FC Edmonds Coaches

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GU11 Coach Andy Cummins, FCE Storm

The primary objective of my coaching is for the players to have fun, while teaching them soccer fundamentals.  I want to provide a positive and safe environment for young athletes to play the game and promote good sportsmanship through soccer.  I'm honored to coach multi-sport athletes and strive to also promote individual and family values.  My definition of success is not measured by wins or losses of the team, but by how much each player has improved in their skills, and their understanding of the game.

GU12 Coach Lance Horton, Fusion FC

Bio:

Lance grew up playing youth soccer in Vancouver, Washington.  He played under the same coach from the age of 6 to 18. He was recruited out of high school and played four years of NAIA soccer for George Fox University (1986-1990) as the starting sweeper.  He was selected to the NAIA all conference team (1987-1990) and functioned as Team Captain his senior year of play. He coached the University's men’s second string during the 1991 season.  He has coached in the Sno-King Rec league since 2004; coaching a variety of youth teams.  He currently plays co-rec, GSSL, and indoor soccer.  He lives with his wife, Julie and two daughters, Abby & Riley, in Edmonds, Washington. "I love the sport of soccer and the life lessons the sport has instilled in me." 

Coaching Philosophy:

The primary objective of my coaching is to make the sport and team interactions fun, enjoyable, and instill a strong work ethic.  I believe that for young athletes to evolve, and continue playing, they must have passion for the sport and a love of the game, win or lose.  My coaching style is interactive and I participate in the field of play.  I also expect the highest ethical behavior during practice and game play.  I believe in developing the play as a cohesive team, moving the ball forward with overlapping runs and quickly responding with defensive pressure.  I want to develop a team that knows how to move off the ball, are quick decision makers, and executes play as a cohesive team.   

My favorite national team and type of play:  German National Team

Contact Coach Horton: hortons9115@mac.com

425.771.2927

BU12 Coach Greg Smith, FCE Forza

Bio:

Greg Smith grew up playing youth soccer in Redmond and Woodinville from second grade on into high school and college intermurals, watching the NASL Sounders, attending camp after camp, and developing a life-long love of the game.  He has been coaching rec soccer for the past six years at Sno-King (and will continue at the rec level with his daughter just starting out.)  He has been a volunteer with Northwest Nationals, where his oldest son is wrapping up his third season of premier play.  Greg also has coached baseball at Pacific Little League for the past six seasons. 

Coaching Philosophy:

I preach the rewards of working hard for yourself and for your teammates, both on the field and on your own time.  I believe in positive reinforcement, specific instruction where needed, and knowing when to step back and let the game teach itself.  My training sessions emphasize skills development and combination play, reinforced with competitive activities that allow players to apply techniques and concepts in game-like situations at game-speed.    

 “There are many people, particularly in sports who think that success and excellence is the same thing and they are not the same thing. Excellence is something that is lasting and dependable and largely within a person’s control. In contrast, success is perishable and is often outside our control… If you strive for excellence, you will probably be successful eventually… people who put excellence in first place have the patience to end up with success…”

- Joe Paterno – Penn State football coach – 1990

Contact Coach Smith: gwsmith@nwlink.com

Bio:

Jim is an experienced, proven youth soccer coach with coaching and playing experience at the youth and collegiate levels. A former co owner of Shoot Soccer Schools, he has spent many hours on and off the field developing teams and players from youth to adult. He has worked with Winning Edge and served as the Director of Camps for Run to Win Outreach where he also worked with professional and collegiate athletes and teams. Jim holds a USSF National "C" license. Jim lives with his wife and four daughters in Edmonds. 

Coaching Philosophy:

To promote a love for the game of soccer and create a team atmosphere that understands, encourages, and rewards all aspects of the game.  To teach skills that extend well beyond the soccer field.

Contact Coach Beirne: jpbeirne33@gmail.com (425.344.4653)

BU13 Coach Dan Porter, FCE Boo-Yahs

Bio:

Dan grew up playing C.Y.O., local All Stars, and graduated from Roosevelt High School, where he played and started on Varsity. He continued playing while attending North Seattle Community College in the men’s soccer league at Lower Woodland.  He has been involved in the Sno-King Rec league for 9 years, coaching soccer and baseball, though his true passion is soccer.

Team Notes:

Most recently, he coached the 2009 BU11 SK Boo-Yahs up an age group in U12, where the team tied for 1^st place in Division 1. The Boo-Yahs then placed 1^st at Mukilteo’s Turkey Shoot tournament in post-season play and had they had more players, would have competed in State Cup play; President’s Cup (which sets out to find the best Rec team in the State per gender and age group).  

Coaching Philosophy:

I am very focused on coaching good fundamentals of control, accuracy, conditioning, team play, and uniting the team as a whole.  You win as a team and lose as a team, and in that, you continue to build each other up as a team.  I am a hard yet fair coach.  When I see talent in a player, I want to see that player use that talent to the best of his ability and I will bring that talent out of the player.  The player may not realize he has such talent; it’s my job as a coach and mentor to bring it to the surface!  

My Motto:  Accountability~Respect~Leadership~Teamwork~

Contact Coach Porter: 206.571.2603

GU14 Coach Alvin Little, FCE Quiet Riot

Bio:

Quiet Riot consists of a team of coaches. The team was founded at SKYC Rec GU8  by Alvin and JoAnne Little; the team was then called the SK Blue Angels. Coach Little is the Head Coach and Administrator of the team; he is also a State Certified Grade 8 Referee. Coach John Lowdon assists the team and brings years of premier soccer playing experience (including a State Championship). Coach Ron Johnson also assists and has played overseas at the international level as well as NCAA Division 1 for the University of Washington; where he played defense. Coach Andy Towell works with the team's Keepers and brings over 30 years of competitive playing experience to the Quiet Riot staff and team. Deidre Ducheane is an accomplished Varisty/AAU Basketball Coach and owner of Local's Gym in Alderwood, where she trains the team in strength and conditioning.

Team Notes:

The team began their Select track record at U11 when they played up to U12 Division 1 Rec in the NCYSA intertie and took 1st place. They competed in the Rec State Cup, President's Cup, and were crowned #1 Rec team in the State. In their official Select debut year, 2009/2010, their pre-season accomplishments included: 1st place at the Shoreline Classic, 1st Place at the Marysville Strawberry Classic, Runner-up at the NYSA Cranberry Cup and 2010 GU-12 Washington State Commisioners Cup Champions.

Coaching Philosophy:

My focus is on fundamentals and work ethic.  We are a team that constantly works on conditioning, ball control, passing and communication.  I want my girls to develop healthy, strong bodies and for them to know that thats perfectly ok...and I foster that by bringing in role models for training/clinics, and consistently push the girls to their limits.  We also do lots of family gatherings as a team, to let the girls understand that athletics and family are often intertwined...sometimes dysfunctional=), but the connection is there.  My final goal for them is to have fun, enjoy their teammates and this experience...THEN...give something back to the community that has embraced them.....Coach Alvin 

Contact Coach Little: alvin.little@seattle.gov

206.321.7991

BU14 Coach Darrell Hamilton, Cobras

Experience:  YOUTH - 1980-2008 SnoKing Rec; 1996 - 1998 NW Nations Premier U18 and U19; HIGH SCHOOL - 1994-1998 Meadowdale HS JV Girls and Assistant Varsity Coach, 1997-2006 Meadowdale Boys Varsity Head Coach, 2003 - 3rd place State, 2004 - State Champions; 2008-2011 FC Edmonds Select Coach

Personal: Coach Hamilton grew up in Bellingham and went to college in Illinois.  He graduated with a BA from Aurora College where he played 3 years of varsity soccer and earned a Masters degree from Northern Illinois University.  He taught school for 6 yrs in Illinois before moving back to Washington and teaching in the Shoreline School District. He began his 31 yrs of coaching in 1980 with the Edmonds/Lynnwood Youth Club, now known as SnoKing.  The Cobras started in 2002 as a rec team with SnoKing and in 2008 became the first boys U11 select team at SnoKing.  The current Cobras team still has players from that first rec team and has added players from other other teams as well as through tryouts.

Philosophy:  Over the years I have recognized that coaching kids at any level creates the opportunity to help teach soccer skills.  That is part of the responsibility of coaching.  I have also learned it is just as important to help teach sportsmanship (as a team we are viewed by others by our actions both on and off the field), life skills (the decisions you make while playing or personally off the field have consequences) and that playing soccer should be fun.  Winning is important and our team goal is to win.  How you act when you win and how you act when you lose is a reflection of you as a team and me as a coach.

Contact Coach Hamilton: ndhamilton@aol.com

GU15 Coach Jayme Larsen, Midnights

 I grew up in Southern California playing any sport I could talk my mom into driving me to- most significantly both soccer and softball.  I went to college at Loyola Marymount University where I played Division 1 intercollegiate softball.  We played in what was at that time the West Coast Athletic Conference.  Playing sports growing up had a huge impact on the person I am today.  The lessons I learned about commitment and pushing myself to improve carry over into everything I do.  I believe girls have so much to gain from playing sports and I strive to provide an atmosphere where they can flourish.   I hold a Washington State “E” coaching license.

I have been coaching girl’s soccer through Sno-King Youth Club for more than a decade and also coach track with the Catholic Youth Organization.  I play soccer for various women’s rec teams in and around Snohomish County where I try to practice what I preach out on the field.

I live in Mukilteo with my husband and our daughter.  As a family we are very active and enjoy skiing along with soccer and track.

GU15 Coaches Brett Potts & Jayme Larsen, FCE Midnights   brett.potts@ecolab.com   jj@3skiers.com

BU15 Coach Bob Gregory, FCE Hurricane   boofromedmonds@frontier.com

GU16 Coach Jim Fraser, FCE Blazers   fraser4@frontier.com