Meet Our Coaches

Licences:

• Sfa children’s license 
• Uefa B license 
• Nscaa National Diploma
• Nscaa Director of Coaching diploma 

Coaching Experience:

• Rob played soccer from 1993- 1999 for various Scottish teams. Rob went on to work for the SFA (Scottish Football Association) and worked as a community coach for a Scottish Premier League team, Hibernian FC. As coach for Elgin College, Chicago, Il, Rob’s team won the conference championship and also earned the college’s first Women’s Soccer Region IV title. As a result, in 2004, Rob was awarded both the Women’s Conference ’Coach of the Year’ and the Women’s Regional Coach of the Year. Rob’s Ramsay Area Soccer U13 Team won the State Cup in Minnesota. Rob holds the UEFA SFA B License Diploma and SFA Children’s License Diploma. He also earned the NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma and NSCAA National Diploma.

Fave soccer team:

• Hibernian FC

Fave quote:

“Behind every kick of a ball there has to be a thought.”

Licences:

• NCAA Advanced National 
• NCAA Goalkeeping Level 3
• NCAA Special Topics Diploma Training The Goalkeeper 
• NCAA Special Topics Diploma The Mental Game 
• USSF D

Coaching Experience:

• CCSC 2011 – Present
• OPHS 2011-2014

Achievements:

• 2015 State Champion 99/00(U16)
• 2015 Final Four 01/02(U14)

Fave soccer team:

• Leicester City

Fave quote:

“Get Stuck in”

Licensing:

• USSF “C” License

Coaching Experience: 

• 30+ years

Fave soccer team:

• Manchester City

Fave quote: 

“Teamwork – the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

Licensing:

• NSCAA National Diploma
• NSCAA Goalkeeping 1, 2 & 3 Diploma
• USSF “C” License
• USSF “D” License
• USSF “E” License

Coaching Experience: 

• 30+ years
• Coaching at Clay County SC since 2003

Fave soccer team:

• West Ham

Fave quote: 

“The journey may be uphill … but the views are fantastic!”

Licences:

• NSCAA National license
• NSCAA Goalkeeper I & II
• NFHS Accredited Interscholastic Coach (Level 1 National Certification for Soccer)
• USSF D
• USSF E

Coaching Experience: 

• CCSC 2008-present
• LJH 2015-present
• FIHS 2008-present
• EWHS 1998-2007
• JYSC 1992-1993
• MBBAA 1990-1992

Fave Soccer Team:

• Liverpool FC

Fave Quote:

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”.- John Wooden

Licences:

• USSF E

Coaching Experience:

• 2012-Present OPHS JV Boys
• 2013-2016 Villages Soccer
• 2017-Present CCSC

Fave soccer team:

• Everton FC

Fave quote:

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmond Burke

• Notre Dame – 4 time All-American (84 goals, 73 assists)
• Owns 67 records in the Notre Dame, Big East and NCAA record books
• 2-time Hermann Trophy – top female NCAA Division I soccer player
• Texas Christian University – Assistant Women’s Coach
• Dallas Sting
• North Texas ODP Staff Coach
• Region III Assistant Team Coach
• Gainesville Soccer Alliance – Assistant DOC Girls Teams

Licensing:

• USSF D

Licences:

• NSCAA Premier
• UEFA B
• NSCAA GK1 and 2
• U.S.S.F. D

Coaching Experience: 

• FYSA ODP and Instructional Staff
• West Ham United International Academy
• Tonbridge Angels Academy
• First Class Football Staff Coach

Fave soccer team:

• West Ham

Fave quote:

“To me, soccer is so much more than a ball and two goals; it connects people from all of the corners of the world.” – Unknown Author

Licences:

• NSCAA National Diploma
• USSF D

Coaching Experience:

• CCSC: 2008 – Present
• Girls Academy (2006) & Girls Premier (2009)
• Ridgeview High Boys JV: 2008-2012
• Orange Park High Boys Varsity: 2012-2020
• Clay High Boys Varsity: 2020- Present

Fave soccer team:

• Arsenal FC

Fave Quote:

“Don’t be scared to be ambitious. It’s not a humiliation to have a high target and to fail. For me, the real humiliation is to have a target and not give everything to reach it.” -Arsene Wenger

Licences:

• USSF D
• USSF E
• USSF F

Coaching Experience:

• CCSC 2014 – Present
• OUFC 2011 – 2014

Fave soccer team:

• Arsenal FC

Fave Quote:

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

Licences:

• NSCAA National Diploma
• NSCAA Goalkeeping Level 2 Diploma
• USSF “D” License

Coaching Experience:

• Clay High School Varsity and Junior Varsity: 2015/16
• St. Johns Country Day Varsity and Junior Varsity: 2016-Present
• CCSC Academy: Spring 2015
• United Soccer Alliance Academy Director: 2016-Present
• CCSC Premier: 2015-Present

Fave soccer team:

• Arsenal Football Club

Fave quote:

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King

Licences:

• USSF National D
• USSF Grassroots 11v11, 9v9, 4

  Licences:

  • NSCAA National Diploma
  • NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma
  • NSCAA State and Regional Goalkeeping Diploma
  • USSF E License 
  • Youth coaching modules u6-u10
  • FHSSA

  Coaching Experience:

  • 24 years of coaching boys, girls and coed teams at the recreational level, developmental academy, premier division as well as high school JV and Varsity.

   

  Fave soccer team:

  • Mine!

  Fave quote:

  “I may not be there yet, but I’m closer today, than I was yesterday.” -Totti    To sum it up, good is not good enough and with hard work, commitment and dedication, there’s always room to improve. Has anyone ever reached their full potential? Keep working!

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• USSF National F
• FYSA Module U8/U10

Coaching Experience:

• CCSC 2012 – Present

Fave soccer team:

• FC Barcelona

Fave Quote:

“We do not pass to move the ball, we pass to move the opposition.”

Licences:

• NSCAA Goalkeeping II Diploma
• NSCAA National Diploma
• USSF D License

Coaching Experience:

• Westside Soccer Club – Academy & Premier U8-U12
• Clay County – Premier U12-U15
• Bishop Snyder High School 2005-2009
• Paxon High School 2015

Fave soccer team:

• Liverpool

Fave quote:

“Inconceivable.”

Licences:

• USSF National D – 2019
• USSF Grassroots 11v11 – 2018
• USSF Grassroots 9v9 – 2018
• USSF Grassroots 4v4 – 2018
• USSF National F – 2016
• FYSA Module U8/U10 – 2015

Coaching Experience:

• CCSC 2011 – Present
• Rec/Academy/Elite/Premier/GA
• 4 Years Junior High School coach

Fave soccer team:

• The ones I coach!

Fave quote:

• Jaguar Soccer Club 1996-1998
• Joseph Catholic School 2008
• Jacksonville Youth Soccer Club (JYSC) 2008-2012
• Clay County Soccer Club 2013-2018
• United Soccer Alliance Girls DA U14 2018-Present

Licensing:

• USSF E License

Licences:

• NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping
• USSF D License
• USSF E License
• USSF F License

Coaching Experience:

• Director of Goalkeeping

• Girls Youth Academy Director

• Jacksonville University Women’s Soccer Volunteer Goalkeeper Coach (2018-2020)

• Girls Premier Head Coach (2017- Present)

• Youth Academy (2016-Present)

Fave soccer team:

• Manchester City

Fave quote:

Without struggle there is no progress.