Jon Fox has been playing Lacrosse since early 1991 while attending UCI. He was team captain and selected as an all-star and MVP of the 1994 WCLL College championship game. In 15 seasons of coaching youth and high school, Jon has lead 6 Middle School, 4 High School, and 2 State Club teams on to Championship titles. He was head coach of the OCLA U-15 select team in 1998 & 2005 and head coach of the OC Jr. World team in 2001. Selected as USLAX Orange County High school Coach of the year 2006 & 2007.

Jon has been helping to coach the Hewes Boys Lacrosse team since 1997 when 11 lacrosse players first walked on to the Hewes field. In addition to Hewes lacrosse, Jon has helped lay the foundations for girls and boys lacrosse teams at Pioneer, Foothill, and Beckman, as well as several other schools within Orange County.

Jon has made his home here in North Tustin along with his lovely wife Kristy and his three wonderful and active children; Joshua, Madeline, and Luke. In his spare time Jon also supports Wildlife/Younglife youth groups and other lacrosse programs within our community.

We are fortunate to have Jon here at Hewes and look forward to a successful season under his lacrosse expertise and head coaching guidance.

Scott Brooks Scott Brooks grew up in Randallstown, MD, a suburb of Baltimore. He has played goalie in midget, high school, college, and for the Maryland Arrows Professional Indoor Lacrosse team. Scott attended Bethany College from 1974-1978 and was Team Captain his Sophomore, Jr. and Sr. year.  Scott was a Division 3 All-American his Sr. year and All-Midwest Goalie his Sophomore, Jr. and Sr. years. He was voted MVP of for his college team his Jr. and Sr. years.  The Maryland Arrows was the first try by Lacrosse enthusiasts at a professional indoor lacrosse league, the league only lasted 2 seasons. Scott played one year as a goalie in the winter of 78-79 after which he moved California for his degree in law in the fall of 79. While in California in 1979 he began playing goalie for the Orange County Men's Lacrosse Club Coached by Bob Davis (a pioneer of Lacrosse in the Orange County/LA) and he also played along side Coach Ray Ralph.  Scott continued to play as goalie until his son Ryan was born in 1987 and then returned to play goalie for a period of time from 1994-1996.  During 1979-1987, while goalie, the Orange County Men's Club Lacrosse team won 5 California State Men's Club titles and two Western States Championships in '80 and '81 beating the overly favored Canadian National Team at Stanford University in 1980 for the championship.

Scott was a head coach for the Orange Chiefs Football Team from 1996-1999 and has also coached Foothill High School's Freshman Football team. In addition, Scott has also helped to coach both Foothill High School's Varsity Football and Varsity Lacrosse teams, of which his son, Ryan was a player.

Scott began coaching lacrosse in 2000 as the assistant coach for both the Hewes Middle School and Foothill High School teams. He specializes in coaching defense and goalies. Scott coaches because he loves the sport of lacrosse and being involved with the game. He also enjoys working with youth sports because it gives him the opportunity to teach the fundamentals of lacrosse and sportsmanship at an early age, to allow players to establish a good basis throughout their sports and personal careers. Scott lives in North Tustin with his wife, Pat, and his son and daughter. Scott has been the CEO of a real estate company and is also an attorney at law. In his spare time, he also enjoys boating and camping at the river.

We are glad to be able to welcome Coach Brooks back to Hewes and know it will be an outstanding season with the help of his defense expertise.

Hank Nunez is an Executive Board Member of the Hewes Lacrosse Boosters Club serving as Community Liaison and Field Director. In this capacity, he promotes the best interest of Hewes Lacrosse with the City of Tustin and the Tustin School Board. He coordinates the Middle School’s field allocations and facility requests with the city and school district for games and tournaments.   He first became involved with lacrosse in 1997 when Head Coach Jon Fox started the Hewes Middle School Lacrosse Program and asked Hank, who was then the AYSO Regional Commissioner, for assistance in obtaining field space on the AYSO Soccer fields.  

Hank is a Board Member for the Orange County Lacrosse Association serving as the Boys Youth Commissioner for Grades 2 to 8 and as OCLAX Field Director. He is also a member of the Orange County Chapter of U. S. Lacrosse and served as this year’s high school and middle school Representative to the National Convention in Philadelphia.  As Chairman, City of Tustin Park and Recreation Commission, Hank and his fellow Commissioners are spearheading the development of a major soccer / lacrosse sports complex at Legacy Park on the former U.S. Marine Corps Tustin Air Station. 

 

Hank is a Retail Account Manager as a direct residential lender with American Home Mortgage, a Real Estate Investment Trust firm member of the New York Stock Exchange. He is a long time resident of Tustin where he lives with his twins, Nick and Jackie. He also has two other college students, daughters Elizabeth and Suzanne. He has maintained a presence in the lacrosse for all these many years since his son, Nick, played lacrosse on the Foothill High Lacrosse Club, which Hank help found. Currently, Hank serves on the Foothill Lacrosse Boosters Club Board as 2nd Vice President / Operations Manager.