Coach Gigliotti is not only an English teacher at Norwalk High School but also the JV Girls Lacrosse and
varsity golf coach. He started coaching lacrosse for Norwalk in 2016-17. He took some time off when he became head Coach of the golf team which used to be in the spring. He was relieved when golf became a fall sport because that meant he could come back to lacrosse. Coach Gigs has three children, two who are currently at Norwalk High. Ava who’s a senior and AJ who is a sophomore and they both play lacrosse. Gigs explains how crazy their house feels during the season saying that it looks like someone blew up a lacrosse clothing and e
quipment store in their home.
Coach Gig’s wife, Summer Gigliotti has been playing lacrosse for ever. She took her high school lacrosse career to the University of Rhode Island to play at the college level. Summer decided to started coaching lacrosse when their oldest daughter, Ava was in third grade, so around 10 years ago. In her time coaching she has helped the Gold Coast Lacrosse program and the Norwalk Youth League. For the past few years Summer has joined along with Coach Martinez and Coach Gigs and has helped improve the Norwalk High School Girl’s team tremendously throughout the years.
Ava Gigliotti is a senior at Norwalk High School and has been apart of the Norwalk High School’s Girls Lacrosse program for 3 years, this year will be her fourth year. Ava started playing lacrosse 11 years ago. We asked Ava what her favorite memory is from high school lacrosse, she states “My favorite memory is definitely being apart of the team that beat McMahon for the first time in many years, we all put our best effort and it was one of the most rewarding moments.” Both her mom and dad are a part of the coaching staff for the girls lacrosse program and Ava says sh
e loves having her parents be apart of the program because it’s very motivating and helps her get better.
AJ Gigliotti a sophomore at Norwalk High School has been apart of the Norwalk High’s Boys Lacrosse program for 1 year, this year will be his second. AJ started playing lacrosse 9 years ago for Norwalk Junior Lacrosse. AJ’s favorite high school lacrosse memory is getting to play alongside Nick Fatone and Dougie Cahill who graduated in 2024. We asked AJ what it is like to have his parents apart of the Norwalk High School Lacrosse program and he states “It’s more fun with my parents there.” Even though Coach Gigliotti and Summer do not coach AJ they are still a big help to the boy lacrosse team.
Aliya Gigliotti a 7th grader at Nathan Hale Middle School. She is the youngest in the family. She has a history of playing lacrosse. Aliya comes to the girls games and supports on the side lines. She also goes to her brother AJ’s games to cheer him and the team on.
