Katie Smith - 'They're people first, and players second'
Katie Smith, based in Memphis, Tennessee, started coaching straight out of high school, alongside playing at community college. Now, in a situation that might sound familiar to a lot of coaches trying...
10 Mar 202323min
Kyle Martyn - 'Soccer provides an equal playing field'
Kyle Martyn is senior girls’ academy director for the Ukrainian Nationals Soccer Club in Pennsylvania, the place where he grew up. Martyn played high school and college soccer in the state before goin...
3 Mar 202329min
James Wagenschutz - Tips from coach who coaches the coaches
James Wagenschutz is an applied sports scientist and sports performance coach who has been in soccer for almost 25 years. He holds a USSF A license and has used it to coach in the college game, incl...
24 Feb 202324min
Haroot Hakopian - Create a climate and define a team culture
Dr Haroot Hakopian got into coaching by accident when he suffered a significant knee injury - tearing his ACL, MCL and PCL - and requiring four different operations. A move into coaching followed, alo...
17 Feb 202339min
Jeremy Tosaya - 'Kids must be centre of your environment'
A love for the work of his college coaches was what led Jeremy Tosaya to go into the profession himself. Jeremy coached the college game for 18 years, including a notable seven-year stint with Dakota...
10 Feb 202335min
Sarah Gonzalez - 'I was called a teddy bear – with armor!'
In her senior year at Shawnee Mission West High School Kansas, Sarah Gonzalez wrote in her yearbook that, in five years’ time, she would be back at the school, teaching math and coaching soccer. Well...
3 Feb 202320min
Tom Shields - Progressive, holistic and player-centred
Tom Shields is the technical director, boys’ ECNL director and USL2 head coach at STA Soccer in Randolph, New Jersey. Tom was formerly coach of Hull City Ladies and the University of Hull, in his nati...
27 Jan 202329min
Kai Edwards - 'A humbling helped me be more human'
The first team Kai Edwards ever coached was a group of under-12s that included two players who would go on to be US World Cup stars: Kristen Press and Whitney Engen. He is currently head coach at the ...
20 Jan 202327min
