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Luke Phipps

Co-Founder/Director

Coaching Career

  • Offensive Coordinator- Mater Dei (2017-present)

  • True National Director (2025-present)

  • True California Gold Director (2025-present)

  • Nike NASG 2026 Coach (2024)

  • Director/Owner of Cali Gold (2020-2025) 

  • Pride LC Director (2018-2021)

  • Westlake HS JV Coach (2017)

  • Salisbury University Volunteer Asst (2015)

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Playing Career

  • Salisbury University (2013 and 2014)

​2014 All-American

2014 Team Offensive MVP

  • Essex Community College (2011)

First-Team All-American

Region XX POY

  • Jacksonville University (2010)

  • John Carroll HS- MIAA- Maryland (2006-2009)

Co-Founder and On-Field Director, Knute Kraus

Knute Kraus

Co-Founder/Defense

​Coaching Career

  • Mater Dei HS Head Coach (2023-present)

  • True California Gold Director (2025-present)

  • California Gold Recruiting Director (2020-2024)

  • Defensive Coordinator- Mater Dei (2020-2023)

  • Dartmouth College Assistant Coach (2019)

  • Salisbury University Assistant Coach (2017-2018)

  • Concordia-Irvine Assistant Coach (2016)

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Playing Career

  • Denver Outlaws (2016-2018)

  • Salisbury University (2012-2015)

2015 Defensive Player of the Year

2x All-American

2012 National Champion

  • Tesoro High School (2008-2011)

EDGE WORKOUTS

Working outside the normal practice hours

Every player on every team in the country practices. Same two hours. Same drills. Same reps. When that whistle blows, everybody goes home — and everybody stays even.

That's where Edge Academy comes in.

The athletes we develop don't stop when practice ends. They're the ones putting in the extra wall ball, the extra footwork, the extra film — not because someone told them to, but because they understand what it takes to be different. To be better. To have the edge.

When you enroll your athlete at Edge Academy, you're not just signing them up for training. You're investing in a mindset. We build players who show up early, stay late, and outwork the competition when no one is watching. That discipline doesn't stay on the field — it follows them into the classroom, into their relationships, and into everything they do.

Your kid has the potential. We give them the environment, the coaching, and the standard to unlock it.

That's the Edge.

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OUR PROMISE

  • We develop the whole player — skills, work ethic, and character.

  • Every athlete gets personalized attention, regardless of level.

  • We build a partnership with your family that goes beyond the field.

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