Dear Player and Parent,

Before you scroll down to the bottom of the page to see who your coach will be please read this article very carefully as it may answer many of the questions that you have.

It is with great pleasure that I announce the 2002-2003 Coaching Slate. During the off-season Chris Friant, Assistant Director of Coaching, and I have worked very hard to get the best coaches from the Tidewater area to commit to coaching our players here at the Williamsburg Soccer Club. This has taken a long time but we have got it right.  The coaching slate I believe has worked out tremendously for each team. There are a number of head coaches who will also be assisting on a second team, which makes our programs even stronger. The best aspect of all is that all of WSC’s coaches are now helping out with each other’s teams. Just to be surrounded by so many college level coaches and qualified soccer people is precisely what I intended to happen on a day-to-day basis. Our players can only get better in this environment.

On the girls premier side of the program I am extremely excited with the coaching slate. With the introduction of John Daly, Head Women’s Coach at William & Mary, Kwame Lloyd, Head Women’s Coach at Christopher Newport University, Angela Napoli, Assistant Women’s Coach at William & Mary, Maria Scott, an NSCAA licensed coach and Becca Stoner, a four year player at William & Mary we have added a wealth of soccer experience for our girls. It is also important that the three women mentioned above will be coaching in our program, as they will certainly be positive female role models for our girls to look up to.

The boy’s premier side stays largely unchanged with the exception that Matt Hansen, a former player at William & Mary and current Williamsburg Legacy player, will coach the U10 premier team. Matt has “cut his teeth” in youth soccer coaching the Rapids on the classic side of the house. Through this team he has demonstrated that he is a worthy coach. The rest of boys slate is phenomenal including three current collegiate coaches and coaches with very strong soccer credentials.

Al Albert will continue to be our older boys teams advisor and John Daly will now be working as the girls older teams advisor. In this capacity they will be working with the older two teams once a month, watching games and liaising with me about college opportunities for these players. Johnnie Kamara will also continue in his position as the Director of Developmental Programs and Chuck Connelly will remain our Goalkeeper Trainer.

Chris and I are exceedingly excited about being surrounded by this quality group of female and male coaches. I truly believe that this is our best slate, top to bottom, since I arrived here in 1992. The quality of coach and people in the program make it complete on both the boys and girls sides. As we continue to grow and add better programs we become even more of a club unit. Coaches will be there at games to watch other teams, help evaluate players and help out at training sessions. Philosophically, all these coaches are on the same page as me, and that is extremely important for our programs.

It is going to be a great season,

Richard Butler
Director of Coaching
Williamsburg Soccer Club

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