I began my coaching journey in September 2004 on the recreational side, earning my F license that same year and my E license in 2005. After three years coaching recreational teams, I transitioned into travel soccer in 2008 with a U11 boys team and completed my D License certification in early 2009. Over the years, I’ve continued to grow as a coach through VYSA certificate training, focusing on the midfielder position in 2012 and the striker position in 2014. I especially enjoy working with the younger age groups, U13 and below, because coaching them helps me keep life in perspective—and, as I like to say, keeps me from turning into a grouchy old man.

Before my retirement from air traffic control in 2018, I served in the U.S. Navy in the early 1980s as an Aerographer’s Mate at the Fleet Weather Center in Norfolk. Outside of soccer, I enjoy spending time outdoors—fly fishing for brook trout on the Rapidan, hiking to waterfalls and vistas in Shenandoah National Park, and working in the yard or grilling on the deck with family on weekends. I also enjoy traveling to Europe, particularly Madrid, Lisbon, Liverpool, and Paris. Most evenings after soccer training, you’ll find me relaxing with a good episode of Jeopardy—a perfect way to end the day.