From the State-Register Journal in Springfield, IL comes news that Jesse Miech has been named the men’s head soccer coach at the University of Illinois Springfield. UIS is a D2 program that competes in the Great Lakes Valley Conference which will bring Jesse to Springfield, MO every other year. He is the second former regional Coach to be named a Head Coach in the GLVC this year (Kiley Cirillo was named Indianapolis Women’s Head Coach in January).
Miech was an assistant last season with the NCAA Division I Billikens, and he worked primarily with the goalkeepers.
He also served as a volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech in 2010, and from 2008-09 he was an assistant at Clemson. With the Tigers, Miech assisted in the day-to-day operations of the soccer program and was directly responsible for the implementation of a year-round goalkeeper-training program.
Miech also spent two seasons beginning in 2006 at Missouri State, where he coached the Bears’ goalkeepers and was the program’s head recruiter.
Work, and The Magazine, are requiring plenty of my time these days folks so I apologize for the lack of diversity on the site the past week or so. I love the High School game but there’s more to be aware of and enjoy out there. I’ll be back to normal programming next week, including a number of College Player updates. I’ve got a backlog of reports to share with you but it takes time to put them together properly so they’ll have to wait. In the meantime, here are some items I found interesting.
On a more positive note, I didn’t get pictures or a game report on the KC Wizards win over David Beckham, Landon Donovan and the LA Galaxy last Saturday. Heck it was Monday before I even heard what the score was, which was a bit strange. I did see that Jack Jewsburyplayed in his 150th game for the KC Wizards that day, tying him for 10th all-time for the Wizards. It’s also great to see that Jack’s back in the middle. He expressed an interest in that position in my interview with him in the first Magazine, teaming with his best friend Davy Arnaud has to ensure great communication as well. Congrats Jack!
OK, now for the goalkeepers and coaches out there. Was chatting with a couple of high school coaches recently and goalkeeper training came up. Well, here’s one of two video examples I found recently that will probably offer some good ideas that are easily implemented for your team. Click on the video itself to be taken to a second example as well as others that YouTube will highlight for you.
And yes, that’s Chris “Tommy” Tombridge (Kickapoo/Springfield SC/Northwestern) doing plenty of hard work with Lance Parker (Chivas/MSU Bears) under the guidance of former MSU Coach Jesse Miech.
Have you been watching the US Men’s team qualifying games? Any thoughts on who deserves to play in South Africa in 2010? These guys have been!
The Clemson Tigers have released the news of their new signing. As noted here early,
CLEMSON, SC – Jesse Miech has been named an assistant men’s soccer coach for the Clemson University Tigers as announced by Head Coach Trevor Adair Tuesday. He’s already missed in this region.
Greetings to all alumni, supporters, and friends of Bears Soccer,
I writing to share with you that Coach Jesse Miech will be leaving our staff at Missouri State to take a coaching position with Clemson University. It is with mixed emotion that we will be saying good bye to Jesse. He has been with us for just under two years and has contributed so much to our program. He specialized in coaching our goalkeepers, but had total involvement in every facet of the program. Jesse did a great job of preparing Lance Parker for the MLS. He will be well missed by the players, MSU coaches, and especially me. Jesse was also actively involved in coaching with the Springfield Soccer Club for former MSU Soccer coaches Jeremy Alumbaugh and Eric Sorlie. I hope you will join me in wishing Jesse all the best in his new position.
From Coach Jon Leamy’s email to his list of MSU Bear’s supporters.
