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Board
Member Profiles
Plymouth Soccer Association
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Chad O. Kelly
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President
Board Member since: ‘03
Club Member since: ‘00
Chad and his wife
Shelly have 4 children playing PSA soccer, all in the travel program.
Their youngest son is 2 ˝ and can’t wait to play recreational soccer in
the club. “His corner kicks are improving,” said Kelly.
Chad played soccer
years ago (he won’t tell us when!) at Henry Sibley High School and then
at Division III Gustavus Adolphus College before a knee injury put him
on the sidelines and channeled his energies towards coaching and club
management. Chad was a principal in an accomplished soccer club in
southern Missouri in the late 90’s. Chad carries a “Y” and an “E”
license and has coached high level teams for over 20 years. He is
currently coaching his daughter’s U12 C1 team and assists on his son’s
U10 team.
During Chad’s tenure
as president, PSA has opened an office, expanded the board, put renewed
emphasis on a great recreational soccer experience, implemented new club
management software, and had its travel program move up the rankings to
reach top 5 status in the state.
Chad attributes the
club’s success to the outstanding dedication of the members of the board
and countless volunteers. “It all comes down to having quality people
on our board and dedicated volunteers, which we have. These people put
in countless volunteer hours and are committed to delivering the best
possible soccer experience for your children,” says Kelly. He adds, “We
know we aren’t perfect, but we are improving the club every day.”
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Chris Gibbs
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Vice President
Since 1996, Chris has been involved with soccer in a variety of ways; as a
parent he cheered for his own kids while creating long time friendships with
other parents; as a team manager he maneuvered through the paper work and
the coordination required for any soccer team to succeed; as a coach he
worked to help players understand their important role as a team mate. All
of these roles have led to his appreciation for the game of soccer and the
positive role it can play in the life of young people.
Chris, along with his wife Joni, are parents to 4 children, all of which
played soccer or are currently playing soccer. He has been involved in
almost every level of competitive soccer from currently coaching his
daughter’s U11 C3 team to coaching and managing a U17 boys premier team and
almost everything in between.
Chris possesses a passion for youth and his inherently creative approach to
problem solving provides a unique and valuable perspective to the PSA Board.
He has served on numerous committees and organizational boards in efforts to
support his continued dedication to youth throughout the community.
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Steve Lerum |
Treasurer |
Pam Atkinson
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Registrar/Office Manager
Board Member since: '96
Club Member since: '92
Long time Plymouth resident Pam Atkinson first
got involved with PSA when her 20 year old daughter and 24 year old son
played in our program years ago. After retiring from teaching and
tutoring in the Hopkins, Minnesota area, Pam joined the PSA Board in 2005
and now works as Office Manager so "I could continue to make a positive
contribution" to the lives of children and be a part of the Plymouth
Community." By answering thousands of questions over the phone, over
email and from parents who visit our office - Pam is the face of our
organization to many! |
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Position is Open |
Director of Recreational Soccer
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Joseph Orr |
Director of Recreational Coaching
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Nathan Almquist
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Assistant Travel Director
Board Member since: ‘09
Club Member since: ‘03
Nathan and his family have been Plymouth
residents since 1990 and involved coaching, managing, playing with PSA
soccer since 2003. Nathan has a passion for youth sports along with a
history of non-profit organizational involvement and management that he
brings to PSA. His 17 years as a small business executive/owner of a
local creative and interactive agency allow him to bring strengths in
communication, marketing, promotion and organizational development
alongside his love working within the local community. He hopes to
bring all of these skills together to the service of PSA, helping the
club grow in quality and commitment to the good people of Plymouth and
their children. As part of the PSA Travel Committee, Nathan's current
focus is on travel program communication, promotion, logistics,
operations and compliance.
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John Atkinson
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Director, Girls Travel Program
Board Member since: ‘04
Club Member since: ‘92
Long time Plymouth resident John Atkinson first
got involved in the Plymouth Soccer Association in 1992 as a girls rec
soccer coach, and used his high school and college soccer playing experience
to move up coaching travel teams in 1997. He continues to coach travel
soccer today because he enjoys the experience. John's contributions to
our travel committee, to scheduling thousands of practices over the years
and to organizing equipment for hundreds of teams have made it easier for
dozens of new coaches to focus on teaching soccer skills. |
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Jim Williams |
Director, Boys Travel Program
Board Member since: '12
Club Member since: '06 Jim has been a lifelong
resident of Plymouth for 48 years. Currently lives in Plymouth with his
wife and 2 kids. His son plays for PSA on the U12 C1 team. Jim graduated
from Wayzata High School and played soccer there. Graduated from Mankato
State University and played a year of club soccer there. Jim currently
holds his D license. He has coached for the Golden Valley Phoenix soccer
club, Wayzata soccer club and PSA. He has also coached at Eden Prairie High
School and is currently coaching at Wayzata High School. He has been
coaching soccer for the past 30 years. Jim has been a teacher in the Eden
Prairie School District for the past 24 years. He teaches Physical
Education at Eden Prairie High School. Jim's commitment is to maintain the
reputation of the PSA boys program as one of the premier clubs in Minnesota. |
Position is Open
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Director, Girls
Travel Program
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Wayne Bellamy
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Director of Player Development & Coaching
Board Member since: '04
Club Member since: '95Wayne Bellamy
came to Minnesota and the Plymouth Soccer Association in 1999, from
Wellingbourgh, England, to work as a trainer. He joined PSA full time
as Director of Coaching in 2003. Wayne's qualifications include a USSF
"B" license and Director of Coaching Diploma, and his coaching experience
coaching includes tenure in England at Northhamptonshire, Rushden and
Diamonds. In Minnesota Wayne has coached the Minnesota State Men's
Select Team, the Edina High School Girls Varsity, the Wayzata High School
Girls Junior Varsity and several PSA Premier level teams.
Known for his boundless energy and
enthusiasm, Wayne says "since first coming to coach at PSA I have seenthe
club grow from 18 travel teams to now over 65 teams. PSA has now
become an all year round program, with hundreds of children improving their
soccer skills during the winter in two local indoor soccer domes. Our
recreational program is now over 2,000 girls and boys playing soccer.
All this is very exciting times for myself and all the coaching staff."
All in all PSA and myself aim to provide a
positive and enjoyable experience for the children, so they have fun
learning the world's best game.
See you all on the field! |
Cindy Moy
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Travel Manager
Director
Board Member since '09
Club Member since '99
Cindy has been a resident of Plymouth since 1988 and works in the Wayzata
School District. She has two boys who have played within the PSA Recreation
Program and then on to the PSA Travel Program. Cindy has been manager of
both boys' travel teams over the years starting in 2001 and to the present
day. She has developed tools for our Travel Managers to use to make their
volunteer position easier and more organized. |
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Craig MacBean
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Travel Director
Board Member since: '13
Club Member since: '07
Craig has 3 children
playing soccer with PSA including a daughter in the travel program, a son in
the travel program and son in the rec program. Craig has been coaching his
daughters travel team for PSA since 2007.
Craig
played soccer at Armstrong High School and at Concordia College where he was
All-Conference and Team MVP his senior year.
Prior
to PSA, Craig coached youth soccer teams for Lafreniere SC (New Orleans),
Lawrence Saints (Indianapolis), and Wings (now MTA West). In addition,
Craig started and coached the Inferno ’95 Men’s team to multiple State
Championships and Region II Finals. He also ran the Minnesota Men’s State
Select program for three years where they won 2 Region II Championships and
finished 3rd and 2nd respectively in the United States
his final 2 years. Craig holds a National “D” coaching license. |
Tom Nilles
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Field & Referee
Coordinator
Board Member since '93
Club Member since '93
A long time Plymouth resident, Tom Nilles has
been a leader in recruiting and training new referees for Plymouth Soccer
since his involvement with our club began in 1995. In addition to
recruiting and training referees, Tom routinely conquers the enormous
logistical challenge of scheduling over 500 soccer games, and the referees
that support them, on dozens of fields every summer and fall. Bright,
sunny skies in May and June make Tom's day! |
David Wick
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Marketing
Director
Board Member since: '05
Club Member since: '95
David Wick and his family have been Plymouth residents since 1990 and
involved with PSA since their daughter Jennifer began playing recreational
soccer in 1995. Learning on the job, David has been seen on the sidelines as
a rec coach, U11 travel team manager, U12 travel team Assistant Coach and
U13-15 travel team Head Coach. First elected to our board as Director of
Marketing in 2005, David leads our Marketing/Sponsorship Committee to
promote PSA and our events in our community, create an easy to navigate
Internet presence and raise sponsorship funding. In 2010 he added the
additional responsibility of Tournament Director for the PSA Minnesota
Classic Soccer Tournament.
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Position is Open
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Maureen Brick
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Compliance & Operations Director
Board Member since: '12
Club Member since: '06
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