Steve Eise-Staff Coach
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Steve has professional playing experience as well having played for the Detroit Rockers and the Colorado Foxes. Eise was the Director of Coaching for the Northglenn Soccer Club and was also an Assistant Coach in the Colorado ODP program. Eise holds an USSF Coaching License and received a Marketing Degree from SLU.
Steve and his wife Laura live in Springfield and have three children, Mitch, Cole and Hallee. Mitch and Cole both play for the Springfield Soccer Club
Joe Kofron- Staff Coach
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Dr. Joe Kofron was an Assistant Coach with Drury University for five years. He is a 1988 graduate of the University of Evansville, was a standout defender for the Aces for four years and his team’s captain his Senior year. His Sophomore and Junior seasons the University of Evansville was ranked as the #1 team in NCAA Division I. An NCAA-I Academic All-American at Evansville, he was named to the All-Mideast Region and All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference teams.
Joe played for the Busch Soccer Club and Vianney High School in St. Louis while winning two State Championships with Vianney. He also earned Parade Magazine and Adidas All-American honors while at Vianney.
Currently, Joe is the Head Boys Coach at Springfield Catholic High School. He was also one of the founders of the Tracker Soccer Club which later merged into the current Springfield Soccer Club. Joe has a USSF Coaching License.
Joe resides in Springfield with his wife, Anne, and their four children, Nick, Hannah, Joe, and Amy. He owns Dental Care of Nixa in Nixa, MO. Nick, Hannah and Joe all play for the Springfield Soccer Club.
Josh Hertel-Staff Coach
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Born and raised playing soccer in St. Louis, Josh played for the Busch Soccer Club through age 18. He won the 1988 Missouri State Cup and went on to place 3rd in the USYS Region II Championships. Hertel attended Saint Louis University High School, were as a junior, he won the Missouri State High School Championship. He then attended Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN (NAIA), where he lettered as a starter for 4 years. Hertel also served as team captain during his Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. Josh was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American and All-South, and All-Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC) soccer team all four years.
After graduation Josh helped as the Assistant Coach at Christian Brothers University in the fall of 1996. After college he went on to coach youth soccer in Tennessee for the Memphis Futbol Club and captured a State Championship in 1997. Josh currently holds an USSF ‘B’ Coaching License and has coached for the Springfield Soccer Club for the past four years.
Josh is employed at Carlisle Power Transmission as an Equipment Design Engineer and holds BS in Mechanical Engineering from Christian Brothers University. Josh is married to Anna and they have two daughters; Reese and Dallas.
Tom Giovanni started playing soccer in the second grade in the C.Y.C. league in St. Louis for St. Francis of Assisi . From 5th grade through high school he played club soccer for Mastercraft Select, and the Plumbers Soccer Club in St. Louis for coaches Al Trost, Buzz Demling, Vince Drake, and Denny Hadican. Tom attended C.B.C high school and played soccer under Terry Michler, all-time winningest boys soccer coach in the country and went on to play soccer at Southwest Missouri State University (now MSU), a Division I program, under coach Jan Stahle and Tommy Howe. Tom graduated from MSU with a bachelorʼs degree in Economics and is currently employed by Acro Trailer in Springfield .
Tom currently holds an USSF license and has been involved in youth soccer since 2000 coaching the Cobraʼs and the Irish Middle School boys.
Tom is married to Mindy and they have three children, Tommy, Madeline and Gabrielle and they reside in Springfield . Tommy and Madeline (Maddy) plays for SSC.
Michael Seabolt- Staff Coach
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Seabolt came to Missouri State after a three-year stint as the head men’s soccer coach at West Virginia University. Seabolt led the Mountaineers to 13 wins in 2005 to tie a school record, as the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1992 and won a tournament game for the first time since 1981. Seabolt guided the Mountaineers from five wins in 2003 to 12 the following season and the school’s first-ever Big East Conference postseason victory. During his time as head coach from 2003 to 2006, Seabolt recruited and developed the school’s first seven players to play in Major League Soccer and another that went on to play professionally in England. He also developed and ran soccer camps for boys. Prior to becoming head coach, Seabolt was the top assistant coach at West Virginia for a season. He arrived at WVU from Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids, where he was an assistant coach for two seasons. During this time, Seabolt was also the head coach of the Boulder Rapids Reserve, a team in the Premier Development League (PDL). He took the team to the 2002 national championship game, in a 12-4-4 season. Seabolt was the top assistant for the University of Tampa during the 2000 and 2001 seasons, helping lead the team to an undefeated season and the NCAA Division II National Title in 2001. He also served as an assistant coach for the United States Amateur Soccer Association National Team from 2000 to 2003. Prior to the University of Tampa he spent one season as an assistant with the former Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer. His first collegiate job was with Elon University from 1999 to 2000 as an assistant with the men’s team. He also was spent one season as the men’s club soccer player/coach at Duke University during his time in law school. Overall, Seabolt has recruited and coached three first-team all-Americans and one national player of the year. Since 2001, more than 30 players that Seabolt has coached in college, the PDL or in youth clubs have gone on to play professionally. Among the players Seabolt has coached in college 9 have gone on to play in Major League Soccer, 3 others have made their way to Europe, and 1 plays in Jamaica. Seabolt, who is a USSF “A” licensed coach, graduated cum laude with a degree in political science from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1996, and is a member of Phi Kappa Beta honor society. He graduated from the Duke University School of Law in 2000. Seabolt is an avid skier and was lucky to spend two endless winters teaching skiing, working with the Ski Meisters, and waiting tables in New Zealand and Colorado before becoming a coach. (photo by Steve Olson) |
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Dan Meyer-Staff Coach
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Dan started coaching for the Tracker Soccer Club along with fellow Springfield Soccer Club coach Joe Kofron. He holds an USSF Coaching License.
Meyer graduated Vianney High School in St. Louis and then attended from Missouri State and received his masters from Webster University.
Dan and his wife Becky live in Springfield with their son Nathan, who plays for the Springfield Soccer Club
Ben Hamilton
Ben transferred to Drury from Meramec Community College in St. Louis where he lead his team with 14 goals and recorded three assists. He received first team all-conference and all-region honors and also earned National Player of the Week honors at Meramec. Ben is a local product who played his high school soccer at Glendale High School there he was a three-time first team all-district and all-conference selection for the Falcons, first team all-region pick as a senior and scored 19 goals and had three assists his senior season at Glendale. Ben played for the Springfield Soccer Club as a youth player and has been a member of the Under 23 Team the pas two summers as well. Ben is currently a junior at Drury University; He has been working with the Springfield Soccer Club for the past two years. Ben currently holds a USSF Coaching License.
Memo Latapi
Memo is an established member of the Springfield soccer community with an extensive experienced background as a player and instructor/trainer. Memo Graduated from Missouri State with a Mass Media degree. In 2003 he played for Gretna F.C. a Scottish Premier League team in Southwestern Scotland. He continued his playing in 2007 with Atletico Casalbertone in Rome, Italy. Memo has been working with the Springfield Soccer Club since 2005. Memo in recent years has been working as the Director of Lake Country Soccer Boys & Girls High School Academy. He currently holds a USSF”F” License.
Abe Stamper
Abe started playing soccer at the age of 5 and spent most of his youth playing in California on a traveling team before moving to Missouri, where he continued to play in the Springfield area. He holds a USSF license and began his coaching career in 1998 in Ozark and then coached a Nixa girls soccer team that had a lot of success in the local leagues, before bringing his daughters to SSC. He has coached U7 – U14 girls and has been involved with the Nixa Middle School girls program as well. He resides in Nixa with his wife Shelia and their two daughters, Taylor & Hailey, who both play for SSC. Abe is currently employed by Jack Henry & Associates, Inc in Springfield.
