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• EDUCATED TO DEGREE LEVEL (APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY & SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY)
• PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER IN ENGLAND AND EUROPE
• UEFA “A” LICENSED QUALIFIED SOCCER COACH
• EXTENSIVE HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE, IN CHARGE OF OVER 250 SENIOR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL GAMES (USA “A” LEAGUE EQUIVALENT)
• PROFESSIONAL COACHING: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DIRECTOR OF COACHING OF A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER CLUB (BLACKPOOL,ENGLISH 2ND DIVISION)
• ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION COUNTY COACHING DIRECTOR (CUMBRIA) – (USA STATE EQUIVALENT)
• ASSISTANT COMMUNITY PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER CLUB COACHING BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES / ABILITIES (BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB)
• DIRECTOR OF COACHING AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT EDEN PRAIRIE SOCCER CLUB, MINNESOTA, USA
• BUSINESS ACUMAN (RAN OWN BUSINESS FOR 9 YEARS)
• AUTHOR OF A SOCCER COACHING BOOK PUBLISHED BY REEDSWAIN  IN JANUARY 2002 “RECOGNIZING THE MOMENT TO PLAY”: A.I.A. ANTICIPATION / IMAGINATION / AWARENESS; A BEST SELLER IN THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CATALOGUE THIS YEAR
• AUTHOR OF THE TWO BOOK SERIES ON THE ART OF DEFENDING
  • "THE ART OF DEFENDING BOOK ONE"
  • 1 v 1 THROUGH 8 v 8 (Recently Number 7 on the Reedswain´s top ten best selling list) 
  • "THE ART OF DEFENDING BOOK TWO"
  • PHASE PLAYS
  • 11  v 11
• “GAME SITUATION TRAINING FOR SOCCER” AUTHOR OF THIS SOCCER COACHING BOOK PUBLISHED BY REEDSWAIN IN JULY 2005. Arial">IT IS NUMBER 2 IN THE REEDSWAIN TOP TEN BOOKS LIST.
• DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (MINNESOTA) (AUGUST 2003 AND ONWARDS)ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH  WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM: REGIONAL CHAMPIONS IN THE COLLEGE’S FIRST YEAR PROGRAM. ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH THE MEN´S FIRST YEAR PROGRAM (2004).
• MINNESOTA STATE YOUTH ASSOCIATION OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAM – STAFF COACH – ONGOING FROM 2000. ATTENDED AND COACHED AT THE MID WEST REGIONAL CAMPS IN JULY 2001
• EDEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VARSITY HEAD COACH
  STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS OF MINNESOTA (NOVEMBER 2005)
  (IN WAYNES FIRST YEAR AS THE HEAD COACH AND THE FIRST TIME IN THE SCHOOLS HISTORY HAVING ONLY BEEN AS FAR AS THE QUARTER FINALS TWICE BEFORE)
  

LICENSING

• INSTRUCTING ON THE "C" LICENSE IN ENGLAND BEFORE MOVING TO THE USA
• INSTRUCTING ON THE “E” AND “D” LICENCING FOR THE MINNESOTA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION FROM THE YEAR 2000 AND ONWARDS.

STATE AND REGIONAL CLINIC WORD

• PRESENTATION OF COACHING WORK AT THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION 10TH ANNUAL COACHES CLINIC ON FRIDAY AUGUST 11TH 2000 AS A GUEST CLINICIAN (WHEN TO MARK PLAYERS WHEN TO MARK SPACE IN A PHASE OF PLAY)
• PRESENTATION OF A COACHING CLINIC AT THE STATE SOCCER FAIR FOR MINNESOTA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2000 (ANTICIPATION / IMAGINATION / AWARENESS – A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SOCCER)
• CLINIC AT THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION 11TH ANNUAL COACHES SYMPOSIUM ON FRIDAY AUGUST 10TH 2001 (THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTICIPATION IN SOCCER)
• PRESENTATION OF A COACHING CLINIC AT THE MYSA WINTER SYMPOSIUM: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2ND 2002 (DEVELOPING PLAY THROUGH THE THIRDS)
• PRESENTATION OF A COACHING CLINIC AND CLASSROOM WORKSHOP AT THE “MARYLAND” WINTER SOCCER SYMPOSIUM IN BALTIMORE,MD: FEBRUARY 2003 (FLOOR CLINIC: RECOGNIZING THE MOMENT TO PLAY AWARENESS TRAINING.
• CLASSROOM WORKSHOP: (DEFENDING THROUGH THE THIRDS)
• PRESENTATION OF A COACHING CLINIC AT THE MINNESOTA STATE SYMPOSIUM: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28TH 2004: “TEACHING AWARENESS IN SOCCER PLAYERS”
• THE PRESENTER OF THREE CLINICS AT THE REEDSWAIN SUPERCLINC SYMPOSIUM HELD IN NEW JERSEY IN FEBRUARY 2005; A.I.A. TRAINING , 1 v 1 THROUGH 3 v 3 DEFENDING AND SHADOW DEFENDING AND ZONAL MARKING. THIS IS THE SECOND BIGGEST SYMPOSIUM IN THE USA.

ARTICLES

• REGULARLY PRESENTED IN THE MYSA “SOCCER TIMES” STATE NEWSPAPER AND ON THE MYSA COACHES E MAILING SERVICE.
• SOCCERROM ARTICLE ON A.I.A.:
  • SoccerROM Tips, Themes & ThingS
  • October 29, 2001 ARTICLE ON AWARENESS TRAINING
  • October 2004 issue 7 PAGE ARTICLE ON TRAVELING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BALL IN DEFENDING
• INSIGHT MAGAZINE
  • IN ENGLAND, THE TOP PROFESSIONAL SOCCER MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBED TO BY ALL THE PROFESSIONAL COACHES OF ENGLAND AT ALL LEVELS OF PLAY: 8 PAGE ARTICLE ON A.I.A. AWARENESS TRAINING (JULY 2003).
• SOCCER JOURNAL:
  • THE TOP SOCCER COACHING JOURNAL IN THE USA GOING TO 25,000 COACHES COUNTRYWIDE. 2 ARTICLES ON YOUTH SOCCER IN CONSECUTIVE SOCCER JOURNALS IN THE USA FOCUSING ON THE A.I.A. AWARENESS TRAINING. THIS WAS A NEW SERIES ON YOUTH SOCCER DEVELOPMENT IN THE USA TODAY AND ARTICLE WAS  PRESENTED IN THE FALL AND WINTER EDITIONS OF 2003.
  • ARTICLE IN SOCCER JOURNAL ON “QUICK PLAY AND COUNTER ATTACKING”: SUMMER 2004 OVER TWO EDITIONS.

EDUCATION

CHESTER COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION            (1977-80) 

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
(APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY)

WHITEHAVEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL

2 GCE “A” LEVELS: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND GEOGRAPHY
6 GCE “O” LEVELS

UEFA “A” YOUTH LICENSE AWARD (THE TOP SOCCER COACHING QUALIFICATION IN EUROPE)(JULY1998)

NSCAA (USA) GOALKEEPING DIPLOMA (LEVEL 1) (AUG 2000)

NSCAA (USA) GOALKEEPING DIPLOMA (LEVEL 2) (AUG 2001)

COMPUTER LITERACY AND I.T.  (LEVEL 1 AWARD) (1999)

COACHING EXPERIENCE

EDEN PRAIRIE SOCCER CLUB (MINNESOTA)(JUNE 2000 TO 2009)

DIRECTOR OF COACHING AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:(DEVELOPING PLAYERS AND COACHES COVERING 46 TRAVELING TEAMS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS FROM U9 TO U19 AND OVER 100 COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES)

DUTIES

SET COACHING DIRECTION AND PHILOSOPHY FOR EPSC COACHES APPROVE SELECTION OF TEAM COACHES PRESENT AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON COACHING CLINICS FOR ALL EPSC COACHES PROVIDE WRITTEN REVIEWS OF COACHING PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE CONTINUALLY UPDATE EPSC’S COACHING MANUAL SET PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION AND PHILOSOPHY FOR EPSC DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DESIGN MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT A WINTER TRAINING PROGRAM DESIGN MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS DESIGN IMPLEMENT AND CONDUCT ANNUAL PLAYER EVALUATIONS DESIGN IMPLEMENT AND CONDUCT TEAM SELECTION PROCESS PRESENT ACADEMY COACHING CLINICS FOCUSING ON EXCELLENCE

BLACKPOOL SOCCER CLUB

(PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 2 ENGLAND)(1998-JUNE 2000)

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH COACHING AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

COORDINATING ALL COACHING AND ADMINISTRATION OF TEAMS FROM U9 TO U16

INCLUDES:

1.PRODUCTION OF A COACHING DESIGN FOR A STAFF OF 18 TO COVER ALL AGE GROUPS AND THEIR COACHING REQUIREMENTS 2.DEVELOPMENT OF CLUB POLICIES A)EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY B)EDUCATION AND WELFARE POLICY C)COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE D)STAFF RECRUITMENT POLICY E)CHILD PROTECTION POLICY CODES OF CONDUCT F)CODES OF CONDUCT FOR PLAYERS, COACHES AND PARENTS 3.DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE TAILORED COACHING PROGRAM SPECIFIC TO EACH AGE GROUP 4.PRODUCTION OF AN INDUCTION BROCHURE COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 5.REGULAR STAFF EVALUATIONS INCLUDING A RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL STAFF TRAINING NEEDS 6.REGULAR IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF THE COACHING STAFF 7.INDIVIDUAL PLAYER EVALUATION REPORTS PER HALF YEAR 8.OVERSEEING OF ONGOING GAME BY GAME ASSESSMENT OF TEAMS AND PLAYERS 9.RECORDS FOR EACH AGE GROUP CONTAINING PERSONAL AND MEDICAL PARTICULARS OF ALL PLAYERS 10.RECORDS OF REGISTRATIONS OF ALL PLAYERS SIGNED PLUS ALL TRIALIST ASSESSMENTS 11.RECORDING OF ONGOING EXPENDITURE AND BUDGETING 12.CLEARLY WORDED INTERNAL ANNUAL REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 13.COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY OVERSEEING BUT ALSO TO PROVIDING PERSONAL COACHING TO ALL TEAMS AT GIVEN TIMES 14.PRODUCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL THE COACHES AND THEIR REQUIRED DUTIES 15.ORGANIZATION OF ALL SCOUTS AND THEIR SCOUTING DUTIES 16.ORGANIZATION OF ALL GAMES AND ISSUES PERTAINING TO THEM FOR EXAMPLE REFEREES, COACH TRAVEL, KIT PROVISION ETC

CHIEF SCOUT

COORDINATING ALL THE SCOUTS IN THE SOCCER CLUB

DEVELOPMENT AND COACHING INPUT ON BLACKPOOL SOCCER CLUB GIRLS U12 AND U14 TEAM

BLACKPOOL SOCCER CLUB

(PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 2 ENGLAND)(1998-99)

ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER  

COACHING BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES IN SCHOOLS AND IN THE COMMUNITY PROMOTING THE SOCCER CLUB, ENHANCING RELATIONS WITH THE GENERAL SPORTING PUBLIC

ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION COUNTY COACHING DIRECTOR FOR CUMBRIA  (1996-98)

COACHING IN SCHOOLS (BOYS AND GIRLS) COLLEGES AND SOCCER CLUBS, COORDINATING U9’S TO U18’S AND ADULT COACHING COURSES

PRESENTING

JUNIOR TEAM MANAGER AWARDS

F.A. COACHING CERTIFICATES (C. LICENSE)

F.A. TEACHING CERTIFICATES

ACCRINGTON STANLEY F.C.- HEAD COACH(1998- 99)

PREMIER SEMI – PROFESSIONAL ADULT LEAGUE

DUE TO INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY WITH BLACKPOOL F.C. I HAD TO RELINQUISH THIS POSITION

BAMBER BRIDGE F.C. – HEAD COACH   (1997-98)

PREMIER SEMI – PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE

LANCASTER CITY F.C. ASSISTANT HEAD COACH(1997)

PREMIER SEMI – PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE

WORKINGTON REDS F.C. HEAD COACH / PLAYER(1994-97)

PREMIER SEMI – PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE

CUMBERLAND CUP WINNERS 1996

CARLISLE UNITED PROFESSIONAL

DIVISION 2 ENGLISH LEAGUE

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE COACH(1990-94) DEVELOPING U15 AND U16 PLAYERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE YOUTH TEAM

 PLAYING EXPERIENCE

CARLISLE UNITED F.C. PROFESSIONAL DIV 2(1987-89)

PLAYER AND YOUTH COACH (BOTH PART TIME)

WORKINGTON REDS F.C. PLAYER AND HEAD COACH(1984-87)

PREMIER SEMI-PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE

CUMBERLAND CUP WINNERS 1986

OULU PALLOSEURA FINNISH PREMIER LEAGUE(1983-84)

PROFESSIONAL PLAYER FOR TWO SEASONS

BLACKPOOL SOCCER CLUB

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 2 LEAGUE(1979-83)

PROFESSIONAL PLAYER (COACHED BY ALAN BALL WORLD CUP WINNER WITH ENGLAND 1966)

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION 2 LEAGUE(1977-79)

SEMI-PROFESSIONAL PLAYER WHILST AT COLLEGE

(COACHED BY JACK CHARLTON WORLD CUP WINNER WITH ENGLAND 1966)

GREAT BRITAIN STUDENTS(AUGUST 1979)

REPRESENTED GREAT BRITAIN IN THE WORLD STUDENT GAMES IN MEXICO (A TEAM CHOSEN FROM 4 COUNTRIES, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES). PLAYED AGAINST EL SALVADOR, IRAQ, ALGERIA, SAUDI ARABIA, CANADA AND URUGUAY.
 

OVERSEAS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SUMMER SOCCER CAMPS IN MARYLAND USA FOR BOBBY MCAVAN SPORTS SINCE 1984 INCLUDING PRESENTING COACHING CLINICS FOR COACHES, EXPERIENCE INCLUDES COACHING BOYS AND GIRLS FROM 5 YEARS TO 18 YEARS OF MIXED ABILITY FROM RECREATIONAL TO TRAVEL TEAM SOCCER STANDARD.

OTHER SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

ENGLAND UNDER 16’S RUGBY UNION

CUMBRIA CRICKET UNDER 18’S