Dr. David Carr elected to United Soccer Coaches Board of Directors
Dr. David Carr was elected to the United Soccer Coaches Board of Directors last week at the organization’s annual convention.
Founded in 1941, United Soccer Coaches is the trusted and unifying voice, advocate and partner for coaches at all levels of the game. The largest community for soccer coaches in the world, United Soccer Coaches elevates the game through advocacy, education, and service.
Soccer News: The United Soccer Coaches organization announced that Dr. David Carr was the candidate elected to the Board of Directors. United Soccer Coaches is the largest soccer coaches organization in the world, with more than 30,000 members.
Carr will serve a six-year term and will hold the title of Vice President for four years, before serving one year each as President followed by Immediate Past President.
Carr is a leading coaching educator who is nationally recognized. As Associate Professor and Coordinator of Coaching Education Ohio University, Carr has pioneered coaching education for decades. Carr’s coaching career has covered all levels of the game, including recreation, club, high school, college and professional over the span of more than four decades in the game.
“It has been an honor to be part of such a great association,” said Carr. “I look forward to serving on the board with such highly valued colleagues in shaping the future of United Soccer Coaches.”
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When asked what he thought would be his biggest challenge, Carr answered, “I’ve been a member for 45 years and I’ve watched this association grow. Obviously, I’m a coaching educator with a long history of coaching and developing coaching programs and teaching methodology. I’m a sports pedagogy guy so the methodology and the theory behind it I think are really important.”
“Much of my focus in the last 15 years plus has been more on the youth level, developing a better framework for youth coaches, working towards creating a better environment for the players so the kids get off to a good start and enjoy the game.”
“My concern is that we haven’t done a particularly good job of preparing volunteer recreational coaches for working with children,” said Carr. “We are afraid of the word mandate, so we don’t require anybody to have any level of coaching understanding, even if it’s a two-hour level one course.”
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Carr has been a United Soccer Coaches member since 1974 and was instrumental in the development of the Online Master’s Degree in Soccer Coaching at Ohio University in conjunction with the association.
He served as state representative for West Virginia in the 1980s and New Mexico from 1989-91. He’s been a member of the Soccer Journal Advisory Board since 2008. C
Carr officially joined the Board of Directors on Sunday, January 13, at the convention in Chicago.
The United Soccer Coaches Board of Directors is led by the following 10 members of the association, including six individuals elected by the membership, three at-large representatives appointed by the President and the Advocacy Council Chair.
Immediate Past President: Lesle Gallimore
President: Jeff Farnsworth
First Vice President: Kevin Sims
Second Vice President: Dr. Missy Price
Third Vice President: Ashlee Fontes-Comber
Fourth Vice President: Dr. David Carr
At-Large Representative: Warren Mersereau
At-Large Representative: Andy Haile
At-Large Representative: Haroot Hakopian
Advocacy Council Chair: Sue Ryan
In addition, United Soccer Coaches CEO Lynn Berling-Manuel is a non-voting member of the Board of Directors.
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