{"id":292,"date":"2025-06-04T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:52:32","slug":"coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/index.php\/coaching-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Picture--1024x878.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Picture--1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Picture--300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Picture--768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Picture--1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staff-Picture--2048x1756.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Head Coach:  Yaphet A Melendez\" class=\"wp-image-299\" title=\"Head Coach:  Yaphet A Melendez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-1445x2048.jpg 1445w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yephette-scaled.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Head Coach:  Yaphet A Melendez<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-1200x1536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-1599x2048.jpg 1599w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Victor-scaled.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Assistant Coach:<strong> <\/strong> Xavier Torres <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2245-1-929x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.907249898744431;width:396px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2245-1-929x1024.jpg 929w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2245-1-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2245-1-768x846.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2245-1-1394x1536.jpg 1394w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2245-1-1859x2048.jpg 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Katherine-932x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine A. Perez Santiago \" class=\"wp-image-300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Katherine-932x1024.jpg 932w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Katherine-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Katherine-768x844.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Katherine-1398x1536.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Katherine-1864x2048.jpg 1864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>President: Katherine A. Perez Santiago<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Terry-865x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Terry-865x1024.jpg 865w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Terry-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Terry-768x909.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Terry-1297x1536.jpg 1297w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Terry-1730x2048.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><strong>Secretary:<\/strong> Eleuterio &#8220;Terry&#8221; Lastra<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lettie--748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lettie--748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lettie--219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lettie--768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lettie--1121x1536.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/purfieldhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lettie-.jpg 1479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Vice President Women&#8217;s :<\/strong> Leticia Freaney <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Federaci\u00f3n Puertorrique\u00f1a de Hockey<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Board of Directors<br>President: <\/strong>Katherine A. 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