Paul "Gibbo" Gibbons

Regional Director of Coerver Coaching Southeast USA

Director of Coaching and Coerver Technical Skills Specialist at TCU

Qualifications

USSF "B" License
English F.A. Coaching Badge

Prep course at Loughborough England for UEFA badge

NSCAA Director of Coaching diploma

HS coaching diploma

Experience         
Clubs coached - West Bromwich Albion FC (Youth Coach)- Walsall FC (Youth Coach)- Birmingham Boys (Head coach) - Lighting Soccer Club Atlanta (Staff Coach)- Gallatin Soccer Club TN (DOC)- Gallatin HS Head coach - Griffin Soccer Club GA (DOC)- Treasure Coat United FL (DOC-Skills Specialist)

BIOGRAPHY: West Bromwich Albion F.C. in England was Paul’s club. He coached at the school of excellence, as well as Walsall F.C. and has been a student of Coerver Coaching since 1985. Paul has been coaching in the U.S.A. since 1990. Holder of English F.A. Badge and U.S.S.F’s “B” License. He was recently a clinician for Coerver Coaching at the National Coaches Convention Indianapolis and also at West Bromwich Albion F.C. Paul coached the Tennessee State Champions in Gallatin and was a Tennessee O.D.P. coach. Paul was a guest of Anderlecht A.F.C. (Belgium champions) January 2002 and more recently at Arsenal Ladies Academy and Bristol Ladies Academyy in England (2007)

Thomas Rongen

USA U20 Mens National Head coach ('A' License)

(Amsterdam) is a Dutch soccer coach. Rongen began his playing career with Ajax Amsterdam, with whom he played defensive midfielder and defender from 1975 to 1979. Rongen moved to in 1979, joining the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League. After playing with the Aztecs in 1979 and part of 1980, Rongen moved again to the Washington Diplomats for the end of the 1980 season. In 1981 he joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, who he would coach in a later incarnation, and with whom he would remain, even after they moved to Minneapolis and became the Minnesota Strikers, until their demise in 1986.

Rongen began his coaching career with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, whom he coached from 1989 to 1994. While coaching the Strikers during the summer, Rongen took another job as the head coach of Nova Southeastern University, which he headed from 1991 to 1995.

Rongen was one of the inaugural coaches in MLS, coaching the Tampa Bay Mutiny in their first season in 1996, with whom he won the MLS regular season, and also won MLS Coach of the Year Award. After a year with the Mutiny, Rongen moved to the New England Revolution, which he would coach in 1997 and 1998. After the Revolution, Rongen succeeded Bruce Arena as the head coach of D.C. United, which he would lead to an MLS Cup in 1999. However, Rongen lost his job with United in 2001, and was replaced with Ray Hudson.

Upon leaving United, Rongen was appointed head coach of the Under-20 United States men’s national soccer team, which he coached from 2001 to his appointment as head coach of Chivas for the team’s inaugural season in 2005. However, ten games into the season, with the team’s record standing at one win, one tie, and eight losses, he was let go of his head coaching duties. Rongen is the current head coach of the Under-20 United States men’s national soccer team.

 

 

Matt Walby

Coaching Experience

English F.A. Coaching Certificate                                                                                    1996

First Team Coach Chichester Institute (West Sussex, England)                                         1996-97

Noga Soccer / ProExcel Summer Coach and Director (NY, USA)                                       1996-97

La Salle Military Academy Head Boys Soccer Coach (Oakdale, NY)                                  1997

Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) Select Coach – U14 Boys                                  1998

Noga Soccer / ProExcel National Director                                                                        1998-2003

Noga Soccer / ProExcel International Team Travel Manager                                               1998-2003

Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach Molloy College (NCAA Div II), N.Y                                 2000-2003

ProExcel Pro-Trainer LIJSL boys and girls select travel teams U10-U17                              1998-2003             

ProExcel Staff/Parent Clinician                                                                                        1998-2003

Coaching Qualifications

 

 English F.A. Coaching Certificate                                                                                    1996

Noga Soccer/ProExcel Staff Coach                                                                                  1998

NSCAA National Diploma with Distinction                                                                          2002

Fraser Foster

Director of Soccer in the Community

New addition to our Gibbo's Staff. Direct from Premiership Club West Bromwich Albion. .

EUFA 'A' license coach.Former Director of Football in the Community at WBA (One of England's top programmes)

Former player with Rotherham. Hails from Sheffield.

Welcome to Fraser and his family!