Every January the NSCAA looks forward to returning to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Sports Complex to spend a week educating coaches. This year, in addition to the courses we are offering in Florida will also be courses at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif. 

Registration is now open the Advanced Courses for both sites, so be sure to register soon as these courses fill up quickly. The Cupertino course will take place January 2-8, while Fort Lauderdale course will be January 7-13.

Traditionally, the courses offered in Ft. Lauderdale create the largest NSCAA Coaching Academy venue of the year. This year should be no different, as offering again includes the National, Advanced National, Premier and Advanced National Goalkeeping diploma courses.

Each of the courses is staffed by NSCAA National Staff Coaches who are superlative coaching educators. The courses in Florida will be led by Ian Barker, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education. He will be joined by a staff of the most experienced NSCAA instructors, among them are:

• Tony DiCicco, CEO and Founder of SoccerPlus Goalkeeper School and SoccerPlus FieldPlayer Academy
• Peter Gooding, coach at Amherst College for more than 30 years and a founder and principal architect of the NSCAA Coaching Academy
• Jeff Vennell, successful head coach with more than 40 years of experience
• Mike Noonan, head men’s coach at Clemson
• David Saward, head men's coach at Middlebury with 28 years and more than 300 wins under his belt
• George Perry, current NSCAA Executive Committee member as the Vice President for Education

Each of these coaches earned their spots on our National Staff by virtue of their outstanding ability to help other coaches become more capable teachers of the game, and all have built their own coaching careers in addition to serving as NSCAA National Staff coaches.

The National and Premier Diploma courses will be available at the Curpertino site. Doug Williamson, NSCAA Assistant Director of Coaching Education, will be the course director for both courses. He will also have excellent staff coaches on-site for these courses, including:

• Jerry Smith, who completed his 25th season at the helm of the Santa Clara women's soccer program in 2011 with his 24th winning season and a 13-2-6 record
• Kim Sutton, one of the top women’s coaches in the nation, owning an overall record of 228-133-50 in 20 years of coaching
• Rob Herringer, head men's coach for Benedictine College who has compiled an impressive 85-31-11 overall record and have been consistently ranked in the NAIA Top 25

You can find additional information about these outstanding lineups at the Academy Staff page.

As is always the case at our Coaching Academy, the NSCAA National Staff Coaches listed here are scheduled to teach at these venues.  This list is subject to change, and additional staff will be assigned to teach at both locations in January. The course director will assign, on site and at random, all course registrants to a squad to be led and evaluated by one of the Staff Coaches listed here.

Ready to sign up?  Register online; it’s fast, your course fees are paid in full and you get a confirmation with additional course-specific information to your e-mail inbox.

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