To the membership:

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America at present has 17 members on its Board of Directors. There are six officers (President, three Vice Presidents, Secretary and Immediate Past President) and eight constituent representatives serving membership in the youth (boys and girls), high school (boys and girls), college (men and women) and professional coaches (men and women) categories and three at-large positions. Additionally, the NSCAA CEO and Executive Director serves as a non-voting member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors.

The election of members of the Board of Directors is held prior to the annual meeting of the members in conjunction with the annual convention. This year’s election involves two officer positions (Vice President for Education and Secretary) and three constituent representatives (College Women, High School Boys and Youth Girls). The Nominations Committee, which is chaired by the Immediate Past President, presents the candidates listed here for your consideration.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to a change in voting procedures instituted in 2008, there will be no voting on-site at the annual convention. All ballots must be submitted via mail to the NSCAA office before the deadline of 5 p.m. Central time on Friday, January 7, 2011. Results of the election will be announced at the annual membership meeting, to be held on Friday, January 14, 2011, in Baltimore, Md.

Only active members of the NSCAA are eligible to vote in elections for the Board of Directors. ALL members are eligible to vote for members of the Executive Committee. A committee chaired by the Immediate Past President will inspect and count all ballots prior to the annual meeting. The ballots will be viewed with confidentiality and will be destroyed at the conclusion of the annual meeting.

The following NSCAA members are standing for election:

• VICE PRESIDENT FOR EDUCATION: George Perry (unopposed)
• SECRETARY: Bob Barry; Theresa Echtermeyer; Mike Jacobs
• WOMEN'S COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE: John Daly (incumbent); Suzette Soboti
• BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE: Greg Mauch (incumbent/unopposed)
• GIRLS' YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE: Eric Teepe (unopposed)

CLICK HERE to review biographical information of the candidates.

CLICK HERE to download a ballot as an editable PDF.

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