Virginia Metro-DC Coaching Education Staff

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Jim McLane

Licenses:                      USSF “A”, USSF National Youth, NSCAA Premier Diploma

Played:                         High School, College, All-Army Team, USISL, local Men’s League

Coached:                      Assistant Coach:  US Armed Forces Men’s Team, Men’s All-Army Soccer Team, Youth Teams; Head Coach:  Men’s Reserve Team at Virginia Wesleyan College; Also coached players for National Teams, A-League, and US Sand Soccer National Team

Current Positions:          Assistant Coach Men’s Varsity at Virginia Wesleyan, USSF Referee

Previous Positions:        Director of Player Development for Women’s League Hampton Road Piranhas, Director of Coaching for Lafayette Soccer Club, American Staff for the Parma A.C. Youth Program

Earl McEachron

Licenses:                      USSF “A”, USSF National Youth

Played:                         Jamaican U19 National Team, United States Inter-Service Teams

Coached:                      High School, State Cup, Competitive Military Soccer in Okinawa, Competitive Soccer at Camp Pendleton, CA

VYSA Positions:            ODP Coach, Region I Staff Coach

Awards:                        1991 High School District Coach of the Year, 1993 Region I Coach of the Year, 1993 National Coach of the Year

Gordon Miller

Licenses:                      Canadian “A”, USSF “A”, USSF National Youth

Played:                         NASL, MISL

Coached:                      U17 Boys Canadian National Team Assistant Coach

VYSA Positions:            Technical Director, USSF National Education Staff – A License Instructor

Previous Positions:        Utah Youth Soccer State Director of Coaching

Len Oliver

Licenses:                      USSF “A”, USSF National Youth

Played:                         Lighthouse Boys Club Juniors, Temple University, ASL Philadelphia Uhriks, U.S. Pan American Team, U. S. Olympic Team; professionally in Philadelphia, Ludlow, San Francisco, Germany, Baltimore, Washington, DC

Current Positions:          DC Stoddert Coach with NCSL, Editorial Board of NSCAA, member of US Soccer Coaches Association, US Soccer Referees, and the Society for American Soccer History; serves on Boards for DCSSL, DC Scores, and the National Soccer Hall of Fame

Awards:                       1981 Temple University’s Athletic Hall of Fame, 1996 National Soccer Hall of Fame, 1997 VYSA Adele Dolansky Exemplary Service Award, 1998 Philadelphia Oldtimers Soccer Association Hall of Fame, 2000 NSCAA Youth Long-Term Achievement Award, 2001 Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame

Rob Olson

Licenses:                      USSF “A”, USSF National Youth

Played:                         College of William and Mary, Senior Bowl, ASL Georgia Generals, AISA Kalamazoo Kangaroos, ASL Washington Stars, NASL Team America, U.S. National Team

Coached:                      Region 1 ODP Boys and Girls, U17-U18 Southwestern Rangers, U15 Southwestern Freedom

Current Positions:          Director of Coaching and Operations of Southwestern Youth Area Soccer, Director of Operations, Training and Soccer Development of Midlothian Youth Soccer League, Soccer Academy Coach

Previous Positions:        Director of Operations, Training and Soccer Development of Midlothian Youth Soccer League