FC Willamette's Coaches

FC Willamette is committed to providing experienced coaches who understand and have the ability to implement a developmental philosophy in a focused and structured training environment.  All training sessions are performed under the supervision of our Technical Director and team coaches.  Our teams train together in groups so that participants have the opportunity to work with several coaches.  If you are interested in coaching with FC Willamette please contact our Technical Director.

 

Tom Rowney,  Technical Director (541) 753-4902 rowneyt@fcwillamette.org
Our Technical Director brings a wealth of experience to our club having coached at every level of the game from youth to professional.  Growing up in the North-East of England Tom  played for school soccer for Wolsingham Grammar School,  District Select for Bishop Auckland Boys, as a schoolboy player for Middlesbrough F.C. (currently in the English Premier League), as a junior player for Crook Town (semi-professional club) and Essex University First XI (for 3 years).
	NSCAA Advanced National Coaching Diploma   USSF "A" and English FA Coaching Licenses   NSCAA National  Convention Clinician   B.A. (Hons.) Degree M.Ed. Degree   Former Head Coach Oregon State University Portland C.C. Central Washington University Tualatin Hills United SC Lane County AFC   Former Assistant F.C. Seattle Storm University of Portland
Tom has a BA (Hons.) Degree in Economics and a M.Ed. Degree in Physical Education.  He also spent 5 years in the Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon where he studied psychology and biomechanics. In the US,  Tom has held a number of coaching positions at the youth,  high school,  college, and professional levels.  He was most recently the Head Women's coach at Oregon State University where he led the Beavers to their first and only NCAA soccer tournament appearance.  He has coaching credentials from both US and English coaching federations. Tom has published numerous coaching articles in nationally recognized coaching journals and is the author of the well-regarded "Soccer Practice Planner".  He currently lives in Corvallis,  with wife Kathryn and son Trevor.

 

Coaching Staff
Our team coaches are chosen primarily for their commitment to implementing  a developmental philosophy without regard to short-term team success.  Most of us still play the game -- although the older coaches don't play as often as they would like due to the age-related injuries they continually sustain!
Robert Allan dayton73@comcast.net
Robert hails from Centerville, Ohio.  He started playing club for the Centerville Galaxy under Brian Cohen as well as Centerville High School Varsity team under Brian Stevens.  Starting at age 18, Robert began coaching for the local boys and girls club, followed by the Ohio Olympic Development program, and for summer camp organizations (Goal-Line Soccer Clinics and Great Britain Buckeye Soccer Camps).  He played his college soccer at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio under highly respected Head Coach Steve Dawson.  He earned his Masters Degree in Industrial and Organizational  Psychology from Minnesota State University at Mankato.  Robert is a very "lively" soccer coach and holds a USSF "B" license.  He started coaching with the club in 2000 and currently coaches the Pride and Possession teams.
Bob Duncan rduncan@oce.orst.edu
Originally from Australia,  Bob was educated at Princeton,  Stanford,  and the Australian National University.  He is currently a Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University.  Bob has coached competitive youth soccer for 10 years and holds the USSF C license.  Bob's son Ross played NCAA Div. 1 soccer at Oregon State University.  Bob is a cognoscente of fine Australian table wines (as are the personnel of Monty Python).  He currently works with our U12 and U17 Girls teams.
Colin Hay dad557@msn.com
A native of Scotland , Colin  has many years of extensive coaching experience at the club and HS level in both Oregon and California.  Head Coach of the 92 Primo team.
Dave King kingd@fcwillamette.org
A native of Ireland, Dave has coached with the Goal-Line Soccer Clinics summer camp organization.  He is currently coaching extensively in our Junior Academy program.
Nick Pisias npisias@comcast.net
A San Francisco native,  Nick was educated at San Francisco University,  Oregon State University and the University of Rhode Island.  He is currently a Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State.  He has coached competitive youth soccer for the past 12 years.  Formerly President of Corvallis Utd and the first Corvallis Utd coach to take a girls team to the State Finals.  Nick has extensive experience of premier club soccer in Oregon and sultry,  Mediterranean good-looks (from his Greek forefathers).  Currently works with our U14 and U15 Girls teams.
David "Daffo" Schaefer daffo76@hotmail.com
Born In Berlin, Germany, (Even though he thinks he's English) Daffo has played for various amateur teams most of his life, and has experience coaching at the amateur men's level.  He recently moved to Oregon and has been coaching with the Junior Academy program.
George Van Keulen
George "Van" is our "big Dutch Man".  Originally from Holland,  George spent a number of years in the Royal Dutch Marines before settling in the United States.  He was previously the AYSO Regional Commissioner and Head Coach for Oregon and Washington.  He has coached recreational,  competitive youth, and High School soccer for the past 10 years in the Willamette Valley.  He is the Head Groundskeeper at Linn-Benton Community College and has a daughter,  Cassie (who is a much better player than he is,  although he's still pretty good) in our club.  Currently works with our U15 Girls teams.

 

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