Director of Coaches
Clayton Schmitt
Email:
[email protected] | NSCAA Premier Diploma
NSCAA Advanced National GK Diploma | Clayton has served as the DOC of Northside Soccer Academy since 2011. He also currently serves as an assistant with the Emory University Men’s Soccer Program and is the Holy Innocence Girls Varsity Head Coach. In the past, he has worked at Oglethorpe University with the men’s program and was the Varsity Head Coach at both the Weber School and Holy Spirit Prep. |
Academy Director
Wes Lutz
Email:
[email protected] | USSF “B” License
NSCAA Advanced National | Wesley is going on year 4 as the academy director at Southern Soccer Academy Northside. He also currently serves as the volunteer assistant with the woman’s team at Georgia State. In the past he has served on the coaching staffs at Oglethorpe University and Emory University. |
| Erik Astrom | | Erik joined the SSA-Northside Staff in the Spring of 2019 |
| Amanda Bruemmer | | Amanda has been on the SSA-Northside Staff since Spring of 2018. She is the current grad assistant with the Georgia State University Woman’s Soccer Program. Before GSU, Amanda was a 4 year-starter as a defender for the GSU women's soccer program. |
| Carlos Carrillo | USSF “D” License | Carlos has been with SSA Northside since the Fall of 2016. He is the Current Holy Innocents' Varsity Boys Head Coach and was a former assistant high school boys coach at Pace. |
| Troy Connolly | USSF “D” License | Troy has been with SSA Northside since the Fall of 2017. He is the current Boys Head Coach at Campbell HS. In the past, he has served as a former community coach at Kennesaw Mountain HS from 2011-2014 and a former NASA Staff coach from 2014-2017 |
| Ricky Davey | NSCAA Premier Diploma | Ricky started with SSA-Northside Fall of 2018. He is the current Georgia State University Men's Soccer Assistant Coach. In the past Ricky has worked at Francis Marion Men's Soccer Assistant Coach, LeMoyne College Men's Assistant Coach, University of Alabama Huntsville Men's Soccer
Playing experience: Birmingham Hammers, Rocket City United, Rochester Riverdogs (NPSL), University of Montevallo, England U18's/Yeovil Town |
Jeff Hatchew
| | Jeff joined the SSA Northside Staff Fall 2018. He currently serves as the Galloway School Varsity Girls Head Coach/Director of Soccer. In the past he has worked with the Holy Spirit Prep Varsity Girls, Holy Innocents' Episcopal JV Girls, SSA Central Academy/Select Staff, Inter Atlanta Academy Staff
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Recreation Director
Steve Hobart
email: [email protected] | USSF “D” License | Northside Staff coach since 2016. Steve is also an assistant at Emory University with the Men's Program. In the past Steve has served as an Assistant coach with the Oglethorpe Men’s Soccer program a former GPS Smryna Director and GPS Carolina staff coach. |
| Jim Horesco | NSCAA National Diploma | Northside Soccer Academy Staff coach since 2011 |
| Ed Joyce | NSCAA Premier Diploma | Ed currently serves as the Georgia State University Woman’s Head Soccer Coach since 2016, Ed has also served as a collegiate assistant men’s assistant coach at Georgia State, Campbell University and Presbyterian College as well as a woman’s assistant coach at Ohio University. |
| Ross Lawrence | | Ross Joined the SSA Northside Staff in the Fall of 2018. Ross currently assists with the Galloway Girls HS Team. In the past he has worked as the Galloway School Jr. Scots Head Coach and with Challenger Sports. |
| Steven Langer | USSF "C" License (Provisional)
NSCAA Advanced National Diploma | Steve has been coaching with Northside since 2019. He has been coaching overall since 2006 and has been the Varsity Girls coach at both AIS & Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School. |
| Will Keegan | USSF “D” License | Will has been a Northside Staff member since Spring of 2016. Will played at Oglethorpe University. |
| Dan Klinect | USSF "C" License
NSCAA Advanced National Diploma | Dan joined the Northside branch in 2018 and will coach the 07 and 06G NPL teams in 2020-21. Dan is the Head VB Soccer Coach at Parkview High School, and has coached at the HS level for 25 years, winning 3 GHSA state championships. He is also an Assistant Coach at Emory University with the Men's Soccer team.
Dan was also recently named the 2019 NFHS Soccer Coach of the Year! |
| Luis Meneses | UEFA "B" License
Level II Portugese FA License | Luis joined SSA in the fall of 2019. His previous experience is coaching with Youth Professional Academies at F.C.Porto (Portugal) and West Bromwich Albion F.C (England). |
| Alex Mosley | NSCAA Premier Diploma, USSF “A” License | NASA Academy Director/Select Coach, Dacula Revolution Director of Coaches, TYSA Boys & Girls Club Program Director, Oglethorpe University Men’s & Women’s Assistant Coach |
| Tess Patton | | Tess Patton joined the SSA-Northside Staff in the Fall of 2018. Tess currently works with Soccer in the Streets and is a former collegiate athlete at Mercer University with the woman's soccer program. |
| Mallory Sayre | | Northside staff coach since the Fall of 2016. Also serves as the assistant with the Oglethorpe woman’s soccer program. |
| Scott Snyder | USSF National “B”
NSCAA Advanced National | Scott has been with SSA Northside since the Fall of 2017. Scott is the current Westminster Boys High School Coach where he has won 6 state Championships. In the past he has served as the Notre Dame High School coach (TN), a staff coach at Buckhead YMCA, former DOC of Smyrna Soccer Club, and an ODP staff coach in TN. |
| Scott Zoino | | Scott Joined the Northside Staff in the Spring of 2018 and has worked primarily with the academy goalkeepers and pre-academy program. |