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Phil Wheddon
• Head Caoch / Syracuse Univ.
• GKONE Founder / Instructor
• US National GK Coach
• "A" coaching license
• U.S. National Licensing
instructor since 2001. |
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• Phil Wheddon, an assistant coach and the goalkeeper
coach for the United States Women's National Soccer
Team, is Syracuse University's new women's soccer
coach.
• 2 time Olympic Gold Medal winner 2004 and 2008
• Wheddon became the national team's goalkeeper
coach in 2002 and helped lead the team to a third place
finish in the 2003 World Cup. A year later, his team won
the gold medal in Athens, defeating Brazil, 2-1.
• In 2005, Wheddon became the assistant coach and
goalkeeper coach with the U.S. Men's National Team,
which won the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and competed
i in the 2006 World Cup. He returned to his position with
the women's national team and helped the squad to a
third place finish in the 2007 World Cup.
• Wheddon began his collegiate coaching career at
Southern Connecticut State University in 1997. He was
an assistant and goalkeeper coach for the men’s and
women's teams through 2000, including the men’s 1998
and 1999 Division II National Championship seasons.
• In 2000, he served as the goalkeeper coach for the
NY/NJ MetroStars of MLS, which won the 2000 Eastern
Division Title, before becoming an assistant coach for
the Boston Breakers of the WUSA in 2001 and 2002.
• A native of a native of Basingstoke, England, Wheddon
earned a Higher National Degree in business and finance
with a sports coaching minor from Crewe and Alsager
College in Crewe, England in 1989. |
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Scott Calabrese
• Head Coach / ETSU
• GKONE Instructor
• “A” coaching license
• Level I and II certified
goalkeeping instructor
with the NSCAA |
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•Scott Calabrese was named the first ever head coach of
ETSU's men's soccer program on January 12, 2007.
•Calabrese, a former professional soccer player who has
coached at the collegiate and pro levels, will direct a program
that begins to compete at the club level in the fall of 2007,
before entering Atlantic Sun Conference competition as a
program during the 2008 season.
•Calabrese has spent the past four seasons helping guide the
Clemson Tigers to the top of the national rankings, including a
trip to the NCAA Final Four in 2005 and a No. 1 national ranking
midway through the season. With duties that range from
recruiting to player development to general internal operations,
Calabrese also directed the Clemson Soccer Academy, which
plays host to over 1,800 children each summer.
•Prior to his time at Clemson, Calabrese coached on the
college level at the University of North Carolina from 2000-
2001, helping the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference
championship and Elite Eight appearance in 2000, and then
to a national championship in 2001. He also spent two
seasons in the Atlantic Sun Conference, assisting at Stetson
University from 1998-99. At the collegiate level, Calabrese
has a career record of 89-33-10 including two 20 wins
seasons.
•On the professional level, Calabrese was an assistant coach
for the Carolina Courage of the WUSA, working to advance that
franchise from “worst to first” and winning a 2002 WUSA title.
He played professionally for the Rhode Island Sting Rays from
1995 to 1997, as well as the South Carolina Shamrocks in
1999. |
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