A Clear Standard
Athletes need to know what good looks like. Forge sets expectations for effort, accountability, communication, and execution from day one.
Mission & Founder Story
Why Forge Was Built
Forge was built to replace scattered training with a clear standard families can understand and athletes can chase. The story starts with three beliefs:
A Real Development Path
Training should match the player’s age, position, current level, and goals — not a generic list of drills.
Championship-Caliber Coaching
High-level coaching builds confidence through earned competence, discipline in preparation, skill under pressure, and leadership athletes can carry beyond lacrosse.
Build the Player. Shape the Standard.
Founder
Coach Doug Steele
Founder
NCAA All-American
4-Year Captain
Doug Steele grew up on Long Island lacrosse and in a first-responder household where discipline and execution were daily expectations. He carried that standard to Sacred Heart University as a multi-year NCAA All-American, four-time Defensive MVP, and rare four-year captain — then spent the next four decades coaching at every level of the game. He built Forge, and leads it as Managing Director, to give Upstate South Carolina athletes the thing that built him: a clear standard, honest feedback, and coaching that means something.
Founder
Coach Brian Silcott
Founder
2× All-American
4-Year Cannons Captain
Brian Silcott won a national championship at Nazareth as a two-time All-American, played 11 professional seasons across the MLL and NLL as a four-year Boston Cannons captain, and became the first Black head coach in Major League Lacrosse history — before leading the sport itself as a USA Lacrosse executive and board member and building programs from Jamaica to Greece. He co-founded Forge to bring that world-class development standard to the families of Upstate South Carolina.
Founder
Coach Bill Daye
Founder
NCAA Champion
2011 MLL Champion Coach
Bill Daye won the 1991 NCAA National Championship in goal for North Carolina, became the first goalkeeper in Boston Cannons history, and then coached the Cannons to the first title in franchise history in 2011 — earning MLL Coach of the Year. Now Director of Boys’ Lacrosse at Thayer Academy and a Nike director, he joined Forge as a founder to set the standard for how goalies and athletes are trained here.
Standards
Forge sets expectations around preparation, effort, attitude, and accountability.
Clarity
Athletes need to understand what they are working on and why it matters.
Growth
The goal is long-term development: skill, confidence, leadership, and competitive habits.
Why Forge
Why Forge
The difference is structure. Forge connects lacrosse skill work, athletic growth, feedback, and family communication so athletes know what to improve and how to attack it.
Position-Specific Development
Training is built around the demands of the athlete’s position, age, experience level, and next competitive step.
Performance Support
Forge connects lacrosse training with athletic development so players can move, compete, and prepare with more purpose.
Clear Next Steps
Families should not have to guess. Forge helps identify what matters most now and what should come next.
Leadership
The Coaching Staff
Doug Steele
Founder & Managing Director
Multi-year NCAA All-American, four-year captain, and four-time Defensive MVP at Sacred Heart University.
Brian Silcott
Founder & Technical Director
Two-time All-American and national champion at Nazareth; 11-season MLL & NLL pro and four-year Boston Cannons captain.
Bill Daye
Founder & Training Director
NCAA champion goaltender at North Carolina; 1996 USCLA Player of the Year and 2011 MLL Championship-winning Boston Cannons head coach.
Alex Cobb
Head Coach & Offensive Specialist
Offensive development, dodging, shooting, and game-speed decision-making across all ages and positions.
Women’s Head Coach
Now Recruiting
Ground-floor opportunity to build and lead the Forge women’s program. High-level playing background required.
Apply NowOfficial Affiliation
USA Lacrosse
Expanding the Mission
Women’s Lacrosse — Coming to Forge
Forge Ecosystem
The Complete Athlete System
Technology · assessment · performance expertise · Greenville, SC
Innovation through technology, training, and elite performance expertise.
Forge Lacrosse Performance uses D1 Training Greenville as the home base for proprietary lacrosse-specific performance training.
Together, Forge connects field skill, positional IQ, athletic testing, performance training, technology, and measurable feedback inside one complete athlete-development model.
AssessMovement, speed, power, position needs, and performance baselines.
BuildCustom training priorities connected to lacrosse demands.
TrackProgress through Forge Score, technology, and athlete feedback.
01Forge Method
Lacrosse-specific skill, habits, decision-making, and position development.
02D1 Training Greenville
The dedicated performance training home for Forge lacrosse-specific athlete development.
03Forge Score
Clear progress tracking so athletes and families know what to improve next.
Complete Athlete System
One development model. Clearer priorities. Better feedback.
The Forge Ecosystem is now presented as a performance model on this page: Forge Method, D1 Training Greenville, and Forge Score working together to support smarter lacrosse-specific athlete development. Partner logos are intentionally not repeated here.
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