Coach Tufts has been involved in lacrosse for 34 years as a player, referee, and coach.  He comes from a lacrosse family, but as an Army brat he grew up in many areas that had never seen a lacrosse stick.  He began playing in high school in Northern Virginia where he was a team captain and made a regional all-star team.  He then continued playing on the club team at James Madison University for four years, and several men's club teams in the DC area after graduation.  Along with lacrosse he grew up playing multiple sports, including soccer, basketball, racquetball, and golf.  Coach Tufts is a US Lacrosse Level 3 certified coach.  He has coached lacrosse for the last 13 seasons at both the rec and club levels for both the mens and womens game.  Coach Tufts now lives in Herndon, VA with his wife, two kids, and a big lazy black lab.