about zingos
Why ZINGOS?
Developing the whole player on and off the field through lacrosse experiences
The Zingos Lacrosse Club was founded in 2009 with a new mission to provide elementary, middle, and high school-aged boys from Maryland with the Maximum Instructional Lacrosse Experience (MILE). Our goal is to develop the whole player—on and off the field—using proven methods which leverage the deep proficiency of our instructional staff.
Zingos commits to delivering access to top-notch coaches, running world-class training sessions, and competing at the highest level available. Zingos promotes a team-building philosophy, resulting in new friendships that will last a lifetime.
Presently, Zingos operates twelve teams, with over 300 participants ranging from ages 9 to 17. Current participants reside in Anne Arundel, Howard, Carroll, Frederick, Baltimore, and Montgomery counties. Zingos has a wide reach to ensure that league and tournament play is competitive and varied, participating each year in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Ohio, New York,Florida, and Massachusetts.
Club initiatives include:
- Maximize technical and tactical training opportunities to improve individual and team performance
- Specialized clinics in shooting, face-offs, and goaltending
- Big Brother program with U9 and HS programs
- Scholarship funding
- College recruiting seminars
- Concussion awareness and protocols
- Circle Up diversity seminar
- Parent socials
- Partnership with Scleroderma Foundation
- Sponsor-a-Family during the holidays
Partnerships
A key Club strategy is to form partnerships with local, regional, and national businesses. A partnership with Zingos will create an opportunity to increase awareness of your company’s product and services throughout the mid-Atlantic area. If you are interested in developing a partnership with the Zingos Lacrosse Club, please contact Mike Senisi at Mike_Senisi@zingoslacrosse.com.
FAQs
DIRECTORS
Mike Senisi:
Mike Senisi has been involved with youth, high school and collegiate sports for over 30 years. As a former player at SUNY Cortland, collegiate soccer coach at Cazenovia College, founder/director of youth sports programs, high school athletic director, and a high school lacrosse coach, he understands the true significance of proper instruction and development at every age level. Mike’s undergraduate degree was obtained from SUNY at Cortland and earned a Master's degree from Oregon State University. He continued his educational career at Johns Hopkins University where he received his graduate certificate in School Administration and Supervision.
Mike has been with the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) for over 28 years and is currently the Athletic Director at Atholton HS. He has served in many additional roles with HCPSS including assistant principal at Swansfield Elementary School, Instructional Facilitator for Physical Education, interim Coordinator of Athletics, and an Adapted Physical Education teacher. Mike has been recognized as a Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers by the National Academic Affairs Division, as well as the Adidas MD State Coach of the Year, twice. With Mike’s experience and knowledge of the game, he is a true asset to the Zingos lacrosse program.
Ken Senisi
Coach Senisi began playing lacrosse as a child growing up in Massapequa, New York. While playing for St. John the Baptist, Coach Senisi was recognized two-times as an all Long Island Defenseman. He then continued playing both lacrosse and football at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. At Dean College, Senisi was selected as the first ever two sports captain. As the recipient of the Male Athlete of the Year at Dean College, he was also honored as an All-American Defenseman and was inducted into the Dean College Hall of Fame. Upon completion at Dean College, he played in the North-South All-Star game at Johns Hopkins University. He continued his collegiate lacrosse career at Salisbury University. Upon graduating from Salisbury University, Senisi began a teaching and coaching career in Howard County, Maryland. In 1999, he began coaching at Centennial High School. In 2005, he moved to Marriotts Ridge High School where he was the Defensive Coordinator, coaching the team to its first regional championship and first final four state appearance. In 2008, Senisi returned to Centennial High School serving as the Defensive Coordinator. In his first year returning to Centennial, he coached the team to the state championship game. In the summer of 2011, Coach Senisi was selected as the Howard Community College Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach. In his first year at HCC, he took his team to the regional XX championship. The HCC Dragons completed their season ranked 6th in the country. In his second year, the team played in the semi-final regional XX game and finished their season ranked 7th in the country. Several of Coach Senisi’s players have continued their lacrosse careers at Division I, II, and III colleges and universities across the country. He has also coached several all star and showcase lacrosse games, most notably, the Under Armor Junior College All-American Game in Towson. In addition to his coaching credentials, Senisi has organized and developed several lacrosse camps throughout Maryland. Coach is also a two time US Lacrosse coach of the year.
COACHES
Ken Senisi: 2026 Black
Coach Senisi began playing lacrosse as a child growing up in Massapequa, New York. While playing for St. John the Baptist, Coach Senisi was recognized two-times as an all Long Island Defenseman. He then continued playing both lacrosse and football at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. At Dean College, Senisi was selected as the first ever two sports captain. As the recipient of the Male Athlete of the Year at Dean College, he was also honored as an All-American Defenseman and was inducted into the Dean College Hall of Fame. Upon completion at Dean College, he played in the North-South All-Star game at Johns Hopkins University. He continued his collegiate lacrosse career at Salisbury University. Upon graduating from Salisbury University, Senisi began a teaching and coaching career in Howard County, Maryland. In 1999, he began coaching at Centennial High School. In 2005, he moved to Marriotts Ridge High School where he was the Defensive Coordinator, coaching the team to its first regional championship and first final four state appearance. In 2008, Senisi returned to Centennial High School serving as the Defensive Coordinator. In his first year returning to Centennial, he coached the team to the state championship game. In the summer of 2011, Coach Senisi was selected as the Howard Community College Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach. In his first year at HCC, he took his team to the regional XX championship. The HCC Dragons completed their season ranked 6th in the country. In his second year, the team played in the semi-final regional XX game and finished their season ranked 7th in the country. Several of Coach Senisi’s players have continued their lacrosse careers at Division I, II, and III colleges and universities across the country. He has also coached several all star and showcase lacrosse games, most notably, the Under Armor Junior College All-American Game in Towson. In addition to his coaching credentials, Senisi has organized and developed several lacrosse camps throughout Maryland. Coach is also a two time US Lacrosse coach of the year.
Paul Farquharson: 2027 Blue
Coach Paul is a true asset to Zingos lacrosse. He has been coaching youth sports, including lacrosse, for over 30 years. He has served in many roles from U9 to the high school level while with Zingos lacrosse Coach Paul relates and communicates extremely well with players and parents. He played lacrosse in Garden City, NY and continued his lacrosse career on various clubs through college. Coach Paul is also a well known lawyer for the Semmes, Attorneys at Law Firm.
Logan Frank: 2026 Black And 2029
Coach Logan is a local boy who graduated from Marriotts Ridge HS. While at Marriotts Ridge he led the Mustangs as the captain to a state championship in 2028. Coach Logan also excelled in the classroom and served as a positive role model for the younger players. He continued his lacrosse at Susquehanna University class of 2022, was the teams captain and school’s Valedictorian. Coach Logan is an analyst at Valuation Research Corporation during the day, Lacrosse coach for Zingos 2026s Black and 2029s at night
Johan Ulloa: 2028
Johan Ulloa grew up in northern New Jersey where he played lacrosse at Seton Hall Prep, one the state's most dominant programs. He played club lacrosse at Loyola University Maryland where he was a two year captain. He continued playing post college for Baltimore Lacrosse Club. He has coached for numerous lacrosse programs including Friends Academy, Freedom Rec, HC Lax, Crease, and Zingos. He has also coached basketball, soccer, judo, and jiu jitsu. Coach Ulloa is a reservist in the United States Coast Guard and leads business development for a large energy company. He resides in Ellicott City with his wife, four children, and three dogs.
Tom Brandel: Head Coach 2025 Black, Assistant Coach 2027 Black
Tom has been involved in the game of lacrosse for over 30 years. As a player he grew up playing goalie on Long Island for Commack High School. Post High School Tom played lacrosse for SUNY Farmingdale and Fairfield University. Post Fairfield University Tom continued his education and earned a Masters Degree in Education, Tom has been a public school teacher for the past 20 years. Coach Tom has coached at the NCAA (McDaniel College), NJCAA (Howard CC), HS (Northport, Commack, Liberty and Marriotts Ridge), Club (Zingos) and Rec levels (Freedom Rec Lacrosse). For the past 7 years Tom has coached high school girls lacrosse, 2 years as the JV Coach at Marriotts Ridge High School and 5 Years as the Varsity Head Coach at Liberty High School. Tom's team at Liberty High School has won 3 consecutive 1A State Championships (2021, 2022 & 2023). Tom has earned Maryland NFHS girls lacrosse coach of the year in 2021. In 2023 Tom earned Baltimore Banner Coach of the year and the Baltimore Sun honored him as the Co-Coach of the year. Tom has been selected in 2022 and USA Lacrosse Metro lacrosse coach, and 2023 American Select Coach.
Bill Hamilton: 2026 Blue
Bill is in his second season with the Zingos 2026 Blue team. He also serves as the Head Coach for the JV Boys team at Liberty High School in Eldersburg. At Liberty
he served as JV Assistant Coach for 3 seasons, prior to taking over the JV program for the past 2 seasons. Bill grew up playing lacrosse in Catonsville from the age of 7 before moving to Howard County. He played high school lacrosse at Glenelg High School and 4 years of club lacrosse at Messiah College (PA). Bill lives in Sykesville with his wife and three children.
Dave Mintzer: 2025 Black
Dave attended UMD and participated on the men's lacrosse team from 1965-1968. He then attended UMBC in 1980 where he received his masters degree in education. Dave has been a science teacher, coach, and athletic director for many years in the Baltimore City School district. Additionally, Dave has coached many years in youth, club, and collegiate programs. He has been recognized as an NCAA National Champion, NJCAA Coach of the Year ‘87, and president of the NJCAA National Coaches Association. Dave is married to Kathy for 54 year, has 3 children, and 6 grandchildren.
Alex Steers: Face-Off Instructor
Alex excels when he is providing high quality face off instruction to our players. He is a master of the skill and communicates the detailed points that gives Zingos players the advantage on faceoffs. Alex is a two time UA All American who won 62% of face-offs freshman year. He was nominated as the American East Men’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Week. Alex is an outstanding student athlete with a 4.0 GPA Freshman Year and was nominated as Student Athlete of the Month in 2023.
Frank Cuttitta: 2030
Born and raised in Maryland, Frank was first introduced to lacrosse at a young age while visiting family in Long Island. Growing up in Frederick County, he played all (4) years as a standout midfielder on the Frederick High Club Lacrosse team. Playing against other local clubs in the early years of the Western Maryland Youth Lacrosse Conference (WMYLC). His coaches during this time had a profound and lasting effect on how he viewed the game, its history, and its culture. Their influence is what inspired Frank to pursue his interest in coaching, where he returned to coach his old Frederick High Club Lacrosse team. Jumping ahead several years;
Frank coached at the recreational level, from (2012-2017), for LOUYAA – TRIBE, where he developed players and assembled teams which competed at the highest level every year in the same conference (WMYLC).. Frank has a proven track record for developing youth players and preparing them to play at higher levels (90% of the REC players he coached are now playing for highly competitive club teams in/around the greater metropolitan area, all of them play on their respective Varsity HS teams, and others are entering/playing at the collegiate level). In addition to REC lacrosse, Frank has simultaneously held head coaching positions with highly competitive local clubs such as Team Maryland LC (2016-2018), 3d- Maryland (2018-2020) and presently with Zingos LC (2020-Present). In the winter months Frank also coaches the fundamentals of true box lacrosse for Crease Lacrosse at both the youth and HS levels. Frank is a true student of the game and is dedicated to teaching lacrosse fundamentals and advanced techniques in a positive and inspirational manor.
Kyle DeCrispino: 2029
Kyle is a newcomer to Zingos, but not to the sports of lacrosse. He played lacrosse and graduated from Mount St Mary’s with a degree in economics in 2022. Currently
enrolled in an MBA program and playing lacrosse at Lander University. Kyle breaks skills down and relates extremely well to all players and families.
Jeremy Wilson: 2029
Coach Jeremy holds the Centennial High School records for career points, single season points, and career assists. He was a 2x first team All-County, 1x Second Team All-County, and a member of the Howard County First Team All-Decade. Coach Jeremy attended Mt. St. Mary’s University and was selected to the MAAC Academic All-Conference. While out the Mount, he started in the midfield and was 5th on team in points, and 3rd on team in assists 2023. Coach Jeremy stresses the importance of doing the little things that make you a better player.
Kevin Wilson: 2029 Head Coach
Coach Kevin is a strong leader, role model and communicator for our Zingos 2029 team. He was a starter for the 2014 Baltimore Under Armour All American Underclass championship team, 4-year starter and captain on defense at Washington College. While at Washington College, he was named Second Team All-Conference (2019), Honorable Mention (2017), and USILA Scholar All-American in 2019. Coach Wilson is also the current defensive coordinator at Centennial High School Defensive Coordinator.
Tom Barrett: 2029
Coach Tom attended and played lacrosse at Greensboro College. He was named to the All-Conference Selection team as an LSM from 2018-2021. Coach Tom accumulated a total of 111 ground balls, 67 caused turnovers, and played in 65 games (started 57) while attending Greensboro. He continued his lacrosse college career at Stevenson University and was a significant contributor to the defense. Coach Tom is currently the River Hill High School Varsity Defensive Coordinator.
Mike Flemming- Head Coach, Zingos 2027 Blue
Coach Flemming is going into his sixth year with Zingos. He is entering year thirty as an English teacher and coach with Carroll County Public Schools. He was named the head coach at Westminster High School for Varsity Boys Lacrosse, heading into the 2023-2024 school year. He was previously the head coach at Gerstell Academy and prior to that at Liberty High School. In his ten years at Liberty, he guided the Lions to three consecutive State Semifinals and one State
Runner-up finish. He was named the 2014 and 2016 USA Lacrosse Coach of the Year for Carroll County, as well as the 2016 Carroll County Times Coach of the Year for Boys Lacrosse. Coach Flemming is a long-time offensive coordinator but loves coaching all aspects of the game. Coach Flemming has a long history of coaching Varsity high school athletics in both wrestling and football as well. Recently, he was inducted as a coach into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, with the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award. Coach Flemming played his high school lacrosse as a defenseman for Coach Ted Hainey at Germantown Academy and his college lacrosse at Western Maryland College under Coach Keith Reitenbach. He continues to play for the Blarney Lacrosse Club.
Coach Flemming resides in Westminster, MD, with his wife Melanie, and has four children: Samantha, Emerald, Stevie, and Michael. His youngest, Michael or “Trey,” is a current player on the 2027 Blue Team.
James Plank: 2030
Coach Plank grew up in the Howard County area starting his lacrosse career at Centennial High School. While at Centennial he was part of a Regional Championship team his junior year, and County, Regional, and State Championship team his senior year. During his senior year he was selected on the first team all-county, first team all-state and chosen as a high school All American. He was also selected by county coaches as Howard County player of the year. Coach Plank continued playing collegiately at McDaniel College. He now resides in the Carroll County area with his wife Christy, son Wyatt, who is part of the 2030 Zingos team, and daughter Allison.
Shea Conway: 2027 Black
We are excited that Coach Conway will be returning to Zingos lacrosse as a coach for our 2027 black team. Additionally, he completed his 3rd season as head coach of the Howard boys’ lacrosse program this year. Howard has had 75 players named to the All-County team and 3 players named Howard County player of the year during his time on staff. In 2023, Howard finished the season 12-5, advancing to the 3A East Regional Final. In 2019, Howard won the 4A North regional title and advanced to the state final for the 4th time in 6 years eventually falling 9-6. Over the years, Coach Conway’s roles have included running the substitution box, implementing rides/clears, coordinating the offense/extra man units, and implementing off-season player development.
Prior to coaching with the Howard Lacrosse Program, Coach Conway served as an assistant coach on the Varsity team at Glenelg High School, which won the 2A/1A state title in 2011. Coach Conway played at Glenelg High School, while there he was named All-County for his performance on the field. He played his collegiate ball at Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA.
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Mike Senisi
mike_senisi@zingoslacrosse.com
(443) 474-1672
Ken Senisi
coachsenisi@gmail.com
(443) 668-6903