Management and Coaching Staff

Walter Schlothauer - Director of Operations/ Director of Coaching and Player Development

• 12 years of professional soccer
• Cleveland Force
• Cleveland Crunch
• U.S. National Indoor Team
• Former member of the NCAA Division I team at CSU
• First Soccer player inducted into the Mentor High School Sports Hall of Fame
• Coached at Premier Club level for over 10 years
• Coached the North Olmsted Girls Varsity where they became Regional Finalists four consecutive years
• In 1998 the Greater Cleveland Coach of the Year

Current Coaching Staff:

• Kelly Gray
• USSF Licensed coach
• 1st  Assistant Women's Coach at Edinboro University (4 years)
• Former Head Coach for Women's Soccer at Baldwin Wallace College (2 years + 1 yr Asst.)
• 8 years of Premier Club coaching experience
• High School coaching experience for 4 years
• 1998 Lorain County Assistant Coach of the Year
• Former four year starter and captain for Bowling Green State University
• Clint Holliday
• Coached Youth Soccer for 9 1/2 years
• Helps coaching with the Westlake Travel Program
• Coached at the high school varsity level for No. Ridgeville, No. Olmsted, St. Joseph, Westlake
• Currently the Assistant Coach for the Westlake High School Varsity Girls Team
• Brian Michelson
• USSF National Licensed Coach
• Many years of coaching experience in the Parma Travel Program
• 10 years High School coaching experience with both boys & girls
• 2002 Coach of the Girls All-Star game
• Currently Head Coach for the, 2006 State Champions, Holy Name High School Varsity Girls, which is currently ranked 24th in the Nation
• 2004 Parochial Coach of the Year
• 2005 & 2007 NCL Coach of the Year and 2006 Plain Dealer Coach of the Year
• Ben Dotson
  • Currently in his second year as Head Coach for the Holy Name Varsity Boys
  • Former Assistant Coach at St. Joseph Academy for 3 years
  • 2-year letter winner for the Baldwin-Wallace College soccer team
  • Team trainer for NOSO
  • Excalibur Coach for 2 years
• Buddy Cooper
  • Former Assistant Coach for the 2006 State Champion Holy Name Girl's Varsity Soccer Team
  • Former Head Coach for Willoughby South's High School Girls Team
  • Founded the Willoughby travel program
  • Wealth of playing experience including time at Wright State University
• Joe Buchek
  • Currently Assistant Coach for Rocky River Boys
  • 13 years of youth coaching experience including working with Westlake
  • Former Director of Coaching for NOSO
  • Received an OYSAN Coaching Award
• Jack Griffiths
  • Coached Westlake Rec. Soccer from 1993 to 2000
  • Coached Westlake Travel Soccer from 1996 to 2003
  • Excalibur Coach since 2001
  • Former Treasure for NOSO
  • Coached Bay High School JV Girls Team
• Jonathan Fitzgerald
  • Goal Keeping Coach for Excalibur
  • Assisted Otto Orf and Elyria High School training keepers
  • 4-year starter for Baldwin-Wallace, 3-time team MVP, 4-time team Most Valuable Defender
  • Volunteer Goal Keeping Coach for Midview High School
• Tony Dickson
  • Currently coaching with the North Ridgeville Travel system
  • Former Coach for Columbia High School Girl's Varsity for 7 years
  • Conference Coach of the Year twice
  • Voted Lorain County Coach of the Year once
  • Former Coach for the North Ridgeville High School Junior Varsity team