Ward Kinne grew up playing lacrosse in the 1970s in his hometown of Watertown, New York, just north of Syracuse. After playing as an attackman and long stick midfielder in high school , he didn’t stay involved with the sport, but when his sons became interested in 2005 his fire for lacrosse was re-ignited!

Ward has served the Jags at every level of coaching since 2010, starting as a JV assistant, then as the freshman and JV coach, and as a varsity assistant in 2016, when the Jags went to the LAKC championship game. He is honored to be asked to be the Varsity coach, and is committed to continuing the level of excellence which has been built by many great coaches, players, and families since the Jags club was founded in 2002.

Ward is a Kansas City business owner. He and his wife Christy own Heritage Advisors, LLC, a private financial advisory firm in Stilwell, Kansas. They have raised their three sons to adulthood here in the Kansas City area, and are glad to call it home. In addition to their business, and Ward’s role with the Jags, Ward and Christy spend as much time as possible with their family, volunteering in their church, various not for profit organizations, and as personal life coaches.  

​Contact Ward at jaglacrosse@gmail.com

In 1999, Paul pioneered the first high school lacrosse club in Kansas, Blue Valley Knights. He was a team captain and the starting goalie in 2000. From 2001-2004 he was the starting goalie for K-State, and in 2002 led the Wildcats to the first ever GRLC playoff appearance. He was the defensive captain at K-State in 2003 & 2004. From 2010-2012 he was the head coach of the Leawood Storm U-14 youth lacrosse club, where they were league champions in 2010 and runners-up in 2011 & 2012. Next, Paul was the head coach of the Blue Valley Spartans U-14 youth lacrosse club from 2013-2016, where they were league runners up in 2013 & 2014.

Paul lives in Overland Park with his wife, Jennifer, and is a full time operations manager for an insurance company.  He believes the keys to success in life and in lacrosse are aggressiveness, fearlessness and hard work.  He looks forward to instilling these values in the young men of Blue Valley West lacrosse.

Contact Paul at jaglacrosse@gmail.com