The New York State Hockey Coach of the Year for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, Al Vyverberg is in his 22nd season as the Knights head coach. Under his direction, the Knights have amassed a record of nearly three hundred wins, as well as four of their six sectional titles and a New York State Class A Championship.

Following outstanding playing careers at Pittsford High School and RIT, Al joined the coaching ranks as an Assistant Coach with the RIT Tigers. In addition, to his stint as a college coach, Al has also coached Midgets, Junior B and girls Bantams.

Coach Vyverberg continues to play both organized hockey and the highly regarded Friday morning invitational pickup game at the Skating Institute of Rochester (SIR). He also coaches the Monroe County Hockey AAA Midget Major travel team in the Fall.

Al does not have a particular favorite pro hockey team, he just loves great hockey games. His favorite college team is the Boston College Golden Eagles. His favorite pro hockey player is former McQuaid Knight Marty Reasoner. His favorite book is Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" and his favorite movie, "Forest Gump." Al's favorite food is anything BBQ'd. When not working at SIR, Al enjoys music, water sports, boating, biking, roller blading and dancing. He ranks his daughters Leah and Brett as his two greatest accomplishments and wants everyone to know how wonderful they are.

Scott Stiffler has been an Assistant Coach for the Knights since the 1998-99 season. His other coaching assignments included the 1996-97 season with the Monroe County Youth Hockey Pee Wee Major Team and three seasons with the SIR Midget Selects and other midget house and travel hockey teams.

Stiffy has been playing hockey for the past 27 years. His playing career included three seasons with the Greece Lightning ('89 - '92), two seasons with the Rochester Monarchs Junior B Team ('92 -'94) and two seasons at Hudson Valley Community College ('94 -'96), where his favorite course was lunch. He is currently playing for the SIR Storm of the Thursday "A" league at Genesee Valley, Locker Room Sports of the Rochester Amatuer Hockey League and on many pickup teams. Given the opportunity, he would love to be a pro BMX Vert champion.

Coach Stiffler rates Simon Gagne, Rod Brind'Amour and Mark Howe as his favorite players and picks the Philadelphia Flyers and the Big Red of Cornell as his favorite teams.

The Phish documentary "Bittersweet Motel", "Fletch" and "Old School" are Stiffy's favorite films. Lobster and pasta are his favorite foods. His favorite book is "The Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris.

Off ice, now that Phish has retired, he enjoys many other bands including Moe. He does enjoy playing NHL '07 and Guitar Hero on his PS2. He loves spending time with his wife, Jenn and daughter Eliza and his two dogs.

Mel Castro has been an Assistant Coach for the Knights for eight of the past nine seasons, although his connection to the Knights began during the 1996-97 season, when his son Mike first made the team. He has also been a goalie coach with several Rochester Youth Hockey teams.

He grew up in New York City and came to Rochester to study at RIT. Following three seasons with the RIT Tigers, he has played in a number of men's leagues and on various tournament teams in the Rochester area. For the past 24 years he has been the net minder for the Locker Room Sports Team of the Rochester Amateur Hockey League.

Coach Castro's favorite hockey players are both goalies: Eddie Giacomin of the New York Rangers and Billy Sauer of the University of Michigan Wolverines. His favorite teams are the New York Rangers and the RIT Tigers. His favorite meal is paella. His favorite book is "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Mel's favorite movie is "Pan's Labyrinth."

When not thinking about hockey Mel works in the Rochester City Court. Off hours, he enjoys computer programming, cycling, watching movies with his wife Sara and spending time with his children, Mike, Maria and Peter and his three grandchildren Rachel, Allison and Meghan.

Mason is in his fifth season as an Assistant Coach. Mason was a skating manager for one season with the Knights, played two varsity seasons for McQuaid Jesuit as a defenseman and captained the 2003-04 team.

He has been playing hockey for 15 years and is currently playing in the "A" League at Genesee Valley for the SIR Storm. The Montreal Canadians are Mason's favorite pro team, while the University of Maine Black Bears an the RIT Tigers are his favorite college teams. His favorite hockey players are Patrick Roy and Bobby Orr.

Coach Baziw is a graduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology in Envoirnmental Health and Safety Management. His favorite courses are Remedial Investigation and Corrective Action and Occupational Safety. Mason's enjoys dining on Chinese food.

During the off season, Mason enjoys the outdoors (hiking, backpacking and rafting)and playing golf and rugby. Mason also enjoys working as an EMT and HAZMAT. His favorite book is "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. "Band of Brothers" is his favorite movie and "Family Guy" and "Rescue Me" are his favorite is tv shows.

Mason would love to try professional bull riding.

He looks forward to graduating and serving as an enviornmental consercation officer, or receiving an appointemnt to the United States Coast Guard Officer Candidate School.