Rochester Youth Soccer Association | Rochester MN

Dale Priebe

Experience:

• Coached RYSA Rec for 5 years
• Coached RYSA Competitive for 3 seasons

Certifications:

• USSF E License

Rick VandeLoo

Experience:

• Played midfielder for the University of Wisconsin-Stout
• Coached U10 & U11 boys Competitive teams and various youth recreation teams
• Coached the Stewartsville H.S. Boys Varsity team since 2009

Qualifications:

• USSF E License

Jen Geske

Experience:

• Played DII and DIII collegiate soccer at UW-Parkside and Saint Mary’s University
• 7 years of competitive club and high school coaching experience at various levels from U10 to high school varsity
• Conducted individual and group goal keeper training

Certification:

• USSF D License
• NSCAA State and Regional Goalkeeping diplomas. Played DII and DIII collegiate soccer at UW-Parkside and Saint Mary’s University.

Jamie Likely

Experience:

• Coached soccer for over 16 years, ranging from 5 to 18 years old both male and female players
• Coached for Sherwood Parkdale Rangers Soccer Club (Canada) 1995-2005
• Coached for PEI Canada Games Men’s Soccer (Canada) 2002-2005
• Coached for Colonel Gray High School Men’s (Canada) 2002-2005
• Coached for Coerver Soccer Clinics (USA) 2005- Present
• Coached for RYSA (USA) 2005- Present

Certifications:

• Canada: Community, Provincial B, Theory 1,2 -USA Licenses: USSF D License

David Woodrum

Experience:

• Played Competitive in and around Atlanta, GA
• Played throughout High School on the school team and traveling team
• Recruited to at Davidson College with Coach Charlie Slagle, but was not able to recover from a broken leg to perform at the college level
• Played in various men's leagues for 16 years Coached both boys and girls teams

Qualifications:

• USSF D License.

Andy Abrams

Experience:

• 2008 Girls Competitive Coach of the Year
• Over 6 years of coaching with RYSA

Certification:

• USSF E License

Craig Setera

Experience:

• Assistant coach for U9 Competitive team. I continued coaching team as both an assistant and head coach
• Coached U10 and U12 boy teams.
• Currently head coach for a U14 C3 girls team

Certifications:

• USSF E License

Matt Homstead

Experience:

• Played Rec Spring soccer for RYSA from grade 1-12
• Played for Mayo High School freshman, junior and senior years, starting Varsity for senior year
• Attended Luther College's summer soccer camp for 8 years
• Played intramural soccer at Luther College.
• Coached at Soccer World since for 1 year
• Operated as a coach in a number of capacities for elementary age kids, most notably running some of the gym classes (specifically the soccer section) for the Bamber Valley After School Acadamy

Beth Davidson

Experience:

• Played 2 years at the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T) Woman’s Club team. 5 years coaching Rec teams
• 3 years coaching girls Competitive teams

Certification:

• State D License

Rick Rhone

Experience:

• 1980-1983 Montrose HS, Montrose PA
• 1988-1991 USAFE Rhein Main / Frankfurt, Germany
• 2001-2008 Assistant Head Coach Winona State University
• 2005-Present RYSA Rec Coach

Kelly Highet

Experience:

• RYSA girls coach for 9 years The past 2 years coached a tourney team only

Mark McNiven

Experience:

• Coached youth soccer since the age of 18 in New York, Boulder CO., Baltimore MD., and over 25 Fall and Summer seasons for RYSA
• Played midfield and Goalkeeper in high school and college and was a two time all NY State All Star
• Coached 3 RYSA teams and have all made Premier status
• Currently coaches the “Scorpions,” a U13 Boys C1 team

Andre Tost

Experience:

• Coaching sons youth soccer teams for the past 8 years
• Originally from Germany, started playing soccer when he was six years old and is still active in various indoor and outdoor leagues in Rochester today
• Currently coaches a U11 boys team

Certifications:

• USSF National D License

Juamaine Venter

Experience:

• Coaching for more than 4 years
• Coached for CRUSA (La Cross) U14 C1 boys, and U10 boys
• Currently play at Saint Mary's University

Tim Jennings

Experience:

• Coach with RYSA since 2000, 8- to 15-year-old players at all competitive levels

Certifications:

• USSF National C License and the National Youth License

Sean Claton

Experience:

• Coached various recreational soccer teams Assistant coach for the RYSA Fall U 10 Competitive team Fall Prep Academy Coach.

Alex Kuehl

Experience:

• RYSA Player from U9-17
• MN ODP team for 3 years
• St. Olaf College player for 4 years.
• Coached goal keepers for RYSA since 2007
• Coached goal keepers with the Shattuck-St. Mary's community program from 2008-2010
• Coached in the Northfield Soccer Association Spring/Summer 2010

Certifications:

• D License, NSCAA State and Regional Goalkeeping Diploma

Kate Nowakowski

Experience:

• Played competitive for 10 years, and rec before that
• Played varsity soccer at Lourdes High School for 3 years
• 2nd year coaching competitive for RYSA.

• Currently in first season as an assistant coach at Stetson after spending the last two years as an assistant at Rollins College.
• 3 year starter at Stetson and helped the Hatters qualify for the Atlantic-Sun Championship in all 3 seasons, including a finals appearance in 2002
• In last year with Stetson, earned first team All-Conference, All-Tournament, and All-South Region honors
• Member of the 2001 Atlantic-Sun Conference Regular Season Champions
• Won the conference regular season title for the first time in the school's history and was named to the SSC All-Tournament Team
• Represented Great Britain in the World Universities Games in 2005 (Ismir, Turkey) and again in 2007 (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Finished career with 33 goals and 10 assists for 76 total points

Ryan Franz

Experience:

• Played RYSA soccer since the age of 10
• Played 4 years of varsity at Mayo High School
• Played 4 years of varsity at St.Olaf College
• Played NPSL with Minnesota United, coached by Alan Merrick
• Played for Rochester Thunder
• 3rd year Head Coach with RYSA
• 1 year as Assistant Men’s Coach at St.Olaf College
• Coach for Kasson-Manorville JV

Guy Gallaugher

Experience:

• Played Rec and Competitive soccer in Northbrook, IL.
• A highlight of his youth career was a three week all-star team trip to Germany and Austria.
• Attended Glenbrook North High School and as a senior was a starter on the 1983 IHSA State Championship team.
• 4 year letter winner and captain senior year at Illinois State University
• Began coaching in 1994 for a U19 girl’s team for several U8 boys and U8 girls’ teams.
• Coached his own kids in Rochester at various levels.

Certification:

• USSF D License

Jen Sturchio

Experience:

• Division I Goalkeeper for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Played for the Bangu (now MTA) Tsunami Stars, 7 time state champions and 3 time Regional semi-finalist, 1 time Regional finalist.

Certifications:

• E licensed coach, working on getting Level 1 and 2 Goalkeeper licenses

John Poe

Experience:

• Coaching with RYSA 2000- Present, both boys & girls
• Coached Rec 2000-2003
• Coached Competitive 2003-Present

Certifications:

• USSF E License -D State License

Kevin Lowery

Experience:

• Played Keeper in high school
• Teams USA 1991-1993
• College 1994 Season
• Recreational Player in Rochester Adult Leagues
• Owner of Soccer World

Anna DiCecco

Experience:

• Co-Coach Summer 2010 U13 C3 Girls
• Luther Lacrosse coach/captain Spring 2010 to present

Certification:

• USSF E License

Randy Esch

Experience:

• Started coaching youth soccer 20 years ago at Resurrection Lutheran School and shortly after in RYSA. Coached a total of 15 seasons of school soccer, 10 seasons of Rec soccer (ranging from 1st grade to high school) and 10 seasons of Competitive soccer (ranging from U9 to U14).

Certification:

• USSF E, D and Y coaching License.

Mark Burns

Experience:

• Years of competitive coaching: 15
• Started coaching his kids in Rec in the mid-1990s, followed them into competitive and have continued as a competitive coach as a fun hobby.
• Coached U12-U18 teams
• Head coach or assistant coach on C3, C2, C1 and Premier teams.

Certification:

• USSF E/D License, NSCAA State/Regional

Barrett Ford

Experience:

• Coached for 6 years with RYSA
• Coached 5 years with Kasson-Mantorville High School.
• 4 year letter winner in high school
• Played 2 years at The College of St. Scholastica.
• Currently play with a team in SMASA men's league in Rochester and play indoor in the winter

Dean Alcock

Experience:

• 2009 – Present, Rochester Thunder PDL Assistant Coach
• 1997 – Present, Mayo High School Boys Coach Rochester, MN
• 2007 – Present ,RYSA Youth Competitive U16C1 Girls Coach Rochester , MN
• 2003 – 2006, RYSA Youth Competitive U17 C1 and Premier Boys Coach Rochester , MN
• 30 years playing experience

Certification:

• USSF National C License
• FA Learning Fitness in Football Level 1
• FA Learning Coaching Children 2007
• FA Learning Psychology 2007
• NSCAA member since 2005
• NSCAA Professional Development Certificate 2005

Aaron Reeves

Experience:

• Coached RYSA since 2003 in both the boys and girls Rec and Competitive leagues
• U11 C3 girl’s team won Fall State and took second place in U12 C2 in 2008

Certifications:

• USSF E license, have attended various other coaching clinics.

Caleb Hansen

Experience:

• Played RYSA Rec soccer til 7th grade
• Played RYSA Competitive U14-U18
• Played for Century High School
• Currently playing for Bethel University
• Play in SMASA and the co-ed league in the summers
• Third Year Coaching

Certifications:

• USSF D License

Kayla Fitzsimmons

Experience:

• First year coaching for RYSA
• Played for White Bear Lake, Mahtomedi, NSSA, Tsunami and ODP teams.
• Played for the RCTC Woman’s Team for 2 years
• Named First Team All-American, First Team National All Tournament Team, ranked 8th in the National individually and helped lead the team to the 3rd in the Nation Title.

Certification:

• USSF E License

Michael Movall

Experience:

• Head coach for the U11 Girls C3 team
• Played RYSA C3 for two years and then C1 until senior year of high school
• Went to high school at John Marshall and played varstiy soccer for 2 years and was captain, also played basketball and ran track
• Played soccer my freshman year at Gustavus Adolphus College
• Assistant coach for U9 and U10 traveling soccer team for 2 years
• Head coach of a U12 girls C3 team

Certifications:

• USSF E License

Kennedy Cheruiyot

Experience:

• Played soccer for the last 30 + years, including high school in Kenya and later for the Air force. Played for 3 years at Robert Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY on scholarship.
• Coach for the last 7 years for RYSA both Rec and Competitive
• Believe on building soccer skills and encouraging kids to enjoy the game. Winning is our goal, but losing is our learning opportunity.

Certification:

• USSF E License

Mike Ishitani

Experience:

• 5 years RYSA Competitive Head Coach: U14-18 Boys C3 to C1
• State Tournament 3rd 2010, State Tournament 3rd 2009, State Tournament 3rd 2008
• 3 years Assistant Coach Mayo High School 9th Grade (35 w: 8 l: 3 t )
• 5 years RYSA Competitive Assistant Coach: U8-13 C2 to C

Certifications:

• USSF E, D, NSCAA (2)

Max Trenerry

Experience:

• US Youth Soccer Region II Girls Soccer Sport Psychology Consultant
• RYSA Board Member
• Goal to improve utilization of sport psychology in team management, training and the game.

Qualifications:

• USSF C License
• US Youth Soccer National Youth License
• NSCAA National Diploma
• FA Psychology for Football, Level 4
• NSCAA Goalkeeping Diploma, Level II
• Goal to prepare for the Advanced National Diploma or B License

Brian Dahl

Experience:

• Coach for past 5 years
• Competitive player for past 16 years
• Played 3 years of varsity soccer at John Marshall high school; captain and made all conference my senior year.
• Currently play soccer for MSU as a defender and midfielder.
• Plan to coach high school soccer someday and possibly higher levels later.

John Swanson

Experience:

• Acquired a passion for soccer as youth while living in Brazil (5th-7th grade)
• Played soccer from 5th grade to high school, and continued to play as an adult until recent years (recent years more focused on coaching)
• Over 10 years experience coaching youth soccer (7 years RYSA competitive)
• 2011 - Coach RYSA Girls U12 C2 (MYSA State Champions U12 C2)
• 2010 - Coach RYSA Girls U12 C2 (MYSA State Fall Harvest Fest Champions)

Qualifications:

• USSF National D License
• NSCAA Member