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2006
First Diversity Committee Appointed
The NSCAA's First Vice-President (Steve Malone for the remainder of 2006; Al Albert in 2007) will serve as Diversity Committee liaison to the NSCAA Executive Committee, while NSCAA Executive Director Jim Sheldon will serve as staff liaison. Sheldon also serves as staff liaison to the BSCC, LASCC and NASCC. Steve Veal, NSCAA associate executive director, serves as staff liaison to the Women's Committee.
NSCAA BSCC Convention Booth
Our booth, provided at the courtesy of the NSCAA, was visited by a variety of soccer supporters and fellow coaches of color in 2006. We had visits from many of you, who completed questionnaires for our member database and who participated in good conversation. Thanks for stopping by and showing your support. We had visits from members of the NSCAA Board of Directors, NSCAA Hall of Fame, the NSCAA Coaching Academy Staff and US Youth Soccer. It is obvious that the BSCC is becoming recognized as more than just a novelty. Thank you to those volunteers that attended to the booth.
Black Soccer Coaches Committee has an active spring and summer
The BSCC has had a busy spring and early summer sponsoring and conducting Special Topics Courses. The activities included a Leadership Weekend, a Regional Diploma Course and a Coaches’ Clinic for a soccer club.
US Youth Soccer held a symposium in Frisco, Texas, March 16-19 that included members of the BSCC as clinicians. USYS host Dr. John Thomas, Assistant Director of Coaching for US Youth Soccer; Hylton Dayes, men’s coach at the University of Cincinnati, NSCAA National Academy staff coach and BSCC chair; Brian Haynes, former FC Dallas assistant coach and Eddie Henderson, Nevada State Director of Coaching are all BSCC members.
A Special Topics course was held April 23 at the Parade Grounds Playing Field in Brooklyn, N.Y. There were eight synthetic turf fields for the presenters and participants to use. Goalkeeping Academy Director (Berwyn, Pa.) and former BSCC Chair Mike Curry conducted a goalkeeping session and University of South Carolina-Upstate women’s coach Kendall Reyes’ session was on principles of defending. The course was hosted by BSCC member Stan Harmon.
The weekend of June 3-4 found the NSCAA and BSCC hosting a Leadership Weekend at the University of South Carolina-Upstate, in Spartanburg, S.C., prior to the NSCAA Academy courses held the following week at the same venue. Twenty-one members and NSCAA Academy Staff Director of Coaching Education and Development Jeff Tipping took part. Kendall Reyes, USC-Upstate women’s coach, was host and site director for both events. On Saturday, Jeff Tipping gave a warm-up video presentation of his interview with some of the U.S Men’s National Team members and coaches at Cary, N.C., before they left for Germany. Later he gave a field session on zonal defending that was enthusiastically received by the participants and members of the “Carolina Elite’ Girls’ U-16 team (the demonstration team) which was on its way to the Regional Tournament. NSCAA staff member and BSCC Chair for Coaching Education Sam Okpodu’s field session was on attacking with a triangle offense. Prior to going to the field, USC-Upstate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Leon Wiles addressed the group on diversity. John Thomas presented his topic “Top 20 Qualities of Good Leaders.” Sunday morning there was an enthusiastic sports psychology presentation on “Mental Toughness for Coaches and Players” by Newberry College men’s coach, Juan Pablo Favero that was an inspiration to the participants.
NSCAA/BSCC Leadership Weekend participants and Carolina Elite U-16 girls’ team at the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg, S.C., June 3-4, 2006.
Jeff Tipping conducting his zonal defending session with the Carolina Elite U-16 girls’ team at the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg, S.C., June 3-4, 2006.
NSCAA Academy staff member and BSCC Chair for Coaching Education Sam Okpodu works with the Carolina ‘ELITE’ U-16 Girls’ Team at the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg, S.C., June 3-4, 2006.
The Parade Grounds Soccer Fields in Brooklyn again saw the BSCC July 15-16 for a Regional Diploma Course. NSCAA Academy staff member Lorne Donaldson traveled from Colorado to conduct the course.
Awards and Honors
2006 NAIA Men's Soccer National Champions
M. Soccer - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIEND
November 21 Daytona Beach, Fla. – It is now official, Nick Gay (So./Shawnee Mission, Kan.) is the new Big Man On Campus. Gay’s shootout goal gave Graceland (17-3-4) its first NAIA National Championship in soccer and the fourth team title overall. The Yellowjackets and Azusa Pacific (17-4-3) battled to a 0-0 tie. GU then edged Azusa Pacific 7-6 in a shootout to win.
“It hasn’t sunk in yet what we have done,” said Head Coach Ivan Joseph, a BSCC member. “I’m really proud of the effort that we have put forth all season long. We weren’t the best team but we just kept finding ways to win. I want people to know that great soccer exists in southern Iowa and that you don’t have to play NCAA Division I soccer to be part of a great soccer program.”
Three Graceland players were selected to the All-Tournament team, Midfielder Kevin Souter (So./Glasgow, Scotland), Defenseman Bret Loving (Sr./St. Joseph, Mo.) and Goalkeeper Unruh (Sr./St. Joseph, Mo.). Loving received the BRINE-NAIA Champion of Character Award as well as being named the Outstanding Defensive Player. Unruh was named the Tournament MVP as he made 16 saves and did not give up a single goal in 367 minutes of action. From Graceland University Athletics Site
“Kalamazoo” to South Africa Sports Hall of Fame
 Dr. Steve Mokone (right), a/k/a "Kalamazoo", was inducted into South Africa's Sports Hall of Fame, December 5, 2006, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Mokone was the first Black South African to play professionally in Europe, starting at striker for Coventry City in 1955. He went on to play for Hercales (Holland ’56-’59, also guesting for Eindhoven against Botafago FC of Brazil)), Marseilles (France ’56-’59), Barcelona (’59-’60), ending up at Torino, Italy in 1960. In 2000, the movie “De Zwartemeteoor” (The Black Meteor), based on the book by Tom Egbers.
Also in December of 2003, Dr. Mokone was awarded the Order of Inkhamanga in Gold by President Thabo Mbeki, becoming the only South African soccer player to have been so honored; only two South Africans, in any sport, have been awarded that honor, the other being Gary Player, the golfer. This is awarded for excellence in the Arts, Culture, Journalism and Sport.
“If Pele of Brazil is the Rolls-Royce of soccer players, Stanley Matthews of England the Mercedes-Benz and Alfredo di Stefano of Argentina and Spain the Cadillac of soccer players, then Kala of south Africa, lithe and lean, is surely the Maserati”, wrote Italian soccer writer Beppe Branco.
“I had the good fortune to play against some of the greatest players of those decades, 50’s and 60’s," said Dr. Mokone. "Players like Pele, Didi, Puskas, Alfredo di Stefano, Abe Lenstra, Faas Wilkes, Stanley Matthews, etc."
Mihailovic Named USASA Coach of the Year
Aleks Mihailovic has been named the 2006 National Coach of the Year by the United States Adult Soccer Association at ceremonies held on Oct. 21, 2006 at the USASA Hall of Fame in Alexandria, Va. This award is given annually by the USASA to recognize outstanding contributions coaches are making to the game and their role in the advancement of soccer.
 Mihailovic is th e founder and president of The Chicago Blast Soccer Club, based in Oak Brook. The Chicago Blast trains hundreds of boys and girls throughout the Chicago land area. Among those attending the ceremony were Sunil Gulati, president of United States Soccer Federation; Brooks McCormick, chairman, USASA; John Ellinger, Coach Real Salt Lake MLS; Mike Edwards, vice president, USSF; and Frank Baroni, U.S. Soccer Foundation.
Mihailovic played professionally with Washington Diplomats and Jacksonville Tea Men of the North American Soccer League. He is the all -time leading scorer and a two-time All-American at Jacksonville University, where he was the NCAA Division 1 assist leader in 1978, and invited to represent USA in the 1979 World Games. In 1994, Aleks was inducted into the Jacksonville University Hall of Fame, and in 1999 named Player of the Decade there. Mihailovic also served on the Florida Sports Development Board for four years.
Mihailovic has had an extensive coaching career. He currently is an Assistant USASA National Team Coach and also the Region II representative to the USASA Coaching Committee as well as Director of Coaching for the Illinois State Soccer Association.
Mihailovic has held a United States Soccer Federation “A” License since 1987 and an International High Level Coaching License since 1999. He has served as head coach with the Chicago Shockers of the American Indoor Soccer Association (an NPSL forerunner). Aleks also wrote the M&M Mars/Snickers US Soccer Manual for the 1994 World Cup and was a consultant for Bora Mulitinovic while he was the U.S. Men’s National Team Coach.
In 1984, Mihailovic founded Soccer Made in America, Inc., an organization dedicated to upgrading the level of soccer played and coached in the United States. In 1987, he founded the Aleks Mihailovic’s SAFE Foundation, a program developed for underprivileged children. In 2001, he founded the Chicago Blast Soccer Club, Inc.
Mihailovic also has produced several instructional DVDs and tapes and authored the SMIA Coaching Manual for coaches and players of all levels. Mihailovic has also conducted special events and clinics for the Special Olympics, Cystic Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Muscular Dystrophy Foundations, as well as the Midwest Epilepsy Center.
Bruno Trapikas, USASA Regional Director stated “We are very fortunate to have a person of Aleks’ caliber, experience, and character at the forefront of USASA’s programs. He richly deserves this honor, and we look forward to many years of working with Aleks in fostering the continued growth of the game at all levels.”
2007
BSCC Member Appointed to National Academy Staff
During a recent BSCC Leadership Council Conference Call, it was reported that Kendall Reyes was approved by the NSCAA Board of Directors as a member of the NSCAA Coaching Academy National Staff. Kendall is the Women’s Head Coach at USC-Upstate in Spartanburg, SC. As reported on the BSCC webpage on the NSCAA’s site, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, the NSCAA appointed Kendall Reyes to serve as its State Technical Coordinator for South Carolina. Kendall joins BSCC Leadership Council Members Hylton Dayes, Chairperson; Michael Curry, Past-Chair; Lorne Donaldson and Sam Okpodu on the Academy Staff. Those of you that attended the 2006 NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia may remember Kendall's excellent floor presentation with George Rhea's demonstration team from New Jersey that has established a coaching relationship between the two.
Congratulations Kendall!
Kudos to Soccer in the Streets
(SITS Executive Director Jill Robbins and her husband Harvey are long-standing BSCC members)
 Atlanta, Ga. - July 17, 2007- Soccer In The Streets is the latest addition to the FIFA Football for Hope Movement. The movement, a partnership between FIFA and streetfootballworld, aims to support, advise and strengthen sustainable social and human development programs in the areas of healthcare, children's rights, education, peace promotion, anti-discrimination, social integration and the environment.
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter said, "FIFA takes its social responsibility very seriously as part of its aim to build a better future. That is why we have declared Football for Hope to be a movement and an activity of strategic importance and we are proud that we are now in a position to support more organizations in their work."
The recognition and support from FIFA will allow Soccer In The Streets to kick start the latest addition to its programming, the Escuela de Vida (School of Life). Escuela builds on the life skills lessons learned in Positive-Choice Soccer and gives disadvantaged kids an even greater chance for success in life. The kids will receive career training, tutoring and mentoring, after school nutrition, and advanced soccer and fitness training.
Soccer In The Streets Executive Director Jill Robbins said, "This is a depth of service that will ensure the future success of these kids, their families, and their communities."
Even without a facility, the Escuela program has already begun. Players from the Streets' League in College Park, Georgia have received referee certification and now work in the league on weekends. Players have received coaching certifications and teach the game to their younger peers. Positive-Choice Soccer graduates are working on projects this summer, gaining valuable career experience in the business side of the game.
Adolf Ogi, the United Nations Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace said, "Sport is the best school of life." Soccer In The Streets, with the help of FIFA and streetfootballworld, is putting these words into action. The Escuela de Vida will expose kids to the multitude of opportunities for a successful life, both on and off the field.
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About Soccer In The Streets
Soccer In The Streets, an Atlanta-based nationwide non-profit organization, is committed to teaching less advantaged kids how to make positive choices in life. Since the organization's inception in 1989, over 125,000 children have participated in programs in over 75 U.S. cities.
Teaching kids skills for life... one goal at a time.
http://www.soccerstreets.org
About FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, better known as FIFA, is the world governing body of soccer. It has 208 member associations.
The Football for Hope Movement is the key element of a strategic alliance between FIFA and streetfootballworld, a network of like-minded organizations that use soccer as an instrument for social development. FIFA and streetfootballworld intend the movement to be the soccer family's most significant contribution to the achievement of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. It also aims to establish a solid basis of more than 100 sustainable programmes on all continents by 2015 whose contribution to the UN's goals will be specific, tangible and positive.
http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/worldwideprograms/footballforhope/mission.html
Mississippi Soccer names new Technical Director of Coaching
Coach specializes in coaching education
Dateline: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Mississippi Soccer Association President David Dodd announced the appointment of its new Technical Director of Coaching, Terry Eguaoje.
Eguaoje’s long soccer playing career ended in success with Reinhardt College (Ga.) after wining the NAIA Regional Championship in 1999. As a student assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer, he helped Kennesaw State University win the 2003 NCAA Division II Women's National Championship.
Terry served as the Director of Coaching for Fusion Soccer Club before accepting a position with Texas Premier Girls Academy Program. He was on staff with the South Texas Youth Soccer Association as a State Coaching Education Instructor, ODP scout and administrator.
He holds a master's degree in sport management and is currently finishing up his doctorate in education. His coaching qualifications include the USSF “A” License, NSCAA Premier Diploma, the USSF National Youth License, NSCAA National Youth Diploma and USSF Goalkeeper License.
According to President Dodd, Director Eguaoje will concentrate on coach education and, ultimately player development through building better coaches. Terry will attend the Southern Regional Championships with MSA and he and his wife will join the MSA soccer family in Mississippi over the summer.
Terry Eguaoje can be contacted at techdirector@mississippisoccer.org
The Mississippi Soccer Association is the governing body of youth and adult soccer in Mississippi for the past 30 years and is a member of United States Youth Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation.
Where Are America's Black Coaches?
By Mike Woitalla
(This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Soccer America Magazine.)
4/6/2007
Leaders of the NSCAA Black Soccer Coaches Committee hail the increase of black players in mainstream American soccer -- but now await an increase in opportunities for black coaches.
Hylton Dayes, the chairman of the BSCC, is the head coach of the University of Cincinnati and a Region II ODP coach.
''I got here in 1982,'' says the Jamaica-born Dayes, ''and I think the African-American, or player of color involvement, has increased ten-fold.''
Forty percent of the 40 players in the U.S. U-17 residency camp in Bradenton are black, including nine from the African immigrant community.
''You look at the percentage of those at Bradenton,'' Dayes says, ''the percentage playing college soccer, the percentage playing in really good club teams, and it's definitely worth noting.''
Besides Caribbean and African immigrants' affinity for the game, organizations like Soccer in the Streets, America Scores and Starfinder have helped spread soccer in the inner cities, says Dayes.
BSCC senior advisor Lorne Donaldson, a former APSL head coach and now director of coaching of the youth club Real Colorado, says youth clubs have made greater efforts to discover talent and scholarship players who can't afford the fees.
''It's so competitive now, the youth clubs are so highly structured and it's such a business now, they're trying hard to find players who can help them win,'' Donaldson says. ''And most of the top clubs are not in the hood, so they even help the players with transportation.''
Donaldson commends the U.S. U-17 coaches who are identifying talent and says that the quality of American coaches has risen to a point where they can overcome the skepticism of African and Caribbean fathers who in the past wouldn't trust their sons with American coaches.
However, Dayes and Donaldson lament the lack of black coaches in the U.S. national team program and in MLS. Not a single black coach has been among MLS's 59 head-coach hirings in 12 years.
Dayes said the BSCC has worked to educate coaches, encouraging them get their licenses, network, and put themselves in a position to get an opportunity -- but frustration is building.
''Look at how many ex-professional players we have in this country of color,'' Dayes says. ''We're talking about qualified coaches who deserve a chance.''
Donaldson says, ''I don't think it's intentional. But I think it's in the subconscious. Year after year we sit around wondering when someone is going to get hired. We've gotten to the point where we believe we have to at least start saying something.''
Reyes Appointed NSCAA STC for South Carolina
On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, the NSCAA appointed Kendall Reyes to serve as its State Technical Coordinator for South Carolina. The women's coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, Reyes is a member of the BSCC Leadership Council. He holds the NSCAA Premier Diploma and conducted a well-received session at the 2006 NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia.
In this role, Reyes' primary responsibilities are to promote and coordinate all NSCAA courses in South Carolina. He also will serve as an instructor or assistant another instructor in teaching NSCAA courses and will assist the Regional Technical Director in identifying potential associate staff coaches within South Carolina.
Other Black Soccer Coaches Committee members having Director of Coaching positions are:
Lincoln Phillips - Technical Director, Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation; FIFA Coach; BSCC Founder
Dr. John Thomas - Assistant DOC Education, US Youth Soccer Association
Austin Daniels - DOC Connecticut Junior Soccer Association
Eddie Henderson - DOC Nevada Youth Soccer Association
Darren Marshall - Assistant DOC Development, Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association
Wayne Simmons - Academy DOC, Coweta County Soccer Association, Newnan, Ga.
Isang Jacob - DOC Indy Burn Boys
Warner Moses - DOC Indy Burn Girls
Aleks Mihailovic - DOC Chicago Blast Soccer Club; DOC Instruction, Illinois State Soccer Association
Member's Testimonial and Thank-You
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - "THANK YOU
Guy:
Good afternoon! I wanted to email today to send enormous thanks to the BSCC. A few months back, you sent out an email regarding the NCAA Women Coaches Academy. Unsure of what this was about, I read the email and made a note to apply on the exact day and time the website site specified. Weeks later, I applied, and little did I know, that single ‘click’ would set in motion a few major events that would have a tremendous impact on my life. Attending the Women Coaches Academy gave me not only insight into coaching, but also into my life as well. Where I doubted myself and my ability as a coach, I realize now, I am capable of not only doing this job, but also being successful at it! I’m certainly not trying to imply this was an overnight transformation by any means. I’m just saying the Academy helped bring this realization out so now, the challenge for me will be believing in myself and working to bring that confidence out.
Another important point I want to make is: by the end of the Academy I realized I was there for a reason and that the other coaches who were selected were there for a reason! We all were meant to be at the Academy at that particular moment and in that particular point in time. It was actually quite freaky because I truly believe everything down to my roommate selection happened for a distinct purpose.
The Women Coaches Academy gave me the tools I have needed to make my life better, and now it is up to me to use and apply them. I realize the changes that will take place from here are going to be a process, yet, I also know I’m not alone! I now have a wonderful core of Women Coaches who I can count on and look to for strength and support when I doubt myself in this profession.
With that being said, I want to thank you and also the other individuals who made it a priority to get the word out about the NCAA Women Coaches Academy! Having gone through the academy, I can truly say, it changes lives! Best wishes and again…THANK YOU!!!
All of my best,
Jessica Chisley"
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"Jessica,
Thank you very much for the kind words. I can feel your new found confidence and enthusiasm in your words. What you accomplished as a player will now go forward and be transmitted to your players by what you have recently learned and gained. I am wishing you much future success and I feel that the rest of the BSCC Leadership Council and General Membership concur.
I hope that you are able to attend the Convention in Baltimore and be able to attend the General Meeting and Social. Others should hear your words. I am forwarding them to the Leadership Council so that they may feel your joy.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
From left to right: Jeff Cade, Technical Director, Northern Nevada YSA; Eddie Henderson, DOC, Nevada YSA; John Thomas, USYS Assistant Director of Coaching Education; Darren Marshall, Development Coach, Massachusetts YSA
Amy Vandervort, from Region 1 ODP and John Thomas, US Youth Soccer Assistant Director of Coaching Education were in Reno, Nevada, November 3-4, for Northern Nevada's ID camp. Both were kind enough to send along some photos of the event.
According to BSCC member and member of the coaching staff, Darren Marshall, “The weekend in Reno was designed to bring an outside view in to the players and parents in the region of the state. Jeff Cade - Tech Director for North Nevada put the weekend together. In attendance Jeff brought out myself, Eddie Henderson Nevada DOC, and John Thomas US Youth Asst DOC.”
JT and “Fast Eddie” playing catch.
West Side Clinic
On the steamy Saturday morning of Aug. 25, 2007, three BSCC members met at the artificial turf field in West Side Park in Newark, NJ.
Alphonse Prophete (left) and Miss Miriam.
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Some of the participants in the clinic play on the sideline.
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Alphonse Prophete, Essex County College-Newark men’s coach, Stan Harmon from Brooklyn and Guy Cornish, Willingboro, N.J., were there to conduct a soccer clinic for a proposed 45-60 under-served youngsters from the East Orange and Newark communities.Unfortunately, the threat of a 105-degree heat index for the day, fog and high humidity kept the majority at home.
Seven boys and girls did attend with their supervisor, Ms. Miriam. She supplied shinguards for all, except they were too big for one boy, or he was too small. Cornish gave away some cleats used by his daughters and grand-daughter.The recipients were  overjoyed with their acquisitions. One girl had come in her shower clogs and had to borrow her sister’s sneakers.
Stan Harmon conducted activities, assisted by Cornish. Basic ball control skills, heading, some “First-to the-Ball races and then a small-sided game brought smiles all around.
Alphonse worked with his men’s team and was later joined by BSCC member Yatchine Michel, the Women’s Head Coach at Essex. The two teams later held a half field scrimmage while the youngsters played on the side at the other end.
The varying skill levels didn’t dampen the participants’ enthusiasm and everyone had a great time.
Brooklyn Advanced Diploma Course
Kendall Reyes demonstrates technique.
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Anthony James describes tactics.
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The weekend of June 28-29 saw another successful NSCAA Diploma Course offered in the Brooklyn-New York area.
Again hosted by Stan Harmon, the venue this time was Long Island. Instructing were BSCC Leadership Council members Anthony James, Youngstown University Women’s Head Coach and Kendall Reyes, South Carolina-Upstate Women's Head Coach.
Stan Harmon related; “Once again we had an excellent response to our course in Brooklyn. There were 34 attendees, bringing the number of new members to over 100 in the past fifteen months. Kudos to Kendall and Anthony for the wonderful job.
What an Opportunity
Sam Okpodu and Kendall Reyes, both National Academy Staff members and officers of the BSCC Leadership Council, have been has authorized by the NSCAA to attend the African Cup of Nations. They will be in the ancient country of Ghana in West Africa in January and February 2008.
This trip will allow a unique opportunity to experience top level football in the continent of Africa and to share the experience in a form of report to the NSCAA Board and the National Staff upon return from the Nations Cup. This staff development will officially allow us to spread the NSCAA coaching education philosophy to Africa and the 32 African nations taking part in the prestigious Confederation of African Football tournament. Additionally, it will allow the NSCAA/BSCC leadership to interact with top African coaches on coaching education initiatives on the continent of Africa on how we can best assist national team coaches with the modern game. Also, to promote the NSCAA/BSCC coaching education philosophy to professional, club and youth coaches soccer coaches on the African continent.
Reyes Featured on Podcast
BSCC Vice Chair Kendall Reyes was a guest on the BlackAthlete.net’s soccer podcast “BACK OF THE NET” hosted by Andrew Dixon.The show was heard live on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at 10:15 pm ET. Reyes has just recently returned from a fact-finding and information sharing exchange with the Ghana Football Association at the All African Cup of Nations Tournament in Ghana.
He gave a brief account of his soccer background, from Trinidad to his present position as women’s soccer coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C. He has worked in youth soccer camps for girls and the Olympic Development Program (ODP) for girls and served as a NSCAA Associate Staff Coach for six or seven years.Last year he was appointed State Technical Coordinator for Coaching Education in South Carolina, becoming the first coach of color so appointed. He was also appointed to the NSCAA Academy Staff.
Mr. Dixon inquired as to the establishment of the BSCC and Reyes reported on the start and mission of the organization. Initiatives mentioned were getting coaches certified, promoting coaches within the coaching ranks, collaborating with organizations working with inner-city youth soccer and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) as well as our upcoming symposium. That symposium for the BSCC membership is scheduled to be conducted at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Md., the weekend of May 16-18, 2008. More information on the symposium will follow, hopefully broadcast on BACK OF THE NET.
Alex Louis named NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year
On Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, Alex Louis, the men's soccer coach at Union County College, was named the National Coach of the Year from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He was also named the Men's Division III East Regional Coach of the Year, which allowed him to qualify for the national coach award.
2007 NSCAA/BSCC
Feature Speaker
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Floyd A. Keith
Executive Director
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2008 NSCAA/BSCC
Featured Speaker
Dr. Reginald S. Avery officially assumed the presidency of 108-year-old Coppin State University, on January 14, 2008. Dr. Avery, who was serving as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate, becomes Coppin’s fifth president, succeeding Dr. Stanley Battle who resigned last June to become Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University. He brings more than 35-years of experience in higher education to Coppin State and vows a strong allegiance to its mission and a pledge to advance excellence and effectiveness.
Dr. Avery served as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of South Carolina Upstate (USC) since 2003. In 2006-07, he served as the institution’s Acting Chancellor while the Chancellor was on sabbatical. Previously, he was Provost at Alma College in Michigan, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kentucky State University and Founding Dean of the School of Professional Programs at Benedict College in South Carolina. He served on the faculty of the University of Tennessee and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. While holding leading posts at USC Upstate, Dr. Avery served on several boards, including those of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Urban League of the Upstate, and 100 Black Men.
Dr. Avery holds a Ph.D. from the Florence Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, an M.S.W. from the George Williams College of Aurora University, and a B.S. in sociology from North Carolina A&T State University. He and his wife Esther have three adult children and two grandchildren.
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Long-time BSCC member moves off sideline
 Head coach Page Cotton wrapped up his coaching career at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., with a 390-190-33 record in 39 seasons after leading this year's team to a 26th straight .500 or better season with a 12-5-1 record. He will remain on in his other position of athletic director. Well done, Page!
This year, the Union County College men’s soccer team finished its season ranked third in the nation. The team participated in the NJCAA District III competition play and earned the Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC), Region XIX, and District Four championships. The team’s final record was 22-1, with a 17-0 regular season mark, both of which are school records. Louis was also named the Region XIX and the Garden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH LOUIS!
NSCAA President Louise Waxler recently appointed the NSCAA's first Diversity Committee, which will be a standing committee per the NSCAA's bylaws.
The committee will serve as an umbrella group over the already established NSCAA multi-cultural committees – the Black Soccer Coaches Committee (BSCC), the Latin American Soccer Coaches Committee (LASCC), the Women's Committee and a pilot Native American Soccer Coaches Committee (NASCC). In addition to its oversight function, the Diversity Committee will focus on developing an NSCAA diversity statement, critique and recommend changes in the NSCAA diversity training courses and explore other programming designed to expand the NSCAA's commitment to diversity.
Appointed to the committee were:
- Charlotte Moran – interim committee chair, executive director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association and a member of the NSCAA Women's Committee.
- Michelle Street – women's coach at Howard University and a member of the BSCC.
- Marco Santillan – DeAnza Force SC (California), NSCAA Academy Associate National Staff and member of the LASCC.
- Cela Shukie – America Scores, representing inner-city soccer programs.
- Alec Rekow – director of Southwest Youth Services (New Mexico) and chair of the NASCC.
2008-09 Black Soccer Coaches Committee Calendar of Events
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January 16-20, 2008
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NSCAA National Convention
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January 16-20, 2008
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BSCC General /Leadership Council Meeting, & Clinic
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January 26-February 10, 2008
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BSCC representatives@ the African /Cup Nations, Ghana
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February 28, 2008
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Leadership council Conference Call
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May 16-18, 2008
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BSCC Symposium, Clinic and Leadership Lectures
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July 24-26, 2008
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NSCAA Board Meeting - Philadelphia
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January 2009
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NSCAA Board Meeting – Convention
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January 14-18, 2009
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NSCAA National Convention
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January 14-18, 2009
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BSCC Leadership, General Meeting, Clinic, & Lectures
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