Martin Clayes Named Men’s Soccer Coach At Westminster (Mo.)

News from Central Missouri is that Westminster has a new Coach. Martin Clayes has been hired following two years as an assistant at Truman State where he also earned All-American status as a player. Jonathan Malter, Parkview Vikings and Total Demize SC, will attend Westminster in the Fall.

Fulton, Mo. – Martin Clayes has joined the Westminster College coaching staff as men’s soccer coach and physical education instructor. He is the 11th coach in the 40-year intercollegiate history of Westminster men’s soccer. Clayes replaces Eric Steege who leaves Westminster after one season to assume an assistant women’s coaching position at NCAA Division I University of Toledo.

Clayes comes to Westminster from Truman State University, where he served as the women’s assistant soccer coach for the past two years. He previously served as the Truman State men’s assistant and then worked as a personal trainer is St. Louis. Clayes had an All-American career as a member of the Truman State men’s team, leading the team is assists in each of his four letter-winning seasons from 2002-05. He led Truman State to a pair of NCAA tournaments and completed a degree in exercise science at Truman State. Clayes played professionally with the St. Louis Lions of the USL in 2007 and 2008.

Clayes and his wife, Allie, live in Columbia, MO

I tried to catch up with Martin at the St Louis Lion’s tryouts this weekend. He worked with the team on Saturday but I was out of luck on Sunday when I made it out. I did have a chance to talk to Tony Glavin, owner and head coach of the Lion’s on Martin and what we might expect.