This will be my eleventh year of coaching the Girard High School Girls Soccer.  I have been coaching at the high school level for 14 years, also coaching with the Erie Strikers Soccer Club, Erie Admirals Soccer Club, and Erie Lightning Soccer Club.  I have previously held coaching positions at Fairview, Iroquois, Villa Maria, and McDowell.  I hold both a NSCAA National Coaching Diploma and a USSF “D” Coaching license. 

I am employed with the Erie Water Works as a SCADA Technician.  I have been happily married for 29 years to my wonderful and understanding wife, Mary Anne.  We have two children, a daughter Michele who is 27 years old and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a son, Michael, who is 25 and recently graduated from Penn State Behrend. Michele played soccer at the collegiate level for Edinboro University.  She has a degree in Elementary Education and Special Education with a minor in Psychology and is currently a teacher for special needs children for the Wake County School District.  She is presently working on her Masters Degree as a Behavioral Specialist.  Michael obtained a degree in Accounting and Finance, and currently works for Presque Isle Downs as a Revenue Auditor.  He plans on getting his MBA in the spring.  

This season will mark my fifth year with the Girard Girls Soccer Team, serving as the Assistant Varsity Coach. I first started as a Volunteer Assistant Coach with both the girls’ and boys’ teams during the 2007 season, and I have been the Assistant Varsity Coach and Head JV Coach since the 2008 season.

I recently graduated cum laude from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Social Studies Education. For the 2011-2012 school year, I will be serving as a substitute teacher in the Girard, Fairview, Northwestern, and Millcreek Township School Districts, in hopes of finding a full-time teaching position in the near future. I am also an alumnus of Girard High School, graduating in 2006, and having been a member of the Girard Boys Soccer Team during my time at GHS.

I can admit that I am disappointed that we will not be fielding a junior varsity team this season, but it will allow the coaching staff to put all of their efforts into developing a very young, yet talented team during the 2011 season. While it will take time to adjust to not coaching the JV team this season, I firmly believe that what we do this year in developing the younger players will pay huge dividends in the years to come.

Like I’ve done in the past four seasons, I hope to make many more memorable moments as we progress throughout the 2011 season. I will expect nothing but being the best from my team – both on and off the field – and I am certainly looking forward to having a great season.

Matt Paschke
Goalie Coach

Mark Corey
Assistant Coach

Jason Morgan
Assistant Coach