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Originally from Ireland, Lisa Finegan grew up playing Gaelic football, soccer, and basketball. She started playing rugby “late” – at 16, continued through college and competed at the international level. After traveling around the world, she moved to Los Angeles where she has spent the last 10 years as the co-director of the ICEF Student…

Josh Cilman moved to Vienna, Virginia, when he was 9 years old and played Little League there, eventually playing baseball through college. When he moved back to Vienna with his young family, he wanted to give back to the Little League program, so he started coaching. Ten years later, he’s coached his kids from Rookies…

Dash Johnson isn’t afraid of working hard. He played baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University for six years, getting an extra year because of the Covid pandemic. During those years, he earned an undergraduate degree in health and sports science, a Master’s degree in sports administration and was the only graduate student to be recognized…

While in grad school at the University of Pittsburgh, Michael Jones coached a middle school soccer team at the Lab School, a K-8 school affiliated with the university. He had a great experience, but was hesitant to coach at the high school where he landed his first teaching job. It wasn’t until his two children…

Like most coaches, Cobie Lee grew up playing a lot of sports. After getting her degree in physical education, she taught PE at the elementary school level for 15 years. But it wasn’t until she moved to high school that she truly began her coaching journey. For the past four years, Lee has been the…

Soccer is in Mike Pereira’s blood. His family played for generations in Portugal. As part of the first generation to be born in the US, Mike grew up around soccer, but he didn’t begin coaching until he had kids – first at the parks and rec level and eventually for a travel league through the…

Lindsey Wright grew up around coaches. Her dad coached soccer at the rec level and her mom volunteered as a cheerleading coach. When Lindsey started playing soccer in third grade, it quickly became her passion. She played through her first three years of high school, until a negative experience with the coach destroyed that passion….

By 15, Ashley Anton had reached the highest level in the US Gymnastics Junior Olympic program, but she struggled with injuries and lackluster coaches. When her coach didn’t show up to a competition, Ashley realized the younger girls had no one to lead them – and stepped up. Before that, Ashley hadn’t considered coaching as…