Soccer Shots Raleigh-Durham | Meet the Coaches

Coach Andrew

Coach Andrew is the proud father of two boys, Arthur and Henry, ages 4 and 2 respectively. Coach Andrew has been a life long soccer and sports enthusiast. He began playing soccer at five years old in AYSO and later got involved in both club and school team soccer. As an adult Coach Andrew was a member of former president Bush’s marine security detail and stayed very active in community sports. Coach Andrew really enjoys teaching and engaging children in physical and imaginative play and he is an active volunteer at his children’s preschool. Coach Andrew also teaches kid’s guitar lessons and early childhood music education classes.

Coach Annalise

Senior Staff Coach

Coach Annalise was born and raised in Wooster, Ohio. She has been playing soccer since she was 3 and coaching since she was a freshman in high school. She graduated from Urbana University May 2017 with a degree in Sports Management, playing college soccer all 4 years. Coach Annalise had the opportunity to attend the Women’s World Cup in Canada 2015, which was one of her most memorable experiences. She loves spending time with friends and family, going to the beach, playing soccer, skiing, hiking, and watching the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Coach Asa

Coach Asa grew up in rural Virginia. He began playing recreational soccer at age 10 and coached for the same league through all of high school. He is passionate about community service, and is pursuing a career in social work. In his free time he can be found hiking and enjoying nature with his dog Theo!

Coach Austin

Coach Austin loves sports! He loves being able to work with young children and being able to positively impact our friends through soccer is a dream come true. Coach Austin received his bachelors degree at North Carolina Central University and graduated in the field of recreation. He is super excited to meet all of his new friends out on Soccer Island.

Coach Bobby

Coach Bobby grew up in Wilmington, NC where he started playing soccer at a young age. Since moving to Durham in 2015, he has played and coached soccer on local teams in the community. Coach Bobby also has as a master’s degree in Marine Biology and has taught multiple science classes; so if you want to talk science, he’s your guy! In his spare time, you can find him spending time with family and friends, cheering on the Green Bay Packers, and exploring the amazing outdoors.

Coach Caine

Marketing Coordinator

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Coach Caine is our resident musician. He plays multiple instruments – guitar, drums and the trumpet to name a few, and was also a college football kicker. Caine loves taking trips to the mountains, Mexican and Italian food and his dog, Bella. Oh, and he also loves coaching your children!

Coach Cam

Coach Cam was raised in Cary North Carolina. She played soccer since she could remember and is super excited to help all her friends on soccer island learn how to play! Coach Cam is a proud mom of two cats. She loves the ocean life, orcas being her absolute favorite oceanic mammal! Her favorite color is red just like her hair and when’s she’s not coaching she’s curled up on the couch reading a good book.

Coach Caroline

Coach Caroline is a 21 year old elementary education major. She has played soccer for 13 years and loved every second of it! Coach Caroline really enjoys working with children and playing soccer! She thinks it is such a fun team sport and throughly enjoyed her time playing, which makes her even more excited to be out with all of our friends on Soccer Island!

Coach Chris C.

Executive Director

Coach Chris has been playing soccer almost as long as he’s been walking! He has competed in soccer tournaments all over the world, and has managed to score goals in four different countries. Coach Chris enjoys sharing his passion for soccer with our Soccer Friends. When he’s not teaching, Coach Chris has his nose buried in a calculus book, probably trying to determine the rate of acceleration needed to score a goal from midfield.

Coach Corey

Coach Corey was born and raised locally in Raleigh, North Carolina. Although he has played soccer at various levels for most of his life, he enjoys playing many other sports, in particular basketball. Coach Corey recently graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in American History. When not on Soccer Island, he can be found taking trips, playing various sports, or even just listening to music with friends.

Coach Cullen

Coach Cullen is originally from Buffalo, NY and has been playing soccer all of his life. He has been coaching soccer since the age of 14, both casually and competitively. For the rare occasions that Coach Cullen is away from Soccer Island, you can find him creating digital illustrations and designs!

Coach Darrius

Coach Darrius is from Greenville, NC. Coach Darrius began playing soccer when he got to high school, and describes it as “the best decision I made in a long time”. He made amazing memories playing soccer, and also participated in track where he made conference and regionals. Coach Darrius graduated college with a degree in Exercise and Sport Science. When he isn’t playing or coaching sports he is playing video games, working out or watching tv.

Coach Domenic

Director of Coaching

Coach Domenic was raised in Cary, and played soccer for Cardinal Gibbons High School, CASL, and our North Carolina ODP teams. He graduated from the College of Charleston May 2017 with a degree in Business and a Concentration in Marketing. Coach Domenic studied abroad in Europe and worked with Nottingham Forest Football Club while traveling to many different countries! In his free time, he loves to watch soccer matches, and Chelsea is his favorite soccer Club!

Coach Erin

Coach Erin grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She started playing soccer at age 6 and continued to do so for several years. She recently graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology. She found her passion for working with kids while working with Project Mentor at the University. She loves to volunteer at the animal shelter, try new restaurants, and to spend time with family and friends.

Coach Franchesca

Coach Fran was born and raised in Knightdale, NC. She moved to Wilmington, NC, where she found her love for Soccer! She’s been playing soccer since Elementary school and has been coaching soccer since college! Coach Fran enjoys teaching, especially using soccer as a tool to teach! She loves kids and seeing them soar!

Coach Godfrey

Coach Godfrey has played soccer for as long as he can remember. He has played in many countries and stadiums around the world. Coach Godfrey has coached all ages, boys and girls, high and entry levels of the game. He loves the game as well as teaching it in fun, friendly environments, while helping develop character.

Coach Jack

Coach Jack grew up in Sanford, NC and lived there until he was 18. When he turned 18 and graduated high school, Coach Jack went to NC State to further his American football career as well as his academic career. Throughout his time playing football, he has had the opportunity to work with many young kids and he looks forward to sharing my enthusiasm with all the friends he meets on Soccer Island.

Coach Jennifer

Coach Jennifer was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She’s been playing soccer ever since she was in elementary school with her classmates. She’s been teaching kids since she was 13 as an assistant in Church and now she is one of the people in charge of organizing everything. She graduated City of Medicine Academy in 2019 and is currently attending Durham Tech.

Coach Jocelyn

Senior Staff Coach

Coach Jocelyn was born in Charleston, SC where her dad was stationed in the Navy. She moved around a lot with her family through the Navy and soccer was one of the things that helped her adjust to each new location. She was able to experience some English football during her time oversees, playing soccer with the boy’s youth teams. She was a teacher for five years, and coached volleyball, basketball, and softball for 3 of those years. She loves her dog, Copper, and being outside whenever possible

Coach Kelly

Coach Kelly is a proud father of 5 kids and has loved coaching them in their sports. His family loves all sports as he and his wife were athletes at Yale and their children have played soccer, football, swimming, volleyball and lacrosse. Coach Kelly was a quarterback and captain of the Yale football team while he was there. Coach Kelly believes sports can have an incredible and positive impact on children and he looks forward to coaching and teaching and helping children learn and grow.

Coach Kyle

Coaching Coordinator - Wake

Coach Kyle was born and raised in Apex, North Carolina. He started playing soccer at the age of 5 and never stopped. He attended Panther Creek High School and played soccer in college at the University of Mount Olive. When he’s not involved with soccer Kyle enjoys other sports like hockey, basketball, and football or playing with one of his three dogs.

Coach Maryam

Coach M was born in central NC, but did most of her growing up in the mid-west. A proud graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in southern Minnesota, moving back to NC has been a great choice for her weather-wise. She has been the assistant coach for the Varsity Softball team at Jordan High School in Durham for the past 4 seasons. Go Falcons! She has played sports all of her life from soccer to hockey to softball. She loves playing board games with friends, watching sports, and hanging out with her dog.

Coach Matthew

Director of Partner Services

Coach Matthew was born and raised in Troutman, NC. He started playing soccer at the age of 5 and played intramural soccer at NCSU. Coach Matthew graduated from NC State (The Best College) with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management and a minor in Coaching Education. In his spare time, he can be found hanging out with friends or spending time outdoors with his dog Johnny Cash.

Coach Melissa

Coaching Coordinator - Durham

Coach Melissa was raised in Charlotte, NC and grew up playing soccer. She has always loved the sport and played it recreationally through college at UNC Chapel Hill. Coach Melissa lived abroad in Kenya for a couple years and unintentionally discovered her love for coaching soccer there! Coach Melissa is also a personal trainer; and in her free time, she enjoys reading, working out, playing team sports, and going on adventures with friends.

Coach Michael

Coach Michael was born in Brazil, but raised in Miami, FL. He played college football as a place kicker and also has some professional soccer and football experience. Coach Michael has two children which has guided him to truly enjoy working with children to help them not only grow in soccer, but grow in life. Soccer is so much more than a sport to Coach Michael, Soccer is life!

Coach Nick

Coach Nick is a current student at NC State working on a Sports Management degree! He is from Cary,NC and graduated from Panther Creek HS. Coach Nick played TFC Classic soccer for 8 years while growing up. Coach Nick is a former YMCA counselor of 5 years and is looking forward to continuing his career of coaching kids!

Coach Rahul

Coach Rahul grew up in Cary, NC but was born in Toronto, Canada. He moved to London, UK until he was 4 and then moved to Cary. Coach Rahul played as a goalkeeper for Green Hope and graduated with a degree in Exercise Science. In his spare time he enjoys playing my saxophone, playing soccer and playing video games. Coach Rahul has also been coaching club soccer for 5 years and truly loves the sport.

Coach Shanice

Coach Shanice was born and raised in a small town in Vermont named Bellows Falls. She has been playing soccer since she was in 3rd grade. Although she has a great passion for soccer, she also loved playing softball throughout high school. Coach Shanice loves cooking, singing, and always putting a smile on everyone’s face. When she is not coaching soccer you can find her at home every Sunday getting ready for the Patriots game.

Coach Storm

Coach Storm is from Fayetteville, NC. He grew up a military kid so he has traveled a bit and lived in Germany for about 5 years before returning to Fayetteville. He has played soccer the majority of his life whether that be in school, Sunday league, or in the street and parks with friends. Skateboarding and soccer is Coach Storm’s life. He loves being active and outdoors. He loves this sport and the preservation of it through quality coaching is important to him.

Coach Timothy

Coach Timothy grew up in Durham, NC, and began playing soccer at an early age. He played through high school at Cresset Christian Academy. Coach Timothy has always had a passion for sports and loves how they can be used to help people grow. He is super excited to help his friends on soccer island grow through the game of soccer.

Coach Trevor

Coach Trevor loves fitness. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Science, as well as this, he is a certified Personal Trainer, and holds certificates in CPR and a Concussion Course. When Coach Trevor was growing up he played basketball, football and soccer. He loves to refuel by drinking a Gatorade and any snack he can add peanut butter to.

Coach Ty

Coach Ty was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has played soccer since the age of 4. He attended Knightdale High School and went on to study at North Carolina State University. Coach Ty has returned to Soccer Shots after traveling and living for a year in Australia and is very excited to be back!

Coach Tyler

Coach Tyler was born and raised in the Raleigh/Wake forest area and has lived here his whole life. He grew up playing soccer through CASL, and Carolina Soccer Club and was apart of the first ever Varsity soccer program at Heritage High School and Captained it for 3 years. Coach Tyler attended and played soccer at Louisburg College and moved into coaching in 2014 where he was on the staff at Franklin Academy High School until 2016.

Coach Yalmar

Coach Yalmar has been playing soccer his whole life. He grew up playing in his home country of Costa Rica. He enjoys spending his free time outdoors at the beach, or surfing, or playing soccer with his wife. A fun fact about Coach Yalmar is that he is fluent in English and Spanish. He and his wife run a non profit in Costa Rica and enjoy helping kids of all ages learn to play sports.

Meet The Coaches

Coach Andrew

Coach Annalise

Senior Staff Coach

Coach Asa

Coach Austin

Coach Bobby

Coach Caine

Marketing Coordinator

Coach Cam

Coach Caroline

Coach Chris C.

Executive Director

Coach Corey

Coach Cullen

Coach Darrius

Coach Domenic

Director of Coaching

Coach Erin

Coach Franchesca

Coach Godfrey

Coach Jack

Coach Jennifer

Coach Jocelyn

Senior Staff Coach

Coach Kelly

Coach Kyle

Coaching Coordinator - Wake

Coach Maryam

Coach Matthew

Director of Partner Services

Coach Melissa

Coaching Coordinator - Durham

Coach Michael

Coach Nick

Coach Rahul

Coach Shanice

Coach Storm

Coach Timothy

Coach Trevor

Coach Ty

Coach Tyler

Coach Yalmar

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