Staff

Coach Lizzy Fox graduated from North Rockland high school in 2018. In high school she received All Section, All County, and All League honors and played on the National Tournament team. As a senior she was a US-Lacrosse All American. Lizzy played for Metro for 6 years. Coach Fox is going into her senior year at James Madison University. Playing midfield at JMU, she has earned CAA All rookie team as a freshman and Second team All-CAA as a junior. Coach Fox majors in Health Sciences with a minor in business.  Coach Fox is the head coach of the Metro Magic 2028 team.

Coach Dana will be the assistant coach of the Metro Magic 2028 team.

Coach Jeanie Peluso Graduated from North Rockland High School in 2013. Received All Section, All County and All League honors. She graduated with a degree in Childhood Education from Dominican College in 2018, where she played midfield and was captain of the women’s lacrosse team.  Coach Peluso has been coaching in the North Rockland Youth League program for 6 years and for the past two years has coached the North Rockland Girl’s Junior Varsity team.  She is currently going into her third year of teaching 6th grade at Farley Elementary School in the North Rockland Central School District. Coach Peluso is the Head Coach of the Metro Magic 2029 team.

Coach Katie Lonergan graduated from North Rockland High School in 2012. She graduated with a degree in Childhood and Special Education from St. Thomas Aquinas College in 2016, where she played goalie and was captain of the women’s lacrosse team. Coach Lonergan has been coaching in the North Rockland Youth League program for 6 years and for the past 4 years has coached the North Rockland Girls Junior Varsity team. She is currently going into her fifth year of teaching in North Rockland Central School District. Coach Lonergan is the Assistant Coach of the Metro Magic 2029 team.

Coach Tara will be the assistant coach of the Metro Magic 2030 team.

Marc is the assistant coach of the 2030/31 team.

Coach Fox graduated from North Rockland High school in 2016.  In high school she received All Section, All County, and All League honors and played on the National Tournament team.  Coach Fox graduated from Dominican College in 2020. She played midfield for 4 years at Dominican, and garnered several honors including CACC Rookie of the year, First Team All CACC all four years and First Team All EACC.  As a junior, she broke the records for all time leading draw controls, assists and points at Dominican. Coach Fox is currently a Physical Education Teacher at North Rockland High School. She is also the Assistant Varsity Coach for both lacrosse and field hockey at North Rockland. Coach Fox is the Head Coach of the Metro Magic 2031 team.

Coach Fitz graduated from Valley Central High School in 2013 where she was a four year Varsity basketball player and two year Varsity lacrosse player. At VC, she was a Section IX Girls Basketball champion and an All-Section selection for basketball and lacrosse. She also was an All-State selection for basketball. She attended Dominican College from 2013-2017 where she played Division II lacrosse for four years at midfield. She was a First and Second team All-Conference in 2016 and 2017 and on the
All-Tournament team in 2017. She is currently Top 10 in Career Points, Assists, and Ground Balls for Dominican College. At Dominican, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training in 2017 and is a Board Certified Athletic Trainer. In 2022, she earned a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Manhattanville College and is a NYS Certified Physical Education Teacher. Currently, she coaches the Valley Central JV Girls’s basketball team and their Modified Girl’s lacrosse and soccer teams and is a Physical Education Teacher at Valley Central High School.  Coach Fitz is the assistant coach of the Metro Magic 2031 team.

Coach Moran attended and played lacrosse at North Rockland HS.  After high school, she continued her lacrosse career at Mercy College before transferring to Dominican College.  Coach Moran graduated from Dominican in 2018.  She is currently entering her fourth year teaching 7th grade Social Studies in the NR school district in addition to coaching the NR K-2 Youth team and Modified lacrosse.  Coach Moran is the head coach of the Metro Magic 2032/33 team.

Coach James Amandola comes to Metro with a highly decorated playing career as well as years of coaching and teaching.  James began his lacrosse career at Patchogue Medford High School.  He was recruited to play in college and continued his career at Manhattan College.  He was a four-year starter in goal for Manhattan.  As a senior captain, James led the team in an undefeated MAAC season, their first MAAC Lacrosse Championship as well as first ever automatic qualification to an NCAA tournament.  James was selected to the MAAC tournament 1st team and awarded tournament MVP.  He was named MAAC Conference Defensive Player of the Year, as well as numerous MAAC Conference Defender of the Week awards throughout his career.

James compiled some impressive statistics throughout his career at Manhattan College. He is the all time leader in minutes played, saves, and saves per game in Manhattan College History.  He is the only three time Outstanding Performer in Manhattan Lacrosse history.  3,533 minutes played in a career is 6th best in NCAA Division I history.  1,043 saves for a career is 2nd best in NCAA Division I history.  His career average of 17.38 saves per game is 4th best in NCAA Division I history. His 2002 save percentage of 685% is the 9th best for a single season in NCAA Division I history. Additionally, he holds the Delaware Stadium record for most saves in an NCAA tournament game.

After college James continued his education, earning a Master’s Degree at Fordham University.  James has been a social studies teacher for 21 years and currently teaches at Tappan Zee high school.  He was an assistant varsity lacrosse coach for 10 years and an assistant varsity football coach for 6 years.  He was also varsity lacrosse coach for 6 years at Tappan Zee and an assistant lacrosse coach at Manhattan College for 2 years.  James has committed himself to a positive coaching philosophy as a member of the Positive Coaching Alliance and attends yearly lacrosse conventions to further his knowledge of the sport.  James was awarded by the Nyack Penguin Plunge committee for contributing as a lacrosse program to assist children with life threatening diseases. James has been awarded the Rockland County Assistant Coach of the Year in both Football and Lacrosse, Two time Rockland County Head Coach of the Year by Lohud and Section 1 Class B Coach of the Year.  He is the co-founder of the Tappan Zee Youth Lacrosse league in the community for both girls and boys.  James is happily married and has two children, Scarlett 13 and John 12.  

James joins the Metro Coaching Staff as the head goalie coach.