Varsity Head Coach, Steve Annest
Email : sannest@jeffco.k12.co.us
Coach Annest also serves as a Biology Teacher at Ralston Valley and in his 27th year teaching and has been at Ralston Valley since 2007. He first began coaching lacrosse at Columbine High School in 1999 and has also coached youth lacrosse for many years. Coach Annest grew up in Vestal, NY, where he played both football and lacrosse and was captain of both teams his senior year receiving all-conference honors. He initially attended Ithaca College and played lacrosse as a defensemen for the Bombers before transferring and finishing his undergraduate degree at Colorado State University. Coach Annest also holds a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Denver.
Coach Annest has been married to his wife Nicole for 29 years and they have two daughters, Ella, 27, who recently graduated from the University of California Berkeley where she played lacrosse and is a current medical student at CU; and Mari, 23, who currently plays professional soccer for FC Brisbane Roar in Australia. Mari completed her NCAA Soccer Career at the University of Alabama.
Coach Annest is passionate about the game of lacrosse and more importantly, passionate about shaping young people to be the best version of themselves.