Jared Rife enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Bantam men's lacrosse team.  Rife played lacrosse for national club powerhouse Brigham Young University, where he was a two-year, starting defensemen for the Cougars.  Rife helped lead BYU to the 2000 MCLA National Championship.  After completing a two-year mission in Nicaragua for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rife returned to the Cougars for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 seasons, serving as captain in 2005.

Rife comes from a lacrosse-rich family, as his older brother Jason played lacrosse for the University of Massachusetts and currently is the head lacrosse coach at Division I Wagner College.

A 2006 graduate of BYU with degrees in American studies and Spanish, Rife is currently pursuing his master's degree in American studies at Trinity.  He resides in West Hartford with his wife, Rachel, and their two children, Jackson and Madison.