I Grew Up Trying To Play For

Assistant Coaches Become A Little Bit More Buddies To The Players Than A Head Coach.

Growing Up As A Kid My Father Was British And A Soccer Player. His Idol Was A Guy That Passed The Ball A Lot, Stanley Matthews. Our Family Thought If You Could Be Unselfish Your Teammates Would Always Like You.

I Was 19 Years Old, Pumping Gas And Going Nowhere. I Was Kind Of A High School Dropout At That Point Because I Had Left School To Play Hockey, But No One Drafted Me.

I Can't Be A Hypocrite As A Coach Because As A Player That's What I Wanted. I Wanted Feedback, I Wanted Communication From The Boss. I Showed Up For Work, You Can Yell At Me If You Want, But I Want Input. So That's The Kind Of Coach I Want To Be.

You Eat And Sleep It All Day Long And Play On The Streets Until Mom Calls You In. My Story Is No Different Than Anybody Else's.