COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS

SPRING 2024 AWARD WINNERS



LMSC honors two travel team coaches and one intramural coach at the end of each season as Coach Of The Year winners. Our Award winners are recognized for outstanding contributions to the club as well as overall success in adhering to the club's philosophy of "providing each and every child with a fun filled experience in a soccer environment."


 
Our Spring, 2024 Girls Travel Team Coach Of The Year Award winner is Grant Myers, head coach for our girls Under 9 A Bling Navy and our Under 9 B Bling Red teams. This spring, Grant led Bling Navy to the EPYSA state championship (top flight) and also led Bling Red to the EPYSA state championship, second flight. Grant is a consummate professional. His consistency and "this is a marathon, not a sprint" approach to coaching at this age are true differentiators. In addition to his technical coaching expertise, Grant is highly organized and diligent, which really sets a great tone for the LMSC players (and families) at these young ages. Grant has been with LMSC for close to two decades. Over the years, he has developed many players to play at the high school level, the college level, and a few at the professional level. Grant was named LMSC Boys Travel Team Coach Of The Year in 2022. Congratulations to Grant for being named this year's LMSC Girls Travel Team Coach of the Year.


 
Our Spring, 2024 Boys Travel Team Coach Of The Year Award winner is Wayne McKinney, head coach for the boys Under 11 Reds team as well as the girls Under 10 Crush White team. During Wayne's four years with the 2013 boys, they accumulated a record of 114 wins, 41 losses and 9 ties. This season, Wayne started the boys playing in the Central league in the fall, but after earning some wins by large margins, he opted to have his team play in the more competitve EDP League where they finished in the top half of the table, recording numerous victories over the 'A' teams from other clubs. Also, back in May, the Reds won the Whitpain Spring Classic tournament. In 2020, the Reds went undefeated in Central League play in the spring and fall, playing in Covid masks. In their second season, they went undefeated in the fall and lost only one Central League game in the spring. In the team's third season, their passing game became a thing of beauty. Many of the boys have just moved up to the 'A' team for the approaching fall season. Congratulations to Wayne for being named LMSC Boys Travel Team Coach of the Year and thank you for your tremendous coaching and leadership over the last four decades on the soccer fields. LMSC would like to wish you the best of luck in your well deserved retirement. Enjoy life down at the shore and never forget the Gorillas vs. Stompers games.


 
Our Spring, 2024 Assistant Travel Team Coach Of The Year Award winner is Ben Cromer. Ben played for LMSC for many, many years and played for the Lower Merion High School varsity the past few years. Ben has been helping coach several teams this fall, working with veteran coaches Grant Myers and Dan Stoudt. Ben will be heading off to Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) in the fall. Ben is mature beyond his years and a great asset to LMSC's young players. His ability to lead and communicate for a young man his age is remarkable. He is an absolute pleasure to work with and has a great future ahead of him, regardless of the path he chooses. Congratulations to Ben for being named LMSC Assistant Travel Team Coach of the Year. Ben has made a huge difference in the lives of the players who he has coached in recent years. Hopefully he will continue coach when he gets to college this fall.


 
Our Spring, 2024 Intramural Coach Of The Year Award goes to Rob Gillman. Rob has been coaching his son Noah's team since 2018, in the Fall Intramural Program as well as the Spring Intramural Program and Winter Intramural Program. starting many years ago in the club's youngest divisions. Rob has had a great following each year with a lot of boys who request to have him as their head coach. As a youth, Rob played locally, including playing at Harriton High School. Rob has also coached at Lower Merion High School and West Chester University. Having fun, good sportsmanship and soccer development are coach Rob's core values. He attributes the teams' success to the amazing group of kids and his hard working assistant Stuart Chase. LMSC is very thankful and appreciative to have Rob, along with his assistant coach Stuart, as part of LMSC over the years. Congratulations to Rob on being named LMSC Intramural Coach Of The Year.







LMSC COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

Spring, 2024Grant MyersGirls Travel Program
  Wayne McKinneyBoys Travel Program
 Ben CromerAssistant Travel Team Coach
 Rob GillmanIntramural Program
Fall, 2023James HuthBoys Travel Program
 Ryan HartzellGirls Travel Program
 Jenna LeonziAssistant Travel Team Coach
 Abby RegerIntramural Program
Spring, 2023Justine DavisGirls Travel Program
  Sam OlyaeiBoys Travel Program
 Doug SilvermanIntramural Program
Fall, 2022Grant MyersBoys Travel Program
 Dan RemmesGirls Travel Program
 Fernando FerroIntramural Program
Spring, 2022Sam LaneBoys Travel Program
 Jesse ZafiratosGirls Travel Program
 Katie Bar and Dori BroudyIntramural Program
Fall, 2021Henry FarrBoys Travel Program
 Chris BlackGirls Travel Program
 Brendan SammonIntramural Program
Spring, 2021Franky CarrozzaIntramural Program
 Dale HainesBoys Travel Program
 Jeff RhodesGirls Travel Program
Fall, 2020John WitkowskiBoys Travel Program
 Nico SeveriniGirls Travel Program
 Annie McConnon and Gaby MazzoniIntramural Program
Fall, 2019Anthony HainesBoys Travel Program
 Devon SwaimGirls Travel Program
 Marc SwarbrickIntramural Program
Spring, 2019Kevin RhoadesBoys Travel Program
 Pete GanglGirls Travel Program
 Serhat Sakarcan and Jamie BregmanIntramural Program
2018Brent JacquetteBoys Travel Program
 Kathy PrescottGirls Travel Program
 Pete GarziaIntramural Program
2017Kazim WeekesBoys Travel Program
 Pete GanglGirls Travel Program
 Anthony HainesIntramural Program
2016Jeremiah WhiteBoys Travel Program
 Megan Ostrelich and Kristyn ShanerGirls Travel Program
 Rob AllenIntramural Program
2015Gabe BetancourtBoys Travel Program
 Tom HoneymanGirls Travel Program
 Erik BlindenbacherIntramural Program
2014Ian WildeyBoys Travel Program
 Jeff RhodesGirls Travel Program
 Hanni BlindenbacherIntramural Program
2013Shawn Boney Boys Travel Program
 Jaclyn McGloneGirls Travel Program
 Jennifer GanglIntramural Program
2012Jared Harris Boys Travel Program
 Nico SeveriniGirls Travel Program
 Dale HainesIntramural Program
2011Joe Taylor Boys Travel Program
 Nikki PosillicoGirls Travel Program
 Matt SchwartzIntramural Program
2010Mike FalsettaBoys Travel Program
 Rasheed EppsGirls Travel Program
 Rachel MadelIntramural Program
2009Matt CoxBoys Travel Program
 Julie BattistaGirls Travel Program
 Kaitlyn McCaffreyIntramural Program
2008Ted DomersBoys Travel Program
 Rachel GallegosGirls Travel Program
 Michael PotterIntramural Program
2007Mark WeinmannBoys Travel Program
 Miguel NuilaGirls Travel Program
 Stephen SimonianIntramural Program
2006Matt McConnellBoys Travel Program
 Pete GanglGirls Travel Program
 Dan BubnisIntramural Program
2005Scott FaganBoys Travel Program
 Rob Rooney Girls Travel Program
 Tom Gallagher Intramural Program
2004Will Nord Boys Travel Program
 Rob Taylor Girls Travel Program
 Toni Meiers Intramural Program
2003Gary Smolen Boys Travel Program
 Casey Ichniowski Girls Travel Program
 Michael Mark Intramural Program
2002Tom Pillion Boys Travel Program
 Nikki Posillico Girls Travel Program
 Justin Ceccarelli Intramural Program
2001Walt Einhorn Boys Travel Program
Gabe Betancourt Girls Travel Program
Casey Ichniowski Intramural Program
2000Art Corrado Boys Travel Program
Will Haines Girls Travel Program
Fred Robinson Intramural Program
1999Miguel Nuila Boys Travel Program
Chris Dennis Girls Travel Program
Steven Spencer Intramural Program
1998Rick Whelan Boys Travel Program
Rose Miller Girls Travel Program
Stephan Axelrod Intramural Program
1997George Moore Boys Travel Program
Danielle Fagan Girls Travel Program
Dan Sutton Intramural Program
1996Ray Hurtado Boys Travel Program
Traci Brody Girls Travel Program
Joe D’Orazio Intramural Program
1995Dan Grauman Travel Program
Marty Rubenstein Intramural Program
1994Kip Lord Travel Program
Susan Reynolds Intramural Program
1993Chris CampbellTravel Program
1992Chris ScottTravel Program
1991Lance LaverTravel Program




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