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Owen Flannery
Director of Coaching

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Phone: 415-810-1327
Coach Flannery has served since June 2007 as Head Women's Coach at Foothill College, where he also serves on the faculty.  He has coached many teams at De Anza Force Soccer Club, most recently the Force 91 Girls 2008 State Cup Champions.  Flannery will continue his duties at Foothill but will devote the remainder of this time and energy to Alpine FC.

As Director of Coaching at Alpine FC, Flannery will initially oversee player, coach, and team development for Alpine FC's nine teams aged U11 and under as well as the club's highly successful Academy and other special programs.  Alpine FC's ten older teams will also benefit from Flannery's wealth of experience as he consults with their coaches and eventually (as the ten older teams "graduate") he will oversee every team and program in the club.

"I have always been very passionate about helping athletes reach their goals. Becoming the Director of Coaching for Alpine FC is very exciting to me because it gives me the opportunity to work closely with the board of directors and this talented coaching staff. I am sure together we can give these soccer players a fun, safe & competitive environment."

Flannery received his BS in Kinesiology from San Jose State University, where he played four years of varsity soccer on a team ranked #1 nationally, and anticipates completing his Master's in Sports Psychology later this year.  He holds the following licenses:

• United States Soccer Federation A License
• National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Advanced License
• National Soccer Coaches Association of America Goalkeeper I & II
• National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Youth License and
• Positive Coaching Alliance Double Gold Club.

Flannery served as Director of Soccer at Menlo College from 2005-2007, where he took the women's team from 0-15 to a California Pacific Conference championship and was twice awarded Coach of the Year honors.