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Bio of Coach Lumumba ShabazzIn 2009, Lumumba Shabazz will begin his second year as the Pioneer Men’s varsity team coach. Coach Shabazz has enjoyed a twenty-year amateur, collegiate and professional playing career In addition, Shabazz has over 12 years coaching at the club, high school and collegiate level in Coach Shabazz currently holds both the National B License and the National Youth License administered by the United States Soccer Federation. He also holds the NSCAA Goalkeeper Level 1 and 2 licenses, in addition to several coaching certificates on Fitness, Speed and Agility and Soccer Camp administration from the English Football Administration. In a further bid to continue his commitment to professional coaching development, Coach Shabazz completed a two week internship at West Ham United in London under the tutelage and watchful eye of legendary master coach, Professor Tony Carr. West Ham United of the English Premier league is one of the most prestigious professional soccer clubs in the world, and their Youth Academy, where Shabazz spent most of his time, is world renowned for developing excellent young players. Under Professor Carr, who has over 40 years of coaching and developing superstars like Rio Ferdinand and Michael Carrick of Manchester United, and Joe Cole and Frank Lampard of Chelsea, Coach Shabazz studied tactics and technique, game analysis and the latest in soccer sports science. Coach Shabazz is also a dedicated lecturer and clinician who educate young players around the country on the role of nutrition in developing sporting excellence. He has also lectured extensively on issues of leadership, goal setting, and teamwork. His humor filled, inspirational lectures are often very well received because Shabazz teaches that the many lessons and values that a player can learn in soccer are often a great metaphor for what that player can learn in life. Coach Shabazz is currently finishing work on his first book for the youth soccer audience called Make the Ball Happy. Similar to the Chicken Soup series storied format, MTBH will feature inspirational soccer stories and lessons that anyone who is passionate about the sport will enjoy. MTBH summarizes Shabazz’s soccer philosophy quite succinctly because it emphasizes the fun, joy and passionate side of playing. It also emphasizes the development of creative dribbling skills, ball mastery and the willingness to take risks when confronted with challenges. MTBH is due to be self published and released soon. Lastly, Coach Shabazz is looking forward to his tenure as varsity coach because the program has quite a number of talented players and Shabazz is confident that he and the rest of the coaching staff’s experience and hunger for success will result in great steps forward for Pioneer soccer.
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Bio of Coach Sam SternAs a graduate from Pioneer High School in 2004 and former player in the men’s soccer program from 2000 to 2003, Samuel Stern is well acquainted with the elite quality of academics, athletics, and character at Pioneer High School. In fact, Sam has never really left, having moved on to the University of Michigan where he has completed his teacher’s certification in Social Studies and Psychology and will finish his double major in History and Psychology this fall. Sam continued his playing with the University of Michigan’s club soccer team, the winners of a national club title in 2006, and a participant in the 2007 Final Four. However, what Sam considers to be a more profound an experience than his time playing at U of M, Sam began his coaching career at Pioneer High School. After earning his National E license, Sam took on the Pioneer Men’s Freshman soccer team in the Fall of 2006. After a rewarding season with the Pioneer men, Sam assisted Chris Morgan with the Varsity women in the Spring of 2007. Sam continued to assist Coach Morgan with the undefeated Varsity men in the Fall of 2007, and most recently assisted with the Varsity women in the Spring of 2008. While coaching and going to school, Sam has also been committed to a variety of human services in the Ann Arbor area. Sam has been a board member of C.O.P.E. (Center for Occupational and Personalized Education) alternative school since 2005, aiding the agency in its mission to provide a secure and productive academic environment for at-risk students struggling to achieve their goals in public school. Sam has also been a director for the TOPSoccer program (The Outreach Program for Soccer) in the Ann Arbor area since the Fall of 2006. A program for which Sam’s players often volunteer, TOPSocer is a soccer program for children with mild to severe mental and physical impairments. For Sam, coaching is an opportunity to teach the game that he loves and perhaps more importantly, teach the life lessons of that game to young people. Sam coaches like his hair is on fire and seeks to express the game and its value through powerful relationships built with his players. As one attracted to roles of leadership, committed to human service and teaching young people, coaching soccer has always been a natural ambition for Sam, and he is grateful for the privilege to have begun and to continue this journey at Pioneer High School.
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