OUR COACHING STAFF
The ROC E6 staff isn’t your typical group of coaches.
The reason we coach is different. We all have a passion for the game; but more importantly
we genuinely want to see the game of lacrosse grow within the City of Rochester.

Meet Our ROC E6 Coaches

LONDON
BOOKER
Vice President/Coach
LONDON BOOKER
A graduate of Gates-Chili High School, who went on to play four years of college lacrosse at Division II Roberts Wesleyan University. London epitomizes everything that is ROC E6, being one of the first players to take part in the program
back in 2006. London serves as the
liaison for the program. In addition,
he is an Athletic Director for Rochester City School District [RCSD] and was the East High School Varsity Coach.​
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ARKEE
ALLEN
Founder/Coach​
ARKEE ALLEN
A graduate of Irondequoit High School
and Columbia University and never played lacrosse but is now making up for lost time as a coach. Arkee established ROC E6
in 2005 as his way to give back to the community and offer alternative sports
and education to inner-city youths.
He has been a school administrator for years at Sodus, PUC, UPrep and is currently the High School Principal
at Rush Henrietta.​
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ARTHUR
ALVUT
President/Coach​
ARTHUR ALVUT
A graduate of Fairport High School and SUNY Cortland. One of the founding fathers of Fairport Youth Lacrosse and also coached at Penfield youth for 10 years.
Big Brother to Arkee Allen since 1988. Assisted Arkee in adding the sport of lacrosse to his ROC Wresting Camp
which eventually became the ROC E6 Lacrosse program as it is today.
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CRAIG STEWART
Coach​
CRAIG STEWART
A Rush Henrietta graduate and Ithaca College All-American Goaltender. Craig led Ithaca to two final four appearances in four years. He went onto coaching both Men’s and Women’s lacrosse for 25 years locally and regionally. Coach Stewart has coached at Roberts Weslyan, St. John Fisher, MCC, Pittsford and Penfield youth. While forming his own travel Women's club team with over 200 players at its peak, prior to then becoming Co-Director of what was WNY’s largest Women’s club program known as Lady Roc Lacrosse. Coach Stewart tried retirement in 2019 before rapidly re-joining ROC E6 to coach and help develop local student-athletes.
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MARK
ALVUT
Coach​
MARK ALVUT
Like his brother Art, Mark has been around the sport of lacrosse for a long time. He spent his high school days playing at Fairport High School and went on to play four years at SUNY Brockport. His
passion and knowledge for the sport are unparalleled, as he has served on numerous town boards and is involved with US Lacrosse currently. Mark lives in Buffalo
yet gets back to help ROC E6
as often as possible.
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MINH
GRIESHABER
Girls Coach​
MINH GRIESHABER
Minh played lacrosse at Abington High School in Pennsylvania and at Rochester Institute of Technology where there was only a women’s club team at the time. After graduation she became an interim women’s lacrosse coach for the university. She and a few other teammates successfully lobbied to establish the first Women’s Varsity Lacrosse Team at RIT in 1997. Since then Minh has enjoyed coaching girls summer league lacrosse in Webster, NY and currently at ROC E6.​
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BYRON WADDELL,
PhD
Coach/Athletics Trainer
BYRON WADDELL, PhD
Another graduate of Fairport High School who went on to play college football at Utica College. Recently Byron received
his Phd. From Nazareth University in Physical Therapy. Byron is a fine example
of what the ROC E6 program can do
for a young man. He started with
ROC E6 as a camper in 2005 and continued to play in the program until 2009 when he moved to Fairport by
way of the Urban/Suburban Program.
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Honorable
CONSTANCE PATTERSON
Coach​
CONSTANCE PATTERSON
A graduate of Fairport High School,
who went on to receive degrees from Clemson University and Emory University School of Law. Constance served
as the City of Rochester Assistant
District Attorney and was appointed
by Mayor Malik D. Evans as a
Rochester City Court Judge and
later won re-election. Constance
does what she can to attend
as many practices as her busy court schedule allows.
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MIKE
MALLOY
Coach​
MIKE MALLOY
A graduate of Penfield High School and RIT, Mike has been coaching lacrosse for
11 years. With stints at Gananda Central School District, Juanita Lacrosse
in Seattle, Harvest Club, East High School and ROC E6, coaching has offered him a great perspective on the sport's community
as a whole. Mike has been involved
with ROC E6 dating back to
his high school years and he
truly loves being apart of the team. ​​
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TYLER
RUSSELL
Advisory Coach
TYLER RUSSELL
A graduate of Livonia High School who went on to play four years of college lacrosse at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Tyler scored 69 goals for the Tigers in one season and was named an academic All-American. He currently resides in Denver Colorado but consistently advises Roc E6 on higher level lacrosse for our student/athletes. Before thinking about playing any high school or college
lacrosse, Tyler was coached by Art
as a 5th and 6th grader.
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