Coach Colbert was most recently hired as the Head the Men’s Lacrosse Program at the University of the District of Columbia.  He brings his vast coaching and playing skills to the Division II Firebirds and will for the 4th straight year help prepare the Prep Lacrosse Program for the upcoming season.

 Coach Colbert is a former high school and college All-American at The Peddie School (1997) and Georgetown University (2001), Colbert was picked 12th in the 2001 Major League Lacrosse Draft and played for the Bridgeport Barrage, New Jersey Pride and Boston Cannons over a six-year career.  He captained three sports teams at Peddie in 1997 and captained the Hoyas Lacrosse team his senior year in 2001. 

 COn the academic side, Coach Colbert has a Masters of Education in School Leadership from Harvard's Graduate School of Education (2012).  He served as a Principal Intern at Dorchester Academy – a district public school in Boston MA – from 2011 to 2012. He also worked at St. Paul's School – an independent boarding high school in Concord, NH – as the Coordinator of Multicultural Programming (2007-2011) and a Math Instructor (2008-2011).  Colbert also spent five years working at his high school alma mater – The Peddie School – an independent boarding high school in Hightstown, NJ. There he served as the Assistant Director of Admission and the Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment.