Brian Ainscough: Coaching Director, U18 Boys - [email protected]
Brian Ainscough is currently the Head Coach at Northeastern. Ainscough led the Huskies to their second CAA playoff appearance with a 6-4-1 CAA mark and an 8-10-2 overall record in 2007. Northeastern has now made the CAA playoffs twice in the three years it has been a part of the conference. Ainscough has led his team on two impressive late season runs over the last two years. Last year Northeastern went 6-2-1 in its final nine regular season games to earn a playoff birth. In 2006 the Huskies ran off six straight victories in October to get into the playoffs. The Huskies’ improvement from 2005 to 2006 was the biggest single-season improvement since 1990.
Before arriving on Huntington Ave., Ainscough spent five years at Div. III powerhouse Bowdoin College and five at Providence College. At Bowdoin, Ainscough’s team ranked No. 1 in New England and captured the NESCAC regular season crown and a playoff bid in 2002. In 2003, he led the Polar Bears to a top-10 national ranking, a second-place finish in the NESCAC Tournament and a bid to the NCAA Div. III Tournament.
While coaching at Bowdoin, Ainscough also coached for the U.S. Soccer Olympic Development Program for teams in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine. He has held Brian Ainscough Soccer Academy Camps in New England since 1993.
Prior to Bowdoin, Ainscough was head coach at Providence and turned a losing program into a .500 team (9-9-1) in four seasons. In 1998, PC had a winning record (6-4-1) in conference play and earned a Big East Tournament bid for the first time since 1987. Ainscough started his coaching career at Villanova as an assistant in 1991. In 1992, he joined his former coach, Ed Kelly, as an assistant at Boston College for three seasons.
A native of Dublin, Ireland, Ainscough played for the 1983 Irish Youth National Team before coming to the U.S. to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University. He earned All-Mid Atlantic Conference honors all four years and graduated in 1987. After college, Ainscough was a first round pick in the Major Indoor Soccer League’s annual draft. He played five years in the American Professional Soccer League for the New Jersey Eagles, Penn-Jersey Spirits and Boston Bolts, earning APSL All-State honors in 1988-90.
Tony Mohammed: Girls Director
Tony is currently the Head Women's Soccer coach at Wellesley College. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Tony played club soccer growing up, and was in the Canadian National team pool. He went on to play at Kenyon College. After Kenyon, Tony attended St. Lawrence University and obtained a masters degree in education. While at St. Lawrence he started his coaching career as the assistant women's soccer coach. In 2002, Tony was appointed as the regional manager and camp director for the Lake Placid Soccer Centre. Before coming to Massachusetts, he was an assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Carnegie Mellon University, and interim head women's soccer coach at Vassar College. Tony currently holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.
John Kerr Sr., Technical Director: U11 Girls, U11 Boys, U14 Boys, U16 Boys - [email protected]
John Kerr, Sr. is a former North American Soccer League and Canadian international soccer midfielder.
A native of Scotland, Kerr emigrated to the Toronto area before going on to play 9 NASL summers - 1968 with the Detroit Cougars, 1970 and '71 with the Washington Darts, 1972 through 1975 with the New York Cosmos, and 1976 and '77 with the Washington Diplomats. He was the league's 14th leading scorer with Washington in '71 with 18 points in 24 games. In 1972 he was again the league's 14th top scorer with 10 points in 14 games with the Cosmos and was named league First Team All-Star at midfield.
Kerr played 10 times for Canada, 4 times in World Cup qualifying in 1968, five times in W.C. qualifying in 1976 and once in a 1977 friendly. Canada failed to qualify for either W.C..
Kerr was head coach of the Richmond Kickers in 1993-94.
He was the Major League Soccer's Players Association executive director during the late 1990s.
Kate Shields: U10 Girls - [email protected]
Katie Shields, a native of Dana Point, Calif., is currently assistant women's soccer coach at Harvard. Shields was a four-year starter for the Crimson and turned in one of the top careers in program history before graduating with a degree in government. In the goal, Shields was a four-time All-Ivy League selection, including first team accolades following her senior campaign of 2005. That same year, she was selected to the NCSAA First Team All-Northeast Region after allowing just eight goals, the second-lowest total in school history.
Her 11 total shutouts recorded in 2005 at Harvard rank as the most in a single season in Harvard history and gave her 18 for her career. In the Crimson annals, Shields concluded her career ranked second all-time in minutes played (4,145), third in total saves (272) and fifth in save percentage (.863). Shields also helped the team to an appearance in the 2004 NCAA Championships. Her .909 career save percentage ranks third all-time in Division I women’s soccer.
Prior to her return to Harvard, Shields held assistant coaching jobs at Arizona State and UC Irvine as the goalkeeper coach and travel coordinator.
Steve Pickman: U12 Girls, U17 Girls - [email protected]
Stephen Pickman was the first assistant at Providence College and was the goalkeeper coach for the Friars Men's and Women's Soccer programs for three season before becoming the first assistant. Prior to Providence, Pickman was an assistant coach at Roger Williams University where he served as the team's goalkeeper coach. Stephen attended College at URI and also played for the R.I. Stingrays D-3 pro-team for two years. Currently, Steve is the head goalkeeper coach at Harvard University.
Tim Wheaton: U13 W Girls - [email protected]
During his tenure as the Harvard Women’s Soccer Coach, Wheaton compiled a 153-82-20 overall record, including a 73-27-8 Ivy League mark. Under his tutelage, Harvard blossomed into a Northeast soccer power, earning its highest-ever seeding (eighth) in the NCAA Championships in 1999. That year Harvard closed out the regular season with a 14-1-1 overall record, and brought a 13-game unbeaten streak into NCAAs, the third longest in Division I. Wheaton started at Harvard in the fall of 1985 and served as an assistant to current Crimson Athletic Director Bob Scalise in both the women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse programs before taking over as head coach of women’s soccer in 1987. A 1983 graduate of Drew University in Madison, N.J., Wheaton enjoyed a phenomenal athletic career as a four-year letterman in soccer and lacrosse. He played for another current Ivy AD at Drew -- Columbia's John Reeves. He was named Drew’s Athlete of the Year in 1983, and was inducted as a member of the inaugural class into his alma mater’s Athletic Hall of Fame in October of 1991. Currently, Tim is the assistant athletic director at Harvard University.
Tony Tornaritis: U13 T Girls - [email protected]
Tony comes to the Bolts with a wealth of soccer experience. Most recently, Tony was a mainstay at Harvard in 2005, where he started all 16 games for the Crimson. In 2004, he was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region selection while scoring six goals including four game winners. Tony has also spent time training with Ipswich Town Football Club in the summer of 2005. In addition, in 2002, he played on the national championship Cape Cod Crusaders of the National Premier Development League.
Costas Flessas: U14 Girls - [email protected]
Costas comes from an excellent playing background having played professionally Greek first division from 1973-78 for 2 different clubs only to be forced into an early retirement due to injuries. Before immigrating to the U.S., Costas spent a short in Vitesse, Holland where he coached high school and amateur teams from 79-85. In 1999 Costas started a girls club that played in MAPLE before merging with FCGB. Costas has coached with FCGB since 2005 and has taken two U12 girls teams from MAPLE D to MAPLE 1 in less than two seasons. Costas currently holds a USSF B license and a Greek Soccer Federation Pro License.
Kelly Desmond: U15 Girls - [email protected]
Kelly Desmond, a former University of Vermont standout, begins her fourth season on the sidelines as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Northeastern Huskies. Before going to Northeastern, Desmond was an assistant coach at Harvard University. In the two years she was there, Harvard had two NCAA appearances and was a top 25-ranked team in the nation.
Desmond was a four-year starter at Vermont, captaining the team as a senior in 1997. She earned All-New England, All-Northeast, and All-America East honors during her career, and helped guide the Catamounts to one of their most successful seasons in 1996 when the team won the America East regular season crown.
Tracy Kerr, U18 K Girls - [email protected]
Tracy Kerr has been the Grils Director since 2002. Following the birth of her 3rd child, she resigned as Head Women's Soccer Coach at Providence College where she was for 6 years. Prior to her appointment at Providence College, she was the assistant coach at Harvard University for two years. Tracy is a graduate of the University of Virginia where she was a senior All-American and 4 time Regional All-American. She has played professionally in England as well as for the Boston Renegades and currently holds a National B coaching license. In addition to being the Girls Director for the Bolts, she is the head coach of the Gu17 team that is currently #3 in the Country.
Tracy Kerr played professionally in England for two seasons with the Millwall Lionesses from 1993-1995. During that time, she received her English Football Association preliminary coaching badge.
Tracy began her coaching career in 1992 as an assistant coach at Charlottesville (Va.) High School. She moved to the collegiate ranks in 1993 where she spent two seasons as an assistant coach at American University. From 1997 to 1999 Tracy served as an assistant at Harvard University (the team was ranked 6th in the nation) and in July 1999, Tracy was hired as head women's coach at Providence College where she remained until May of 2005 when she resigned to stay home with their 3 children.
Nicolle Woods: U18 W Girls - [email protected]
Nicolle Wood has served as the top assistant women's soccer coach at Salem State College since 1996. Wood, who is a 1995 SSC graduate, played goalkeeper for the Lady Vikings from 1991 through 1994 and was member of four Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference championship teams.
Wood served on the SSC coaching staff when the Lady Vikings captured the 1999 and 2004 league crowns. She is the only SSC player or coach who has played a role in seven of the program's nine MASCAC titles since women's soccer was added at the college at the NCAA Division 3 level in 1986. SSC also participated in three NCAA tournaments and an ECAC playoff during her playing days and won back-to-back ECAC New England championships when she served as an assistant coach.
Wood worked as Director of Programs at High Performance Sports, INC in Peabody for the last 4 years, and has been a featured presenter at Massachusetts Youth Soccer conferences and special events during that time, including state-wide meetings, coaching education courses, and Olympic Development Program events. She holds her NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma and is a staff coach for the Lake Placid Soccer Center in NY. Wood is also the Head Coach for the FC Greater Boston Bolts U18 Girls Soccer Team.
Jimmy Odierna: U10 O Boys - [email protected]
Odierna grew up in Amherst, NH where he played for the Nashua World Cup soccer club winning 8 state cups and attending regionals six times. In addition, Odierna played for Souhegan High School (’99) and won the state cup as a sophomore, second place as a junior, and as a senior Odierna captained Souhegan to a second place finish in the state cup.
After graduating from Souhegan high Odierna attended Cornell University where he majored in Math. While at Cornell, Odierna played for the club soccer program that finished ranked 5th in the nation his senior year. As a senior, Odierna started his coaching career as the president and coach of the Cornell club soccer team.
Currently, Odierna is the head men's soccer coach at Newbury college and is going into his fourth year teaching Math at Needham high school in Massachusetts. Odierna was an assistant coach for the U11 & U12 FCGB team in 2005. He holds an NSCAA Advanced National license and is also a director of Kerr Camps.
Sam Brill: U10 F Boys - [email protected]
Sam Brill is currently under contract with the New England Revolution. Brill played for FCGB winning several state championships. Brill also went to the national championship in 2004. In addition, Brill played for the U18 national team pool, and went to Brazil with the U18 Regoin 1 team. After his successful club career, Brill was a four year starting center back at Boston College where he received all Big-East honors. Brill captained BC his senior year.
Fred King: U12 Boys - [email protected]
King is currently an Assistant Coach for the Harvard Men’s Soccer Team. Before starting at Harvard, King was an assistant men’s soccer coach at Tufts University, and a Massachusetts ODP Staff Coach from 2002-2007. This is his 3rd year with FCGB. King currently holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diplom and a KNVB National Diploma.
Gabe Margolis: U13 B Boys - [email protected]
Gabe Margolis is the current assistant at Brandeis University. Margolis holds an NSCAA National Diploma to go along with his three years of college coaching experience.
Gabe started his career at Boston University where he helped lead the Terriers to the quarterfinals of the American East tournament. For the past two years, coach Margolis has coached at Brandeis as a full time assistant under Mike Coven. Coven is one of few soccer coaches in NCAA soccer history to record over 400 wins. Coven has also won the NCAA national championship to go along with this second and third place finishes. After transferring from Boston College, Margolis was a three year starter for Wheaton College, captaining the team his senior year. Margolis helped lead Wheaton to an NCAA Division III final four in his junior year, and sweet sixteen in his senior year.
Ben Brill: U13 B Boys – [email protected]
Brill played for the University of Colorado Men’s Club Soccer team where he helped lead the team to a 2005 NIRSA National Championship. He played club soccer for the South Shore Blazers, CRU, and Spirit of Massachusetts. As a coach, but assisted the U-15 Bolts, who won the 2005 national championship. He also assisted the 2006 U-11 Botston Bolts team that were semifinalists in the Andre Cup.
Nick Richio: U13 R Boys - [email protected]
Nick started coaching for FCGB in 1997, and has been a key member of the coaching staff since. He has won the Massachusetts State cup five times in his tenure as a coach for FCGB. Before coaching for the Bolts, Richio was a four-year varsity player at Babson College from 1993-1996. In both his junior and senior year at Babson he was the leading scorer and named team MVP. As a captain his senior year he went on to become an All New England Selection. In addition to his success as a coach at FCGB, Richio has assisted during the Babson College Pre-Seasons from 1997-2005, and assisted the head coach on trips to Colorado and Italy. He is also a personal instructor for youth, high school, and college level players.
Dan Colwell: U13 R Boys - [email protected]
Dan Colwell is currently in his second season as an assistant coach with the men's soccer program at Boston University. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2004 with a degree in Exercise Science.
Colwell played four years of Division 1 soccer at UMass, winning the Atlantic 10 Conference in three of his four years - 2000, 2001, and 2002. Currently he ranks tied for ninth on the UMass all-time career assists list with 16. In his senior season he was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference Team, after a campaign in which he started all 19 games and recorded five goals and five assists finishing third on the team in scoring. He led the Minutemen in assists in both his junior and senior seasons with 7 and 5 assists respectively. In four years, Colwell amassed nine goals and 16 assists for 34 points.
Dan played two seasons while in college in the PDL, Premier Development League, which many of the best players in collegiate soccer compete in. He has already won a club soccer Massachusetts State Championship as a coach in 2007 and is also a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
Gary Crompton: U15 Boys - [email protected]
Gary Crompton begins his 14th season as an assistant coach with Harvard's men's soccer program in 2007-08. As the team's top assistant, Crompton spearheads the program's scheduling and recruiting duties, and is involved in all aspects of the program.
A native of Philadelphia, Crompton was a standout defensive player at the University of Maine, where he captained the Black Bears for two seasons and was named Academic All-America before graduating in 1992.
Crompton is a nine-year veteran of the United Soccer League (USL) professional league. He holds the club record for appearances (81) with the Boston Bulldogs and Cape Cod Crusaders. In 1995 and 1998, Crompton was recognized as an "A-League" All Star. He served as team captain and was twice named to the A- League Team-of-the- Week for the Connecticut Wolves in 2001.
Crompton holds an Advanced National Coaching Liscense from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) as well as his USSF "A" License. He is currently pursuing a Master's Degree from the Harvard University Extension School.