Howard Offit
Howard Offit grew up in Baltimore County and began his lacrosse career at the age of 14. At Pikesville High School, he earned All-County Honors in his junior and senior years. During his four years playing lacrosse for Johns Hopkins, his teams amassed a 53-3 record, played in four national championships and won 3 in a row, and won the Henry Ciccarone Award his senior year. Howard ranks 20th out of 65 for most ground balls in a season at Hopkins.
Going on to play for Maryland Lacrosse Club, Howard won 3 straight Club Championships. He became a member of the 1982 USA Box Lacrosse Team that beat Canada in the finals. He played in the 1996 Master World Team Games for USA and won the Masters World Games, during which an injury caused him to retire from playing.
Howard joined the college coaching circuit. After coaching at UMBC and winning the Martin Schwartz Award for leadership and Friends of UMBC, Howard went to his alma mater to coach.
Howard coached his son Josh’s lacrosse team at Landon and his daughter Mikki’s lacrosse team at Holton Arms. He made an additional college coaching stop at Georgetown University.
Howard started the Icon Leadership Academy with Dr. Greg Dale. He joined Level2Sports and initiated the Under Armour Underclassmen All American Games with Corrigan Sports, the Adidas All American Games, The Brogden Cup and other events that contributed to Reaches, a charity focused on helping the underserved communities nationally.
Howard served on the Tewaaraton Award Advisory Board, the “Heisman Trophy of lacrosse,” and has mentored more than 250 high school athletes.
