About US

Dedicated to providing high-quality recreational sports programs for the youth of our community since 1995.

About us

Our process

We play fast. Our year-round training emphasizes high-energy, fast-paced drills designed to teach players how to make quick decisions under pressure. One of the biggest differences between local, regional, and national competition is the speed of the game. With more than 25 years of coaching experience, we understand what it takes to develop players and prepare them for the next level. Our practice structure is carefully designed to focus on individual development within a team environment. A typical practice includes positional instruction, advantage/disadvantage team drills (4v3, 5v4), full-field transition work, and game preparation.



We compete. Our players are taught to approach every moment with the mindset that the score is always 0-0. Every rep, possession, and opportunity matters—whether it’s the first quarter or the fourth. Mistakes are expected, especially when players are pushing themselves outside their comfort zone. We learn from them, respond, and move on to the next play. We play to win, while understanding the value of adversity and hard-fought competition. Our players are tough, resilient, and relentless—we never give up.

DIRECTORS

John Mott is a Long Island, New York native who has been coaching lacrosse in the Lake Norman area since 2001. As a player, he led Long Island in scoring during his senior season while helping his team finish undefeated and capture the New York State Class A Championship. He went on to earn two All-American honors at Nassau Community College.


In 2009, Coach Mott founded the LKN Outlaws recreation program and has proudly partnered with the Town of Cornelius to provide lacrosse programming ever since. In 2025, he partnered with the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) and currently serves as the exclusive PLL Play operator for Mecklenburg, Iredell, and Lincoln Counties.

James Brugger attended and played at Division 1, CW Post, LI , NY. He also coached there after attending. He has been coaching at Lake Norman High School since 2008 before it was a school sanctioned HS sport.  So far, they have won the State Championship 2 times and have made it to the State Championship 5 times. (in 2020 there were NO State Championship Games played)