Joel Kallas

95 Wins

30 Losses

2025 Summary

After seven years as assistant coach, Joel Kallas is taking over as head coach at his alma mater, Chapman University, for the 2023 season. During his tenure under Dallas Hartley, the program amassed an 87-22 record and earned a 2016 MCLA National Championship trophy, three SLC Championship trophies ('16, '18, '19), and four MCLA National Championship Game appearances ('16, '17, '18, '21). Kallas started playing lacrosse in 8th grade for the Palo Alto Tomahawks Lacrosse Club, and in 2002, his senior season, they won the California HS State Championship. He continued his academic and athletic career at Chapman from '03-'06 where he was a four-year starting long-stick midfielder, competed in Chapman's first ever MCLA D-I National Tournament appearance in '03, named team captain in '05 and '06, and recognized as Chapman's Defender of the Year and Second Team All-WCLL LSM in '06. Prior to coaching at Chapman, Kallas held many high school, youth and club coaching positions as well as owning and operating the Newport Beach Lacrosse Club post-collegiate program for 12 years.

Statistics By Season

Season	Team	GC	OVR	CONF	PLAY	TOURN
2025	Chapman	0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0
2024	Chapman	13	13 - 4	7 - 1	2 - 0	0 - 1
2023	Chapman	19	17 - 4	8 - 1	2 - 0	2 - 1
2022	Chapman	13	7 - 7	3 - 4	0 - 0	0 - 0
2021	Chapman	8	7 - 2	2 - 1	0 - 0	2 - 1
2020	Chapman	3	5 - 2	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0
2019	Chapman	19	17 - 3	7 - 0	2 - 0	2 - 1
2018	Chapman	17	16 - 1	8 - 0	2 - 0	3 - 1
2017	Chapman	19	13 - 7	6 - 2	0 - 1	3 - 1
2016	Chapman	18	0 - 0	8 - 0	1 - 0	5 - 0

Career Stats

129	Games Coached
30 - 8	Record as Head Coach
65 - 22	Record as Asst Coach
50 - 9	Conference Record
9 - 1	Playoff Record
17 - 6	Tournament Record

Honors and Awards

Season	Honor
2023	Coach of the Year