"It was going to take something special for me to leave Carson-Newman, but when I got on the South Alabama campus I felt like this was the right move," Moodie said.  "I've spent all my days at Carson-Newman — I went to school, met my wife and raised my family there — but for my family and my career this was the best decision.  It's hard to put into words why South Alabama is special, but once you step onto campus you can see it and you can feel it.  It's a great place to be and is destined for many more successes across the board. "I would like to thank Dr. Erdmann, Jinni Frisbey and the South Alabama administration for this opportunity and their belief in me."    Richard Moodie During the 2016 season, Moodie led the Eagle women to a 17-4-1 finish after earning a first-round NCAA Tournament victory.  C-N claimed a share of the SAC regular-season title with an 8-2-1 mark, then won the tournament title while outscoring the opposition 9-1 in three matches.  A total of 10 Eagles picked up all-conference honors and four were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America all-region squad, highlighted by Lauren Wade's selection to multiple All-American teams while being chosen the SAC Player of the Year.  For his efforts, Moodie and his assistants were selected the NSCAA Southeast Region Staff of the Year. The previous fall, Carson-Newman posted a 19-3 overall record and a 10-1 mark in conference play before going on to claim both the program's first SAC Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament victory since 2009.  The Eagles had a third-team NSCAA All-American, three individuals receive all-region recognition and the league's Player of the Year, with Moodie selected the NSCAA and SAC Coach of the Year. Moodie was named the CaptainU National Coach of the Year after guiding the Eagles' men's squad to the NCAA championship match in 2013 as they finished the year with a 16-6-1 mark.  That was part of a four-year stretch during which time C-N would go 28-9-5 in South Atlantic play, with the Eagles ending up 9-2 in the conference and 15-3-2 overall while sharing the regular-season title in 2015.  That season Moodie was named the SAC Coach of the Year while two individuals received all-region recognition and nine were honored by the league. A four-year letterwinner at Carson-Newman from 2002-05, Moodie ranks among the program all-time leaders with 73 total appearances and 59 starts.  During his final three seasons of competition, the Eagles put together a 49-10-6 record in all matches while going 19-1-1 in the South Atlantic Conference, claiming three straight regular-season championships, three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths and the 2005 league tournament title.  As a senior, Moodie was named first-team all-region and all-conference. A 2006 C-N graduate with a degree in business management, Moodie served as a graduate assistant with the program for two seasons before earning his master's degree from the school in education in 2008.  He was the head boys' and girls' soccer coach at Morristown East (Tenn.) High School before returning to his alma mater as head men's coach in 2011. Moodie takes over a Jaguar program that has a 66-18-7 record overall and 29-5-2 mark in the Sun Belt Conference the last four years.  USA has been to four straight NCAA Tournaments — earning the school's first-ever victory in the event in 2015 — after winning the SBC Tournament each of those seasons, and has claimed the last three regular-season league championships. "The biggest thing for me, regardless of how successful the program has been, is taking the time to re-recruit the current student-athletes and establish relationships with the current team," said Moodie.  "Clearly the program's results speak for themselves, but we want to evaluate goals and objectives and make sure we are all in the same boat rowing together.  It's important in this transition that as soon we have the opportunity to meet the student-athletes and organize our first practice session that we will pick up where they left off with the same standards and expectations. "South Alabama has had great recent success, but you can't just be happy winning the Sun Belt Conference.  I think the program has the ability to build on the success it has already experienced, I would expect the team to be ready to train that way and work as hard as they can in order to accomplish that." Moodie and his wife, Jess, have two children, Caragyn (8) and Trystan (4).

 

Graham Winkworth wasted little time in leading the Jaguars to the top of the Sun Belt Conference. All he did was guide USA to its most wins (14) since 1997, a Sun Belt Tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. His second season in charge was even better. He led the team to a school-record 19 wins, a second consecutive SBC Tournament championship, and a return trip to the NCAA Tournament, earning the league’s coach of the year honor in the process. After taking North Alabama to the NCAA Division II Tournament each of his last four years, Winkworth was named head soccer coach at the University of South Alabama on Nov. 26, 2012 and continued his run of success. The 14 wins were second most in school history and the tied-for-second-place finish in the regular season is the program’s highest since winning the league in 2000. South Alabama’s biggest improvement came on offense, as the Jaguars led the conference in goals (2.35) and assists (2.39) per match, ranking 18th and sixth in Division I, respectively. Individually, freshman Lauren Allison, who claimed both the Sun Belt Freshman and Player of the Year awards, paced the league in goals (.727), assists (.500) and points (1.95) per match, ranking in the top 30 in the nation in each category. In addition to Allison, who received First Team All-Sun Belt recognition, three others earned spots on the all-conference teams, the most by the program since 2002. Senior Clarissa Hernandez was tabbed to the first team and classmates Jess Oram and Shelby Owen were voted to the second. Hernandez also capped off her career with a third-straight CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. The Jaguars opened the year with seven wins in their first nine matches, beginning with a 3-2 upset of Mississippi State that set the tone for the season. But the highlight of the year was USA’s 1-0 victory over Western Kentucky in the SBC championship game to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where the Jags fell to overall No. 1 seed Florida State. South Alabama lost to FSU in the NCAA Tournament again the next season but not before winning the program’s first non-shared regular season conference title since the league started sponsoring the sport in 2000, and becoming the first Sun Belt school to outright sweep the major individual awards. In addition to Winkworth claiming the coach of the year honor, Charde Hannah become the second consecutive Jaguar to win both the league’s freshman and offensive player of the year awards, and Nini Rabsatt-Smith was named the defensive player of the year. Hannah and Rabsatt-Smith were two of five USA players named First Team All-Sun Belt—Sophie Haywood, Rio Hardy and Steffi Hardy were the others—with two more, Danielle Henley and Monique Autmon, tabbed to the second team. The seven all-conference players and five first-teamers are a new school record, and the last Sun Belt school to place five on the first team was Denver in 2010. USA set numerous school records, including highest win percentage (.848), longest unbeaten streak (18), consecutive games scored (22) and shutouts (12), while tying the fewest losses (3) and longest win streak (9) marks. The Jaguars once again led the conference in goals (2.96) and points (8.00) per match and was third in assists per match (2.09). Defensively, the team was third in goals allowed (0.96) and goals against average (0.93), and second in shutouts per game (0.52). Hannah paced the Sun Belt in six different categories, topping the list in goals (0.87) and points (2.04) per game, and game-winning goals (7), while Rio Hardy ranked in the conference’s top 10 eight times. Winkworth came to Mobile after 10 seasons leading the Lions, during which time he posted a 111-81-8 overall record — the most wins for a coach in school history — while helping UNA to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and Gulf South Conference championship. He had a 65-18-3 mark over the last four years. Winkworth’s run of success began during the 2009 campaign, when he led UNA to a 19-4-1 finish — a program record for victories in a season — the school’s first berth in the GSC Tournament since 1999 and the first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance for the Lions, where they would win their opening match. After leading the team to an increase of 11 wins from the previous season that fall, the biggest improvement in the nation, he was voted the Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year. In 2010, the Lions finished 16-4-1 with a 6-1 record in the league while returning to the NCAA Tournament, and the next year UNA posted a 17-4 mark while going 6-1 in the GSC to earn a share of the regular-season title. Winkworth led the program to the conference tournament title with victories over Alabama-Huntsville and Valdosta (Ga.) State; the Lions also ended West Florida’s 54-match league win streak late in the year that fall. His final season at UNA saw the Lions go 13-6-1 — which included a 6-2-1 mark in the Gulf South — and advance to the title match of the league tourney and win its NCAA Tournament first-round match against Valdosta State. During his 10-year tenure in Florence, Winkworth helped produce the first two All-Americans in school history as well as 33 all-Gulf South selections. Fifteen Lions were named to the GSC all-tournament team in his last four years, while UNA student-athletes were chosen to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America all-region squad 15 times under Winkworth; that included a third-team NSCAA All-American who was also named by Daktronics as the NCAA Division II national player of the year in 2011. A native of Reading, England, Winkworth is a 2000 graduate of the University of Central Lancashire. He completed his master’s degree in 2005 at North Alabama, and has his United States Soccer Federation A (2011) and NSCAA Premier (2015) licenses. He began his coaching career in England with the Preston North End Football Club as an assistant with the Center of Excellence before serving as assistant men’s and women’s coach at Cumberland (Tenn.) during the 2000 season. Winkworth was an assistant at Central Arkansas for two years before taking the position at UNA, where he helped the Bears to a 10-9 finish and their first-ever berth in the Gulf South Tournament in 2002. Winkworth is married to the former Jonna Fortenberry. They are the parents of, Lucas (b. Aug. 25, 2015), Caden (b. June 2, 2014) and Darbi (b. May 16, 2013).

email: mtsapos@yahoo.com

817-637-4270

 

Misail Tsapos was born in Sydney, Australia.  He is happily married with three children.  During Misail’s high school years in New York, he was Team Captain for two years, a member of All Queens soccer team for three years and All New York City Senior All Star Team. 

Misail attended Hardin-Simmons University for his Bachelors in Education.  He majored in Physical Education with a minor in Special Education.  Continuing down the same path from high school, Misail was Team Captain for three years during college.  He was also named NCAA Division I All- American in 1978.  After graduating, Misail became the head soccer coach at Hardin – Simmons University for seven years with a 101-64-16 record.  He coached the men’s team for seven years and the women’s team for five years.  

After coaching at the college level, Misail started coaching at the high school level.  He has coached for Mansfield Independent School District and Northwest Independent School District.  His career High school Record is 258-79-20.  Misail was named Coach of the Year for numerous years by the Dallas Morning News, Arlington Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram.  He was also District and Regional Coach of the Year for many years.

Misail has conducted many soccer camps during the summer across the state of Texas.  He has also conducted and taught state level license courses for North Texas State Soccer Association for twenty – two years.  He has also been published in two different issues of Texas Coach in February 1995 and October 1998.

Misail is currently the coach of the '98 Solar Red Girls team and the head varsity coach for the girls soccer team at Colleyville Heritage High School

cell: 214-952-2741

email: pulpaneck@gmail.com

Coach Harrington took over Head Coaching position at MHS after Coach Knight retired.

 682-867-1806
rknight@aisd.net

 

Welcome!  I have been teaching and coaching for 34 years, 31 at Martin.  My coaching credentials include coaching licenses through USSF (lifetime) and National Soccer Coaches Association State License. I am proud to be a tree huggin' nature nerd.  I love teaching biology and it is my goal to make it interesting and get the students involved with learning about the diversity of life that surrounds us.

 

 

 

Sean was born and raised in Rossington which is a small town near Doncaster, Yorkshire England.  He started his U.S coaching career in Charlotte, North Carolina.  He started the Charlotte Soccer Club from scratch and accomplished the following.  Built the club to over 500 players and took several teams to International events in Europe (England, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy), South America (Brazil and Argentina) and Central America (Mexico, Costa Rica). Many National team players, Regional team players and professional players were produced by this club.

Sean then moved Austin, Texas to become their Executive Director.  He ran the Soccer Club that consisted of 6000 kids. Teams played in all levels of competition to include USSF Academy, ECNL and Region III ODP teams. The club sent hundreds of kids to University and developed players that went into National team pools and the MLS.   He created and developed a program that was age specific for 6 to 8, 9 to 11, 12 to 14 and 15 to 18 year old players of all levels. Created leagues of play in house that worked alongside the training programs to maximize the player’s enjoyment and development at the various levels of play.

Sean then moved to Dallas to become the Director of Coaching for their ECNL program.  He is currently coaching multiple teams which all are competing for national Championships in their age bracket.  Within two years of being at the Dallas Texans they earned the number one ranked club in the country. Sean has worked in the U.S. National team training centers.

Sean has a proven track record of making every player in a program better.  He thrives on developing kids physiologically, physically, technically and tactically and creating technical programs in development from 5 years of age to professional soccer players.   He fully believes in educating players, coaches and parents to create a very successful soccer environment.  Sean has 25 years of experience as a Director of Coaching/Executive Director.  Sean was named The National Soccer Coaches Associations of America Nation Youth Coach of the Year (2011) award in Baltimore at the NSCAA Convention Awards Ceremony.  Sean holds the UEFA  “A” License

Sean has a wife and two children.

 

 

Playing Career
Scott was the founder of our Club in July of 1990. He's been involved in organized soccer either as a player, licensed referee, or coach since 1973. He played youth soccer in Phoenix and was on the first team in Arizona history to win both League and Knockout Cup championships in the same year. Scott was voted MVP of the men's league and went on to play for the Phoenix Inferno farm team and Phoenix Pride reserve team of the MISL. He continued to play professionally either indoor or outdoor for the Louisville Thunder, Dallas Americans, Columbus Capitals, and the Ft. Wayne Flames.


Coaching Career
Scott coached for clubs such as the Dallas Americans, American Generals, and the NET Longhorns before founding the American Eagles Soccer Club in 1990. Scott has conducted his own skills clinics and soccer camps since 1988. In addition, he's been an instructor for the Techniques Soccer Camps and Dallas Sidekicks Camps. Scott's an NTSSA Staff Coach and currently holds a Texas "D" State license, USSF "Y" National Youth License and a USSF "A" National license.

Playing Career
Shannon joined our Club in July of 1998. He's been involved in soccer either as a player or coach since 1974. Shannon came up through the local select programs, playing for clubs such as Flame and Comets. He played high school soccer for J.F. Kimball where he was voted All-District, Regional and State. In college Shannon played Division I for San Diego State University. He went on to play semipro for various indoor and outdoor teams in California and Texas.


Coaching Career
Shannon was the assistant coach for the Men's Division I San Diego State University team, as well as the head coach for the women's club team for SDSU. He's also coached at the select, high school and junior high levels. He's been coaching camps in New Mexico, California and Texas for the past ten years, as well as co-founding his own soccer camps in San Diego. Shannon's currently a P.E. teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas School in Dallas. He's an NTSSA ODP Staff Coach and currently holds an NSCAA Regional Diploma, a USSF "C" National license and a USSF "D" National license.


Goalkeeping Career
Shannon came up through the local select soccer programs playing both field and keeper in the Dallas Classic League for various clubs, such as Comets, Flame, Club America and Stingray. He played field and keeper for Kimball High School & received First Team All State in 5A high school. Shannon played collegiately for Oklahoma City University and San Diego State University. He went on to play for the San Diego Sockers' Reserves (MISL) as well as various other semi-pro teams in the USA.

Shannon's career as a goalkeeping coach is extensive. He was the Camp Director & Keeper coach for over 10 years for Techniques Soccer Camps. He was the keeper trainer for the Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams. He's also been the keeper trainer for various junior highs and high schools for over 10 years and has conducted his own private keeper training for over 15 years. He was co-founder, keeper trainer and field trainer for Get An Edge Soccer Camps for 3 years in San Diego. Shannon went on to become the Assistant Coach as well as keeper trainer for San Diego State University (SDSU) men’s team as well as Head coach & Keeper Coach for the SDSU women’s club team.

coaches contact Current Volunteer Assistant Coach at TCU and former Assistant Coach at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Former Newcastle United Academy Goalkeeping Coach, (English Premier League) Played for Central Connecticut State University (NEC Conference, NCAA D1) Former England U19 International goalkeeper Coached Fairfield United U12 Premier Boys along with Goalkeeping coach for the Fairfield United Club UEFA B Licensed coach.

Kyle was selected as the District 4A Coach of the Year for the 2002-2003 season by the other District 4A coaches for the second time. His Varsity Girls team won their district and advanced to Regional playoffs. He has been a coach for four years with FWFC. Kyle was raised in Austin and played most of his select soccer with the Austin Capitols. As a youth player, Kyle also participated in the ODP program and played internationally. He received a scholarship to Loyola Maramount University in Los Angeles and played there two years before transferring to TCU to complete his college career. Kyle has a 'B' coaching level and has coached for the All Saints Varsity High School team ('99-'00) and was an assistant coach for the Nolan High School girls team ('98-'99). He is currently the Varsity Girls Coach at Aledo High School (Go Bearcats!).

Chris, a native of Dallas Texas, has played soccer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for the last 30 years with the most recent 20 years exclusively as keeper. At Thomas Jefferson High School, he was a two year starter and All District 1st Team his final year. He played in Mid-Cities Classic League Division 1 for several years with Club Monterrey. He is currently playing with Fox Sports in Division 2 NTPSA. Over the years his strong leadership skills have been displayed in the organization of several league teams. Chris's love of the sport is apparent in his volunteer position with FC Dallas for the past 3 years.

Madeline's first organized keeper training. Started at TCU, moved several times, ended up at Bear Creek.

Kenny Blevins is currently the Head Girls Soccer Coach - Keller Fossil Ridge High School. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the North Fort Worth Alliance Soccer Association. Coach Blevins holds a USSF "C" License. In 2005 he coached the Red Oak High School Boys, who won the District 11-4A Championship. They were the first no loss/no tie Champion in district history (Bi-District Champions, Area Champions, Regional Semifinalist).

"Soccer has always been and always will be a player's game. That is what I love about it. As a coach I have an insatiable interest in how to best "teach" the skills that a player must possess to be a dangerous soccer player. Over the years I have had the wonderful opportunity of teaching and motivating so many young players. From each player that I have trained I have also learned how to teach and train in the most effective way."

"Athletics, in the purest form, is the process of over coming obstacles. Over coming obstacles can be the greatest source of confidence and self-esteem. All of us encounter challenges in our lives. Children who are exposed to athletics have a huge advantage, because they are used to facing challenges and they have a belief that they will be able to overcome because they have done it before. A persons perseverance and optimism is essential, and I believe that athletics is the fertile soil for these attributes to be cultivated in. No climb is without struggle. It is at the very heart of adversity that a person will find their greatest strength."
- Kenny Blevins