Staff Directory

Our Staff

Professional Coaching Staff
Club Director of Coaching & Programs	Ben Birdsong	[email protected]	828-386-1215
Technical Director of Coaching	Nick Bertaux	[email protected]	828-386-1215

Administrative Staff
Executive Director	Rick Suyao	[email protected]	828-386-1215
Office Manager	Eve Ganley	[email protected]	828-386-1215
Head Registrar of Players/Teams with NCYSA	Kendra Gould	[email protected]	828-386-1215
Executive Board of Directors
President	Caroline Hart	[email protected]
Vice-President	Jason Joyce	[email protected]
Treasurer	Stacey Harris	[email protected]
Secretary	Rich Campbell	[email protected]

Director of Coaching Ben Birdsong
		Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC Licenses: USSF B & USSF National Youth License Email: [email protected] As Technical Director, Birdsong provides professional coaching and serves as our youth tournament director. Originally from Winston-Salem, Birdsong got his start in coaching at HCSA in 2009 while attending Appalachian State University. From 2012-2016 he served as the Women's Head Coach at Shorter University in Rome, GA, and also was the Men's Head Coach for the 2016 season. He also served as a Women's Assistant Coach at Appalachian State in 2011.

Technical Director Nick Bertaux
		Hometown: Apex, NC Licenses: Email: [email protected]


Technical Director
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COACH	HOMETOWN	CERTIFICATION	TEAMS
TRAVEL TEAM COACHES
Wayne Cable
Trey Boggs	Greensboro, NC	USSF E License	U11B Navy & U15B
Nick Bertaux	Apex, NC	USSF D License	U12G & U13B Gold
Ben Birdsong	Winston-Salem, NC	USSF B License	U14G, U14B
Marco Fonseca
Ian Lins
Austin Lubkemann	Boone, NC	USSF E License	U12B
Jordan Salimedo
GOALKEEPER COACHES
Jake Chasteen	Boone, NC	USSF F License
Franklin Joyce	Mouth of Wilson, VA	USSF F License
Amy Kolowsky	Columbia, SC	USSF E License
Dan Louisignau	Wilmington, DE
Heather Ostwalt	Boone, NC	USSF F License
U10/U12 ACADEMY COACHES
Ben Birdsong	Director	[email protected]
Franklin Joyce	Mouth of Wilson, VA	USSF F License
Maddie Warren	Boone, NC
Jacob Turner		USSF E License
Jordan Salamido	Raleigh, NC	USSF F License
U8 ACADEMY / HC REC COACHES
Nick Bertaux	HC Challenge Soccer Director	[email protected]
Will Voss	U8 Academy Director	[email protected]
Wisdom Ebirim		USSF F License
Ian Lins		USSF F License
Sam Taubman		USSF F License
Taylor Morton		USSF E License
Sophie Watkins		USSF F License
Thomas Lanner		USSF E License
Raphael Galliou		USSF E License
Jacob Turner		USSF E License
James Wise		USSF E License
U6 ACADEMY COACHES
Jody Young	U6 Academy Director	[email protected]
Skylar Hicks	Boone, NC	USSF F License
Heather Ostwalt	Boone, NC	USSF F License
Sophie Watkins	Boone, NC	USSF F License
STAFF COACHES
Brittany Bolick	Boone, NC	USSF E License
Jason Kimak	Knightdale, NC	NSCAA Adv. National Diploma
Art Rex	Pittsburgh, PA
Paul Stahlschmidt		USSF A License
Shaun Utterson	Newcastle, England

Our coaching staff boasts experience from all levels of the game including;
current & former HCSA players,
Skylar Hicks, Austin Lubkemann, Jake Chasteen, Franklin Joyce, Heather Ostwalt, Will Voss, Maddie Warren
current & former college players,
Paul Stahlschmidt (App State), Brittany Bolick (Charleston Southern), Jake Chasteen (App State), Jarrett Franklin (App State), Amy Kolowsky (App State), Jason Kimak (Liberty), Chelsea Parker (Mars Hill College), Art Rex (Slippery Rock), Shaun Utterson (UNC-Wilmington), Dan Louisignau (UMBC), Heather Ostwalt (App State)
current & former college coaches,
Ben Birdsong, Brittany Bolick, Amy Kolowsky, Chelsea Parker, Paul Stahlschmidt, Art Rex, Shaun Utterson, Dan Louisignau
college All-Conference players,
Brittany Bolick, Art Rex
college All-American,
Art Rex
current Youth National Team player,
Brooke Bingham
former professional players,
Kevin Arguello, Art Rex, Shaun Utterson