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2007
Poets Men's Soccer Coaching Staff
Paul Gordon Walmsley
Head Coach
pwalmsley@whittier.edu
Paul Gordon Walmsley is entering his first season as the head coach
of the Whittier College men's soccer program. He is the former
head coach at California State University Maritime Academy and was a
member of the University of Illinois soccer team that won a national
championship in 1988.
Walmsley was born and raised in northwest England, where
professional soccer has been a part of life since 1888. He
traveled to the United States with the goal of developing soccer for
youngsters in America. |
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He has had thousands of
youth players pass through his camps and clinics and currently there
are 140 youth and adult soccer teams that play in his leagues at the
Soccer Center of Excellence, LLC in three different locations.
Walmsley has also worked as a trainer at a number of camps including
the Squaw Valley Soccer Camp, the Preston North End Summer Soccer
School and the Lancashire Football Association Centre of Excellence.
He has over 300 children in his "Lil' Kickers" program for players
aged 18 months to nine years, helping to further improve and promote
the game of soccer within America's youth. |
Jaimie Oberbeck
Assistant Coach
Jaimie Oberbeck is entering
his first season as an assistant coach of the Whittier College Men's
Soccer program. He has been a coach at the high school level
and was a three year scholar athlete at the University of La Verne. |
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Oberbeck began as a trainer for the La Verne/San Dimas under-16 club
in 2003. He was the Bonita Boys Freshman and Sophomore team
coach for two years before becoming the Junior Varsity Head Coach at
Bonita High School in 2005.
Oberbeck was named scholar athlete of the year his senior year at
Marina High School before going on to play at La Verne. He
graduated with a bachelor's degree in Math in 2006. |
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