Fort Lauderdale Select F.C.: Coaches
Olaf Henke - Club Director and Coach
Olaf has been with Fort Lauderdale Select since the beginning in 2007. As the Director for Fort Lauderdale Select he oversees the daily operations and currently also coaches the U12 Boys. Before he joined Select Olaf was the Sports Director for the East Broward YMCA for two years, running several successful youth sports programs. In 2009 he became the head coach for the Pine Crest Middle School Boys and Girls teams winning a total of 5 championships with the Girls and Boys program. Starting in 2013 Olaf will be the head coach for the Pine Crest Boys Varsity Team. He spent the majority of his playing career in his home land Germany, growing up with 2nd division team Motor Eberswalde. He later moved on to play for various other clubs in Eberswalde, Munich and Duesseldorf. After an injury ended his playing career in 2001 he went on to become a coach and manager for local teams in Germany. Olaf holds the NSCAA Advanced National License and a USSF “D” license. Beside of his involvemnet in youth soccer he is also an advocate for adult amateur soccer in the area as the president of the Lauderdale United Soccer League.
Jodi Bogue - U11 & U17 Girls
Jodi has been coaching youth soccer since 1997 after playing at the collegiate level in Massachusetts. Jodi earned a D level coaching license, and was the coach of the Western Massachusetts Junion Pioneers, where she was the travel programs Director for several years. Jodi moved to Florida in 2008, and has two daughters who play Varsity Soccer at St Thomas Aquinas. Jodi currently coaches the U11 and U17 girls with Select.
Mark Whalen - U15 Girls
Mark Whalen began playing soccer at the age of 5. He has been a member of the Bavarian Soccer Club of Milwaukee, WI, known as one of the elite soccer clubs in North America, since his childhood. Mark earned a National Championship, as well as six State Cup Titles with the Bavarians. He holds a BS and BA, and played his college soccer at the University of Utah in the WAC (Western Athletic Conference), where he was elected the "Utes" team captain during his senior year. He was also a co-captain of the Western Athletic Conference all-star team during his college career, which competed at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs twice a year against top teams from around the world.
After college, Mark played professionally for four years, until an ankle injury ended his career. He has been a coach ever since. Mark has coached at all levels, including High School, College, ODP, Club, and Men's Major Division. Mark holds his NSCAA "Premier Diploma," and is a State Coach for the NSCAA. He also has his USSF "B" License. This summer, Mark will sit for his USSF "A" License.
Mark is an ACE, AFAA, Schwinn Cycling, and MAD DOGG licensed personal trainer and group fitness instructor, teaching classes at Equinox Gyms in Miami. Mark holds an MS in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin, and is employed as a Social Studies and Reading Teacher for Broward County Schools.
Mark currently coaches the girls U-15 travel team. His life motto is: "Do what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life."
Tuesday, April 16
Flynn Turner U14 Girls & U8 Boys
Flynn Turner grew up playing soccer in Los Angeles, a Southern California hotbed for youth soccer. He played collegiate, competitive men’s leagues and played for Maccabi USA (traveling domestically and internationally).
Flynn started coaching competitive soccer in Southern California and for 12+ years worked with boys and girls teams ranging from U13 to U19. During his coaching career in California, he has coached high school, Maccabi youth teams, and at the highest level in California, Coast Soccer Premier League. He also worked as an instructor for several Soccer camps in Los Angeles and Orange County, helping players develop technical and tactical skills prior to entering their upcoming seasons. Prior to relocating to Fort Lauderdale, Flynn coached high school soccer for Palisades Charter, Woodbridge High in Orange County, Westchester High in Los Angeles, and competitive youth soccer for West Coast Soccer Academy, Santa Monica United and Irvine Strikers.
Flynn came from a family that emphasized education. In 2001, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in business and in 2003, he graduated with a Master’s in Business.
Flynn holds national licenses from the United States Soccer federation. He is a Director of Philanthropic Relations at Miami Children’s Hospital covering counties in Broward/Palm Beach. He is married to Roni and resides in Fort Lauderdale. He enjoys watching/playing soccer and spending time with friends and family.
Jaime Gruber - U13 Girls
Jaime Gruber has an extensive college and semi-pro soccer career, as well as a wide range of coaching experience. Jaime played for Marshall University from 2001-2005, where she served as the team captain for three years, the only player in the program history to accomplish this feat. Gruber also entered the record books for total matches played with 69 and total assists with 11. She was awarded Player of the Year, and the Leadership Award after her senior season in 2005. Gruber has also played professionally in the USL's W League with the Cleveland Internationals (2004) and in the WPSL with the Steel City Sparks (2005). Jaime has a Masters Degree in Sports Management and Marketing and works for the National Football League Alumni Association.
Wednesday, April 24
Stephane Olivero - U12 Girls
Stephane is on the soccer field every day. He grew up in France where he was also trained as a player and a coach. He has coached pretty much every age group from starters to adults. Stephane has a vast knowledge of European football. Versatile and active, Stephane uses French techniques and emphasizes efficiency. He is completely dedicated to his teams. Due to his own deep passion for the sport, he is able to not just teach but also helps the kids develop a love for the game that lasts forever.
Cate Gundlach - U10 Girls
Cate graduated from the University of West Florida in 2006 with a degree in Health and exercise science. Cate grew up in Fort Lauderdale, and had an award winning high school career at Fort Lauderdale High School, where she was a HS All American and Army Scholar Athlete recipient. Cate played collegiately at University of West Florida where she was later inducted into the UWF Hall of Fame. Cate coached soccer at Pensacola Futbol club before moving back to Fort Lauderdale. She is currently owner of MCG Sports Fit, which offers personal sport conditioning for competitive athletes.
Zureida Molina-Julio - U8 & U9 Girls
In addition to her work with FTLS, Zureida is the girls soccer coach at St Marks Episcopal school where she has won the division championship for the past 4 years. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she was an NCAA student althlete. She was inducted into the South Plantation High School Sports Hall of Fame, and played Semi-Professional Soccer with the Miramar Women's Soccer Club, where she was National Cup Champions and Gold Coast Champions. Zureida holds the NSCAA National Youth License.
John Earle - U15 Boys
John Earle’s passion for soccer has enabled him to be successful in all aspects of the game. He has played at many levels starting 30 years ago in Vermont and began his coaching career 16 years ago. During this time John has coached club, middle school, a division one state champion high school team and a college team. He also worked as a founder of the USSF sanctioned amateur league in Vermont. Since moving to Florida John has continued to play and coach spending the past two years with Fort Lauderdale Select coaching both boys and girls. John works hard with his players in order to instill a lifetime love of the game and has coached many players that have joined the adult ranks after completing decorated college careers.
Romayne Minto - U14 Boys
Romayne Minto holds the NSCAA Advanced National License,
and has coached successful travel teams with Sunrise, Plantation and Davie
United. Romayne had a successful playing career at
Nova Southeastern University, where he earned a Bachelors of Science degree in
2002 and held operations positions with Miami FC. Romayne
has a tremendous passion for the game and its importance as a tool to develop
youngsters not only on the field but off the field as individuals. Romayne grew up in Jamaica before moving to
the United States to pursue his education.
Thursday, February 21
Stephan von Lattorff - U11 Boys
Stephan von Lattorff is originally from Vienna, Austria and has been coaching in Florida since 2009. He grew up in Austria, where he played his youth soccer at the academy of 2nd div club SV Stockerau, then played college in the UK (Oxford Brookes and Durham). He has 4 kids, his favorite club is Rapid Vienna and his favorite player is David Alaba from Bayern Munich.
Lorenzo Migliavacca - U10 Boys
Lorenzo played in Italy for 16 years as a goalkeeper before moving to South Florida and joining the Nova Southeastern University Sharks men's soccer team. He played for 2 years in the NCAA DII.
As a Junior Lorenzo played in 10 matches as a goalkeeper, starting in nine...Finished the season with a 4-4-1 overall record...Recorded a team-high 44 saves...Had a .688 save percentage. Recorded a season-high eight saves against Florida Memorial (9/14/09). After earning his MBA at Nova, Lorenzo started his coaching career and he's now in his third year of coaching with Fort Lauderdale Select. Currently coaching the U10 Boys. Lorenzo works for AutoNation @ Mercedes-Benz of Pompano as Finance Manager. Enjoys playing the guitar...Names Zlatan Ibrahimovic as his favorite athlete...Lists F.C. Inter Milan as his favorite sports team...Names Star Wars his favorite movie...Son of Enrico and Annelisa Migliavacca...Has a younger brother named Stefano.
Chris Pruitt - U9 Boys
Chris Pruitt was a four year starter for Nova Southeastern University from 2007-2010, where he earned NCAA Honor Roll Athlete honors all four years. Prior to his college career, he played for the Michigan Olympic Development Team and for Vardar FC. As a starter for his youth club, Chris won 4 state championships, 3 Region II Regional Championships, and 3 National Final Four Finalists. Chris graduated from Nova Southeastern University and received a Bachelors in Sports and Recreation Management. In 2011, Chris became the head coach for the David Posnack High School Boys Varsity Soccer Team. He has coached there the past two seasons and recently won the 2013 District Championship. In addition to coaching for Fort Lauderdale Select, he is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy at Nova Southeastern University and his NSCA Strength and Conditioning Coach Certification.
Laurie Uustal Mathews - U9 Boys
Laurie Uustal Mathews was a four year starter for Harvard University from 1989-1993, where she earned All-Ivy honors. Prior to that, she played for St. Thomas Aquinas High School, the Florida Olympic Development Team and made the National Olympic Development Pool. As a High School Player, Laurie was selected as the player of the year during both her Junior and Senior seasons. Laurie graduated cum laude and received an A.B. in Philosophy from Harvard and graduated magna cum laude and received a J.D. from the University of Miami. In addition to coaching for FTLS, she is currently a partner at the law firm of Hunton & Williams LLP.
Thursday, April 18
Scott Roberts - U9 Boys & U7 Girls
Scott Roberts has spent his whole life in and around soccer as a player, avid fan, blogger and coach. First playing as a child growing up in Saudi Arabia, he also had the opportunity to play in England, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Later he was the captain of his high school soccer team (Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut) and the captain of an intramural championship team at the University of Florida. To the bewildered chagrin of his doctor, he still plays on the Monday nights when his knees don’t object too much. Scott has coached both boys and girls from U5 to U9 for the last 4 years. Critically, he also writes a weekly post for the soccer blog farlieonfootie.com, primarily covering his beloved Liverpool. Scott is a partner at Wellspring Associates, a boutique planning and consulting firm that fully integrates wealth preservation, wealth transfer and philanthropic planning for affluent families.
Russell Coker - Goal Keeper Coach
Russell Coker grew up playing travel soccer, having a lengthy career with the Palm Bay Warriors Competitive Travel Team in Palm Bay, FL. He started at Melbourne High School as goalkeeper, before playing at Brevard Community College and leading the team to an undefeated record. In college he also began his career as a youth coach, for local Palm Bay Youth Soccer and local High School teams. He has earned a degree in Video Production from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and currently manages Legal Video Services, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, a legal videography and litigation support company.
Mike Goodrich - Trainer
Mike Goodrich is a Senior Trainer and will work with a variety of teams in addition to helping to train coaches who are new to the club. Mike Goodrich just finished his 12th season as head coach of the Nova Southeastern University women’s soccer team. As the winningest coach in program history with a 137-112-16 record, Goodrich has led NSU to progressive success on and off the pitch and is the reigning conference coach of the year and is one of the most sought after coaches in the region. A strong advocate of community involvement, Goodrich has developed and produced numerous camps and clinics for children in South Florida. Additionally, he is the co-founder and president of the Frankie Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the purchase and placement of AEDs (Defibrillators) in area parks and recreation facilities. He previously has not coached heavily at the club level and it's a nice testament to the organization that he agreed to join our coaching staff.
Mark McCormick - Trainer
Mark McCormick founded Fort Lauderdale Select in 2007 with a group of soccer parents and local business owners who were concerned about the lack of opportunities for the sport in one of the state's largest cities. He has been the club's president since the first season, and help grow the club from an inaugural class of 33 players to and three coaches to an organization with over 300 players, 16 teams and dozen coaches. A long time youth sports enthusiast, Mark grew up playing travel soccer for East Side Soccer on the same fields Fort Lauderdale Select would use 30 years later. He played club soccer at the University of Notre Dame, and began his coaching career as a senior in college coaching a collegiate women's club. He holds a USSF "E" level coaching license and has coached with Select for the past four year taking his teams to at least one premiere league major tournament finals in each of the years he has coached. He also supervises the clubs academy teams and training program and created the club's 3 v 3 league developing one of the strongest 5-8 year old development programs in South Florida. Mark is the President of Gulfstream Capital Holdings which runs Gold Coast Magazine, and several media properties in addition to Mirabel Technologies, the world's largest Magazine Management software provider. He is a former member of the City of Fort Lauderdale's Parks advisory board and has served in a leadership capacity on numerous charitable foundation boards and political campaigns.
John Uustal - Trainer
John holds a USSF “E” level coaching license, and has been coaching with Fort Lauderdale Select since 2007, and has coached both boys and girls teams of various ages. He played high soccer at St. Thomas Aquinas, where his team went to the finals of the State Championship. He was selected for one of only three spots available to non-Italian Citizens on the on the Italian Embassy Soccer team in Washington D.C., where he played for several years. John is partner with a successful local firm, where he successfully litigates injury claims on behalf of his clients. However, is more proud of his recently competing in local tournaments on the Fort Lauderdale Select Coaches’ Team where he has successfully finished games without being injured.
