High School Todd attended DIII Brockport State where he played football and lacrosse.

In 2000, he moved to California and began his coaching career at Woodside HS, helping transition the team from a club sport to a CIF varsity team. While at Woodside, Todd earned the 2005 US Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year Award for Northern California. In 2007, Todd was hired as the Head Coach at Menlo School in Atherton. As head coach, Todd led the Knights to multiple championship game appearances and won League Championships in 2010 and 2011.

In 2006, Todd was hired as a player/coach for the Latvian Mens National team and helped guide them to a 4-3 record in the 2006 World Lacrosse games in London, Ontario.

Over his coaching career, Todd has been active in the college recruiting process sending multiple players to D1, D3 and MCLA schools including Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams College, Arizona State, Loyola Marymount, NDNU, and SMCU.

In 2018, Todd founded Hollister Youth Lacrosse. What started as an 8U team with 5 players, has grown to 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U teams with over 75 kids and growing. He is currently the 12U H.A.W.G.S coach and President and was selected as the 2025 NorCal All Star Head Coach.

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Joe Johnsson
Defensive coordinator, carmel high school
14u badlands coach

Joe Johnsson is a Monterey area local who fell in love with the game at an early age through the Monterey Tribe youth lacrosse program. He attended and played four years at Carmel High School, graduating in 2018. He went on to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (MCLA Div. 1) where he became a two-time all-WCLL LSM and team captain. In 2022 he played with Team Sweden's U21 national team at the Junior World Championships in Limerick, Ireland. Since graduating, he has taken up the position of defensive coordinator at Carmel High School, and actively pursues the growth of lacrosse on the west coast. 


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Dairien boyd
Head Coach, aptos high school
14u badlands coach

Born to military parents in California. Grew up with a lacrosse stick in the Philadelphia suburbs. Over 30 years of playing and loving the game. 10 years coaching in CIF CCS (Sacred Heart Cathedral, Aptos). Coaching at every level annually – youth, middle school, high school, college club, and men's recreation league.

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troy kusanovich
Head Coach, soquel high school
14u badlands coach

Troys love for lacrosse began when his son picked up the sport. This inspired him to start coaching youth teams. Over three years ago, he founded the Soquel High Lacrosse program and has served as its head coach ever since. The first year his team went 2-10 and the second year they improved to earn a 12-3 record. 

In addition to coaching lacrosse and basketball at Soquel High, Troy plays on a men’s competitive roller hockey team that travels nationwide—recently placing 2nd at the Winter Nationals Tournament in January. His experience, leadership, and passion for sports continue to shape and inspire the next generation of student-athletes.


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Tyler ridgley
12U Badlands coach

Tyler Ridgley is from the Far Northwest of California. Growing up with a strong background in Basketball and Football, Tyler successfully transferred those skills into playing college lacrosse for Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Tyler has coached U10 and U12 level Lacrosse in the Monterey area for 4 years. His main area of focus is team and character building along with overall Sportsmanship. “Doing things you don’t want to do, builds character” is a motto of his. 
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