Coaches Corner
Coaches Corner-For Coaches by Coaches
United Soccer Coaches is dedicated to giving our coaches a voice in the world of soccer and we are pleased to showcase a new feature for coaches by coaches. Our Advocacy Groups, representing United Soccer Coaches members, have been asked to submit blog content on a variety of topics that cover countless aspects of the game and other responsibilities of a coach: career development, leadership, recruiting, culture, diversity and much more. This is the first post of what will become a weekly blog to provide coaches with helpful information and insight from fellow coaches.
A Letter to High School Coaches from the High School Advocacy Council Chairs
A letter to our peers, We are in the midst of challenging times. We are all battling with family concerns, personal health concerns, possible financial worries, and on top of that, as coaches, we are worrying about our teams, our players, our coaching lives. As Greg...
Advocacy Chair Spotlight: Nicole Hercules – Black Coaches Advocacy Group
Originally published in the March/April 2020 issue of Soccer Journal, this is a short Q&A with Nicole Hercules, Chair of the Black Coaches Advocacy Group. Tell us about your coaching history. I started working with “Flower City Soccer,” an inner-city soccer...
Black History Month: The Triangle of Blackness
Ending with a great list of players from the black community for our month long black history features, we are excited to continue to empower, educate and advocate for the USC Black Soccer Coaches Group through stories that are not just important to the black...
Black History Month: The Nigerians
In honor of black history month it is important to share multiple people that come from different countries and for this feature we honor the contributions of Nigerians and Nigerian-Americans to the beautiful game in Africa and around the world. It is estimated that...
Black History Month: Thori Staples Bryan
Thori Staples Bryan from Joppatowne outside of Baltimore, Md is our Black History Month featured star. Thori was a three-time First Team All-America soccer player at North Carolina State as well as being a member of the U.S. Women's National team in 1995 and 2000...
Women Coaches Advocacy Group – Q&A with Rochelle Hearns
Portland, Ore., also known as ‘Rip City’ for their NBA team, the Trail Blazers. Within this hip, rainy city lies a few trail blazers themselves, true to the definition. A “trailblazer” is defined as “a person who makes a new track through wild country; a pioneer; an...
Black History Month: Darryl Gee
As we continue our Black History month educational stories we now stay close to home in the USA as we feature a pioneering soccer player who had so much talent. So talented that he was drafted directly out of high school by the NASL’s Minnesota Kicks, which traded him...
February 2020 Latino Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter
Latino Coaches Advocacy Group Bienvenidos! February 13, 2020 Message from the Chair: On behalf of the United Soccer Coaches Latino group, we thank you for all your time and energy. We feel that the Baltimore Convention was a great first step in organizing and...
How One Coach Creates an Inclusive Environment With Her Team
Every soccer player knows how difficult it can be to find your bag on the sideline; they all look the same. On day one, I provide the players with a variety of ribbons - school colors, animals, fun patterns, colors associated with various causes- and ask them to...
February 2020 Black Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2020 Newsletter of the Black Coaches Advocacy Group. In an effort to better our communication efforts we will be sending a monthly newsletter to all of our group members so that we are all on the same page with all this group is doing. Black...
