Coaching Staff

Samuel Vogel-Seidenberg

Head Coach/Assistant AD

Phone805-732-5631

Emailsamuel.vogel-seidenberg@dominican.edu

Coach Vogel-Seidenberg is in his seventh year as the Head Coach of the Dominican lacrosse program. Dominican athletics announced the promotion of Samuel Vogel-Seidenberg to the position of Assistant Athletic Director in addition to his head coaching responsibilities. He joins Dominican from the University of Idaho, where he was head coach of the MCLA Division I program since 2013. While in Idaho, he oversaw coaching duties, recruitment, video coordination, and fundraising. He twice led the Vandals to the most wins in school history and to a playoff berth in 2015.

Vogel-Seidenberg had additional stints at Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania as assistant coach, head recruiter, and video coordinator for the NCAA Division III Presidents (2012-13); at Oak Park High School as junior varsity head lacrosse coach (2011-12); OP Starz head lacrosse coach (2011-12); and head women’s lacrosse coach at Humboldt State, where he helped start the program (2009-10).

A four-year player at Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, California, Vogel-Seidenberg went on to play four seasons at Humboldt State (MCLA D2), where he was captain and starting goalkeeper. Coach Sammy was a two sport athlete and also played Hockey. There, he earned a film degree in 2010. He has his M.S. in Recreation and Sports Sciences with a concentration in coaching from Ohio University. He is working on his PhD from Concordia Chicago.

Coach Sammy is married to Tasha Vogel-Seidenberg a Speech Therapist in Novato. They have a two year old son named Zachary and are expecting their second child in late July.

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Lukas Baildon

Assistant Coach- Offensive Coordinator/Strength Coach

Emaillukas.baildon@dominican.edu

Dominican Lacrosse and Coach Sammy are very excited to announce the addition of Lukas Baildon to the penguin family. Lukas will become the new offensive coordinator as well as co-head strength and conditioning coach. Lukas brings a lot of experience that will help the Penguins reach the next level. Before joining the Penguins Coach Baildon was a graduate assistant coach at Concordia University Irvine where he earned his Masters in Athletic Administration and Coaching. Although Baildons first season in California was cut short due to COVID-19, in his second year he helped guide the Eagles to a winning record in 2021, beating a long time conference rival for the first time in program history and qualifying for the 2021 National MCLA Invitational tournament. During this season he also helped produce 5 All-Southwestern Regional players.

While serving as a graduate assistant coach at CUI, Baildon also worked as an assistant coach at Northwood HS in Irvine. During his two years with the T-Wolves he navigated the shortened 2020 season and guided the team to its first Pacific Coast League Championship and CIF playoffs in 2021. Finishing the '21 season with an overall record 11-3 and an average win margin of 11 goals. He also helped produce the first NCAA and NJCAA lacrosse commits in program history.

Before moving out west Baildon was a starter for SUNY Potsdam and a Volunteer Coach during his fifth year while completing his Bachelor's Degree in Community Health. Previous to playing at Potsdam, he was a member of the fourth ranked nationally NJCAA program at Genesee Community College where he was also the president of SAAC.

Coach Baildon joins the team bringing international and box lacrosse experience. Having grown up in Germany he was a starter on the 2012 U19 German Men's National team, 2015 U19 Box national team and 2016 Men's National Field lacrosse. He was also a member of the Tonawanda Jr B Braves lacrosse team in 2015 and member of the St. Regis Senior B Braves from 2017-19. While growing up in Germany Baildon also won the first U16 championship for his club as a player in 2011 and guided them to two more national championships as a coach in 2012 and 2013. He also founded the JFKS Rams Girls youth program in 2012 which has grown to be one of the largest and most successful girls youth programs in all of Germany.

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Robert Grove

Assistant Coach- Defensive Coordinator

Emailrobert.grove@dominican.edu

Dominican Lacrosse and Coach Sammy are very excited to announce the addition of Bobby Grove to the penguin family. Bobby will become the new defensive coordinator. Bobby brings a lot of experience that will help the Penguin defense reach the next level. Bobby Grove joins the Penguins Staff from Louisiana, where he was the Head Coach at Tulane University before working as the Goalie Coach/Defensive Assistant for the LSA champion LSU Tigers. Bobby is also currently the Defensive Coordinator for the Russian Men’s National Team.

Casey Hock

Volunteer Coach- Assistant Offensive Coordinator

Emailcasey.hock@dominican.edu

Coach Hock is entering is six year with the program and will be transitioning to a Assistant Offensive Coordinator role at Dominican University of California after giving us many amazing years at Dominican. Coach Casey recently graduated from Dominican with his masters degree in Education, and this year will be focusing more on his future career in coaching and education. Most recently, Hock assisted in turning around the boys lacrosse program at Cuthbertson High School. Hock was a three-year starter at Queens University of Charlotte, where earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Hock finished his career there second all-time in points, third in goals, and fourth in assists. As a senior, he received First-Team All-SAC honors. As a junior, he helped Queens win the South Atlantic Conference and its first ever NCAA Quarterfinal appearance. Hock was born and raised in Danville, California, where he attended Monte Vista High School. He was a three-year starter and in his senior season helped lead the Mustangs to the 2011 North Coast Section championship. That season, he set the single-season points record at Monte Vista history with 128 points, which helped him garner First Team All-EBAL and High School All-American honors.

Corey Whelan

Volunteer Assistant Coach

We are excited to announce the addition of Corey Whelan to the staff. Corey will be our volunteer assistant, he will help with defense, conditioning, and running the box on game days. Corey is a Dominican Alumni and graduated from the university in 2012. Corey was a stand out player during his time at Dominican and also played 2 years of Division 1 lacrosse. Before joining the staff at Dominican Corey was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army. We are very excited to add Corey to the staff and he will bring a lot to the growth of the Dominican Lacrosse Program.