Staff Coaches

Drew Abdella

Year Started with WPFC: 2025

Callum Bryan

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Riley Burke

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Hannah Cecil

Year Started with WPFC: 2024

Savanna Dickson

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Brandon Elmer

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Scott Ford

Year Started with WPFC: 2016

Rob Fossett

Year Started with WPFC: 2021

Hannah Fufa

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Miguel Gonzalez

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Kianna Guiterrez

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Jay Hamon

Year Started with WPFC: 2019

Dorian Hays

Year Started with WPFC: 2019

Joe Heidt

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Brandon Henry

Year Started with WPFC: 2015

Russell Hippensteal

Year Started with WPFC: 2025

Dan Keene

Year Started with WPFC 2022

Willy Leiste

Year Started with WPFC: 2014

David Liukkonen

Year started with WPFC: 2022

Hansy Lopez

Year started with WPFC: 2026

Jordan Milby

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Niki Milby

Year Started with WPFC: 2025

Froylan Pena

Year Started with WPFC 2026

Alejandro Peralta

Year Started with WPFC 2023

Shawn Percell

Year Started with WPFC 2023

Jason Prenovost

Year Started with WPFC: 2016

Connor Price

Year Started with WPFC: 2022

Lauren Quackenbush

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Nick Rosato

Year Started with WPFC: 2026

Jeff Russ

Year Started with WPFC: 2009

Nathan Salveson

Year Started with WPFC: 2020

Brandon Scott

Year Started with WPFC: 2016

Seyti Sidibay

Year Started with WPFC: 2025

Kevin Skinner

Year Started with WPFC: 2016

Zach Taylor

Year Started with WPFC: 2023

Richard Unsworth

Year Started with WPFC: 2017

Glenn Walrond

Year Started with WPFC: 2012

John Yorke

Year Started with WPFC: 2012

Keegan Yorke

Year Started with WPFC: 2025

Jaisen Zurfluh

Year Started with WPFC: 2021

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Drew Abdella​

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Callum Bryan

Coaching Years of Experience: 5+

Licenses: USSF D, FA Level 1 in Football & Futsal

Education: Montana State University Billings- Bachelor of Science in Business Management

Belhaven University – MBA

Playing Experience: Grimsby Town Academy
Middle Georgia State (NAIA)
Montana State University Billings (NCAA D2)

Team Successes: Belhaven University: CCS Conference Champions (2024)

Riley Burke

Bio coming Soon!

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Hannah Cecil

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Savanna Dickson

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF B

Education: Highline College — General Studies
Green River College — General Studies

Playing Experience: Highline College — Women’s Soccer
• Team Captain
• NWAACC All-League
• NWAACC All-Star
• NWAACC Division Champions
• Washington Championship Runner-Up

Team Successes: • 2× Washington State Champions — G2010 (2023) & G2008 (2025)
• Multiple tournament championships and finalist appearances across age groups
• California JSC U13 Finalists
• Regional‑level tournament qualifications with multiple teams

Brandon Elmer

Coaching Years of Experience: 10

Licenses: USSF D

Education: Future Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine, and bachelor’s in business management.

Playing Experience: Mesa United Soccer Club, Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club. 

Team Successes:  As a player, I was fortunate to compete at a high level and be part of several successful teams throughout my youth career, including winning the 2003 Yavapai Tournament Championship, 2003 Patriots Cup Championship (Arizona State Cup), and the 2000 Patriots Cup Championship, while also finishing as finalists in the 2003 Ring of Fire Tournament and the 2002 Patriots Cup. 

Favorite Soccer Team/Favorite Player:

N’Golo Kanté is my favorite player; my favorite team is Chelsea

Best Coaching Memory:

Best coaching memory is seeing players I coached grow and reach the next level.

Player Advice/Expectations:

Compete, work hard, be coachable, support teammates, and never stop improving.

Favorite Quote:

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”

Scott Ford

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF A

Education: Manchester Metropolitan University BA (England)

Playing Experience: Burnley FC, Bolton Wanderers FC, Morecambe FC, Manchester Metropolitan University

Team Successes:

  • 2017 Region IV ODP Championship.
  • 2016 Region IV ODP Finalists.
  • 2015 Albion Cup Champions (CA)
  • 2016 PDT Champions (AZ)

Rob Fossett

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF C

Education: Green River CC

Playing Experience: Club, High School, College and Semi Pro

Team Successes:

  • 2 WYS President Cup Championships

Hannah Fufa

Coaching Years of Experience: 2

Licenses: Grassroots

Education: University of Puget Sound – BA in Communication Studies, with minors in African American Studies & Education

Playing Experience: University of Puget Sound, WPFC

Team Successes:

Miguel Gonzalez

Coaching Years of Experience: 5+

Licenses: USSF B

Education: Bachelors in Liberal Studies from Seattle University 

Playing Experience:

Wally Sigmar Award Peninsula College 2012, Presidents Award Peninsula College 2012, NWAACC
West Division Most Valuable Player 2010 and 2011,

Seattle University Division 1 WAC
Conference Championship, WAC Offensive Player of the year, WAC All Tournament team, and First Team All- Conference.
5+ years Professional Playing experience in the USL Championship and NASL
(Colorado Springs switchbacks, Oklahoma City Energy Fc, Miami FC)

Induction in the NWAACC hall of Fame 2025

Team Successes: 

Peninsula college- NWAACC championship 2011

Seattle university- WAC conference championship 2014/15

Kianna Guiterrez

Coaching Years of Experience: 0

Licenses: Currently in the process of getting my A license.

Education: Pacific Lutheran University Bachelors degree in Communications

Playing Experience: WPFC juniors into ECNL. 4 years varsity High School and 4 years D3 Pacific Lutheran University. 2 years USL W Bigfoot FC.

Team Successes: 2019 2nd place state championship. 4x NWC conference champs with PLU.

Favorite Soccer Team/Favorite Player:

Barcelona – Lionel Messi

Best Coaching Memory:

Probably the first time I had one of my players talk to me about something she was upset about within the game and trusted me enough to help her though it.

Player Advice/Expectations:

Always believe in yourself and put 110% effort into everything you do. Soccer is a game of confidence, but also a game of mistakes. You need to be confident in yourself in order to move on and do your best.

Favorite Quote:

In the end, futbol always wins.

Jay Hamon

Coaching Years of Experience: 15+

Licenses: UEFA B

Education: Southhampton Solent University – BA Football Studies with Business

Playing Experience:

  • Southhampton Solent University
  • Eastleigh FC Semi pro

Team Successes:

  • 2021, G06 ECNL NW conference Champions
  • 2023, G08 ECNL-RL NW conference champions.
  • 2024 G12 State Cup Champions

Dorian Hays

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF C

Education: Stevens Institute of Technology

Playing Experience:

  • Cascade Avalanche State Champions 2001
  • Stevens Institute of Technology ECAC Champions 2002

Joe Heidt

Coaching Years of Experience: 10

Licenses: USSF D

Education: WGU B.S. Math Education

Favorite Soccer Team/Favorite Player:

Manchester United
Former: Roy Keane
Current: Lisandro Martinez

Best Coaching Memory:

There have been a lot of great moments, hard to pick the best. Maybe the best moment will happen this year.

Player Advice/Expectations:

What you do outside of training is paramount to your success: sleep, diet, touches, fitness, etc.

Favorite Quote:

It is impossible for one to learn what they think they already know. – Epictetus

Brandon Henry

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF B

Education: University of Puget Sound MAT

Playing Experience:

  • University of Puget Sound
  • Tacoma Tide PDL

Team Successes:

  • State Cup Championship (2)
  • League Champions (15+)

Russell Hippensteal

Bio Coming Soon!

Dan Keene

Bio Coming Soon

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Willy Leiste

Coaching Years of Experience: 15+

Licenses: USSF D

Education: Barry Univ, Miami Shores, FL
BS Sport Management

Playing Experience: FC United 3 years, Barry University 4 years, US Youth U16 Nat’l Team/Pool Player 2 years, US Region 4 ODP Team/Pool 3 years, WSYSA State Team 6 years

Team Successes:

  • 2004 NAIA National Tournament Quarter-Finalists, The Evergreen State College
  • 2004 NAIA Regional Champions, The Evergreen State College
  • 2010 Boys ’97 Region IV ODP Champions

David Liukkonen

Bio Coming Soon

Hansy Lopez

Bio Coming soon

Jordan Milby

Coaching Years of Experience: 2+

Licenses: Grassroots

Education: University of Wyoming Bachelors Degree

Playing Experience: Development academies in England
Rush
Community College Northwestern All Conference and tied for leading goal scorer.

Team Successes: Since highschool 2

Niki Milby

Coaching Years of Experience: 2

Licenses: Grassroots 7v7, 9v9, 11v11

Education: University of Wyoming Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice; Masters of Business Administration

Playing Experience: University of Wyoming: 2022 Mountain West Conference Champions
WPFC ECNL

Team Successes: Coming soon 🙂

Froylan Pena

Coaching Years of Experience: 5

Licenses: Grassroots 11vs11, 9vs9

Education: N/A

Playing Experience:Street soccer in Mexico

Team Successes: Finalist at Founders cup playing a year up

Favorite Soccer Team/Favorite Player:

Chivas, favorite player Pele

Best Coaching Memory:

Coaching a new player who only loved softball and didn’t want to play soccer. She never played softball again & ended up loving soccer after joining my team.

Player Advice/Expectations:

Try your best, believe you are the best and prove you are the best.

Favorite Quote:

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do”

Alejandro Peralta

Coaching Years of Experience:

Licenses: USSF D, UEFA C

Education: Barry Univ, Miami Shores, FL
BS Sport Management

Playing Experience: U19 Us Soccer national champion (2013), PNW conference champion and regional champion (2019)

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Shawn Percell

Bio coming Soon!

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Jason Prenovost

Coaching Years of Experience: 25+

Licenses: USSF B

Education: Champman University, MAOL, Hawaii Pacific University, BSBA, Highline College, AA

Playing Experience: Highline College ’88-89, Hawaii Pacific University ’90-’92

Team Successes:

  • State Championships (2016, 2019)
  • USYSA National League Champions (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Far West Regional League Champions (2013, 2016)
  • PNW Champions League Champions (2016)
  • Region IV ODP Champions (2011)
  • NWAC Champions (2004, 2016. 2018)
  • PDL Western Conference Champions (2012,2015)

Connor Price

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Lauren Quackenbush

Coaching Years of Experience: 5

Licenses: USSF D, Grassroots, 7v7, 9v9 & 11

Education: Rockwell Instituite

Playing Experience: I have been involved in high level competitive soccer growing up, including earning a State Championship.

Team Successes:  Gu10 – 4 Tournament championships, 3rd Division League Champions, Promoted to Division 2. 

Favorite Soccer Team/Favorite Player:

Alex Morgan

Best Coaching Memory:

Telling my U10 girls team they earned promotion to Division 2 after winning 4 tournaments.

Player Advice/Expectations:

Work hard, stay coachable, play with confidence, and show up for one another.

Favorite Quote:

“Believe in yourself and trust your instincts.” — Mia Hamm

Nick Rosato

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

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Education: Highline College AA
Saint Martins University BA Political Science

Playing Experience: Highline College, Saint Martins University, Tacoma Stars Reserves, WPFC legends

Team Successes: Won state championship 2023
3 college championships 

Jeff Russ

Coaching Years of Experience: 35+

Licenses: USSF C

Education: University of Washington

Playing Experience: 4 yrs UW, 2 yrs UW Captain, US National Team 1977

Team Successes:

  • 9 time youth state champion
  • 3 time WA youth state team
  • 3 time WA mens State team
  • 2 time National Amateur Indoor Champions

Nathan Salveson

Bio Coming Soon!

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Brandon Scott

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF C

Education: Saint Martin’s University, BA

Playing Experience: FC United/WPFC 5 yrs, Wilson High School 4 yrs (Captain 3yrs), Saint Martin’s University 4 yrs (Captain Senior Year), Kitsap Pumas, Leiknir Reykjavik

Team Successes:
ECNL RL Champions B U15 in 2022 and 2024 (B07 Black and B09 Black)

Seyti Sidibay

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF A

Education: Delaware Technical College

Playing Experience: College: Delaware Technical College, Semi-Pro: Finnsnes idrettslag

Team Successes:

Kevin Skinner

Coaching Years of Experience: 10+

Licenses: USSF B, NSCAA Premier Diploma

Playing Experience: West Ham, Leyton Orient, Greenwich Univerity, 10 years+ Semi Pro UK Ryman League

Team/Coaching Success:

  • WA State Boys Competitive Coach of the Year 2015
  • Region 4 Competitive Coach of the Year 2016
  • RCL Division 1 Champions 2016
  • Surf Thanksgiving Cup Champions 2016
  • WYS President Cup Champions 2016
  • WYA State Championship Cup Champions 2017
  • National League Champions 2017
  • 3rd Place US Youth National Championship 2017
  • PDT Champions 2018
  • 2017 National League Champions

Zach Taylor

Bio Coming Soon!

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Richard Unsworth

Coaching Years of Experience: 20+

Licenses: UEFA B, USSF C

Education: University if Liverpool MSc -Exercise and Nutition Science

Playing Experience: University of Liverpool, Semi-Pro in UK

 

Glenn Walrond

Coaching Years of Experience: 35+

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Education: University of Washington, Secondary Education

Coaching Honors: SPSL Coach of the year, SPSL Co Coach of the year x2
Team Successes:

  • Kentridge HS State 4A Semi Finalist x1
  • State 4A Qtr Finalist x3
  • National top 20 final ranking

John Yorke

Coaching Years of Experience: 25

Licenses: USSF B

Education: Pacific Lutheran University BA

Playing Experience: PLU/Belhaven College

Keegan Yorke

Bio Coming Soon!

Jaisen Zurfluh

Bio coming Soon!

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