Originally born in North Carolina, Brian moved to Kennesaw, Georgia as a child.  He played Select soccer for the YMCA, Canterbury Lions and the North Cobb High School growing up.  His soccer career continued at Young Harris College, where he was on a soccer scholarship.  Brian later graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics Education.  After graduating from KSU, he started his teaching career at Campbell.

John Anderson ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) - A native of New Zealand, John played his youth soccer (including the U-19 National team) there before being sponsored to go to England.  From there he was recruited to play at University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, where he was a member of the NCAA DII Finalist team.  Since moving to Atlanta John has coached with Metro North (now NASA) and Gwinnett Soccer Association, where he took his U-17 boys team from a position of little regard to being the #1 ranked team in GA and #15 nationally.

Adam Boyer ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )- Adam Boyer was a member of the 1986 Walton Raider soccer team that went through the state playoffs without conceding a single goal.  From there he went on to play for Georgia State where they won the TAAC East all four years and the TAAC conference two of those years.  After leaving college he moved to Germany and played for Duren 99 where he was the leading scorer of his team until he returned home.  Later in his career he played for the Atlanta Ruckus and Silverbacks and he holds the distinction of scoring the first ever Atlanta Silverbacks goal.  He started coaching in 1986 and has coached every age group from 2 years of age to U-19's.  Adam also works for Happy Feet Atlanta as a coaching instructor.

Italo Cardoso ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) – born in Brazil, Italo moved to America in his youth.  In high school he was  a member of the 2002 Riverwood State Championship team and played for the top team in his age group for club.  He is a rising senior at Oglethorpe University, where he had been a varsity member of their team until other commitments forced him to step away.   Italo has been working with Smyrna for past two years .  He has also worked as a community coach for Riverwood.

Jens Rahbek( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) - Jens is here “on loan” from Denmark, being in the US since 2006.  He has played all life and enjoys the game. As a player he played in the Danish national system and played both outdoor and indoor. Ironically enough, he says that he realized his dream of playing for his country here when  he became a national soccer player representing Denmark in the Scandinavian Soccer tournament. In his own words, “I have played 6 games in the Danish red / white jersey..... weird I had to go overseas to get my games in....”

Goalkeeper Coach

Anthony Navarette ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) - Anthony Naverette is in his first year of coaching with Smyrna Soccer.  Anthony played for Brookwood High School under coach Mike Coulter, where he was a member of the 2004 state championship squad and lost in the finals as a senior in 2005.  Anthony played club ball in Atlanta as a youth growing up as well.  Anthony had a scholarship to University of Central Florida but was unable to go there due getting injured at State Cup.  Anthony instead went to Georgia Perimeter College, where he was part of their 2005 National Championship squad and the GPC team that finished ranked 4th in 2006.