Jon Lantzy

Character, scholarship, and athletic excellence come in that order and progression for Jon Lantzy.

He saw the same values in Christ School teams, further identifying with the emphasis placed on meaningful, lasting relationships here.

Christ School was pleased to announce Jon as its new Athletic Director in April 2026 following a competitive national process which was aided by The Finney Search Group.

One month later, Jon went out on top with a NCISAA Division I state championship in his 19th and final year of coaching lacrosse at Durham Academy (his 34th year overall). He and his wife, Suzanne, have an adult daughter who just completed an NCAA Division III All-American and national championship career playing field hockey at Middlebury College in Vermont. Katherine is beginning her professional life as a teaching fellow at Culver Academies (Ind.).

Jon will be stepping away from all coaching duties to run the Christ School Athletic Department, which offers 19 teams in 11 championship sports, along with the Robert Morgan ’36 Aviation Program (one of only three like it in U.S. high schools), a robust and year-round Outdoor Program, a competitive Robotics team, and Theater. The Greenies have won 11 team state titles in all sports since 2020, making Christ School one of the most successful boys programs in the NCISAA, regardless of classification. 

Jon has served as Assistant Athletic Director, Middle School Sports Coordinator, and Middle School Basketball coach at Durham Academy, all of which he balanced with teaching Physical Education and Health. 

Jon’s real passion from a sports perspective is lacrosse. He has been the owner and youth director for Fusion Lacrosse, Inc., out of Durham since 2006 and directs the King of Spring Faceoff Classic, which is the nation’s largest regular-season, intersectional boys and girls high school event with 40 teams from eight states and Canada.

Jon began his coaching career at Buffalo’s Canisius College in 1992, the same year he received his undergraduate degree in Urban Planning from Michigan State University. Jon later earned his master’s in Athletic Administration from Ohio University in 2012.