Coaching Credentials
Experience & Education Summary
In addition to working as an Ontario Certified Teacher in the Upper Canada District School Board, Coach SRG has pursued numerous coach-related training programs and has spent over 370 hours coaching soccer to children & youth.
Standard First Aid
Adult-Child Infant CPR
AED
7 August 2025, SimpleCPR
Ottawa Internationals – Grassroots
35+ hours
Volunteer coach for U9/U10 Boys at Hillcrest Location for summer of 2025.
Planning & executing training sessions alongside another coach for 1 hour per week, plus weekly matches and participation in 2 soccer festivals.
I also filled in as coach for Owl Park combined U4-U8 & Hillcrest Boys U13/U14 “Black” upon request.
Summer FC
36 hours
Both solo & with an assistant, I’ve led soccer skills activities & games for children in the U5 & U9 age groups across Ottawa during the summer of 2026.
Coached up to 5 sessions per week at the Greenboro, Urbandale, & Alta Vista locations.
Age & Hours Breakdown:
U5: 22 hrs
U9: 14 hrs
Little Kickers Northern Ontario
300+ hours
Over 300 hours coaching soccer skills to children from 18 months – 8 years old during 2023 & 2024.
Both solo and with an assistant, I coached up to 20 children for 4 sessions per day, 4 days per week (plus an occasional birthday party and school visit).
- Coach Onboarding, 30 May 2026
- Complete Guide for Youth Soccer Team Managers, 20 April 2026
- Safe Sport, 30 March 2026
- Sport Nutrition, 18 September 2024
- Coach Initiation in Sport, 16 September 2024
- Intercultural Skills in Sport – Culture & Us, 30 August 2024
- Intercultural Skills in Sport – Culture & Me, 30 August 2024
- Intercultural Skills in Sport – Defining Culture, 30 August 2024
- Making Headway in Soccer, 18 October 2023
- Understanding Rule of Two, 17 October 2023
- Emergency Action Planning, 16 October 2023
- Soccer for Life (Theory), 2 October 2024
- Learn to Train (Theory), 24 September 2024
- Fundamentals (Theory), 14 November 2023
- Active Start (Theory), 19 October 2023
- Coaching Soccer in Canada, 19 October 2023
- Class Control & Discipline, 17 January 2024
- Progressions & Differentiation, 11 January 2024
- Match Play & Mega Kickers, 17 November 2023
- Little Kicks, 16 October 2023
- Fast Track to Lead, 4 October 2023
- Assistant Masterclass, 13 September 2023
- Introductory Training for New Coaches, 7 September 2023
- The Concept of Support in Football: A Practical Approach (Part 1), 18 September 2024
- How to Generate a Training Context in High Performance, 10 September 2024
- Promoting the Power of Mental Health through Coaching Practice, 12 January 2024
- Powering Coach Wellness and Performance through Self-Care, 12 January 2024
- Maximizing Coach Potential through the Power of the Mental Health Triad, 13 December 2023
- Commit to Kids for Coaches, 28 November 2023
- Foundational Information for Safeguarding Children from Sexual Abuse, 23 November 2023
- Agility, 26 August 2024
- Keeping Girls in Sport, 16 November 2023
- Respect in Sport – Activity Leader, 25 October 2023
- Strong Minds Through Active Bodies, 16 November 2023
Training in Progress
None Soccer Specific
Having recently competed onboarding for Summer FC, I am currently focusing on coaching children in the U5 & U9 age groups.
Primary Additional Basic Qualification
While not directly coaching related, I am currently obtaining my Primary (K-3) teaching certification, to supplement my current Junior/Intermediate (4-10) credentials. By learning additional teaching techniques for these grades, I will gain additional skills that I can apply to coaching as well as in the classroom.
Future Training (2026 – 2027)
Making Ethical Decisions – Ontario Soccer
Billed at the first step toward obtaining Canada Soccer coaching certifications, this course focuses on ethics.
Active Start (Practical) – Canada Soccer
Having already completed the theory portion, the practical segment further builds on how to coach young children (U4 – U6).
FUNdamentals (Practical) – Canada Soccer
Having already completed the theory portion, the practical segment further builds on how to coach children (U7 – U9).
Learn to Train (Practical) – Canada Soccer
Having already completed the theory portion, the practical segment further builds on how to coach children (U10 – U12).
Soccer for Life (Practical) – Canada Soccer
Having already completed the theory portion, the practical segment further builds on how to coach youth (U13+).
Accounting Diploma
Completed 2022
Cambrian College
Event Management
Completed 2011
Algonquin College
Bachelor of Education
Completed 2008
Nipissing University
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
Completed 2007
Carleton University
Teacher of English to Students of Other Languages
Completed 2002
United TESOL International College of Teacher Training