Madeira Youth Soccer is a purely VOLUNTEER administrated organization with a goal of providing quality services to the children in Madeira School District and those attending St. Gertrude. In any given season, we have around 450 players in the program. We are one of the founding members in The Cincinnati Hills League. We are a SAY soccer organization were our emphasis is learning while having fun!
Every season we employ a trainer to assist our coaches with practice lesson plans and to help develop our players. This is what makes our program so unusal and successful - Madeira Youth Soccer is a Pioneer in our SAY program - in employing professional trainers to work several times a season with our teams as typically that only happens with "Select" clubs. We believe this contributes to our success both in player and coaching development. All of our Coaches are volunteer coaches and we currently employ the services of a professional trainers.
Tim Dicke as of 2013, Tim is now the former Director of the Madeira Youth Soccer program and recently decided it was time to move on as his daughter is almost through High School and his son is playing Select Baseball and Basketball. While with MYS, he worked with Mariemont (Bob Rich, Joe Mehl and others) to form The Cincinnati Hills League. It was his belief that the players should have opportunities to allow them to learn the game with quality instruction, thus is an advocate for certification of coaches, employment of trainers and promoting opportunities like the Soccer Camps we host. He worked countless hours answering questions, organizing and running registration process, maintaining field space, organizing schedules of practices and games, working with the league on tournaments, attending league meetings, ordering uniforms (huge job), organizing and ordering awards, preparing the fields, organizing camps and hosting camps and other items necessary to keep the program on track (just to name a few tasks) and remember this was a VOLUNTEER position he did for over 10 years. We are thankful to have a dedicated volunteer like him. Tim and Jill will stay on for a season with board positions in hopes to make this a smooth transition.
Mike Combs has taken over the helm at MYS! We are excited to have him.
Mike
Combs is a graduate of Mariemont High School, where he played varsity soccer
and was named CHL Player of the Year in 1991. Combs was recruited by Northern
Kentucky University, where he played for the Norse as a center midfielder. He
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and was named to NKU's
All-Academic team, Honor Roll and Dean's List. In 2005 he earned a Master's
Degree in Sports Management from Xavier University.
Combs coached at the high school level for seven years before becoming an assistant
coach at Cincinnati State in 2000. In 2001 he accepted a full-time position at
Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., as an assistant men's soccer coach.
In the fall of 2002 Combs became the head coach of the men's team at Cincinnati
State. In his ten seasons as head coach at Cincinnati State, his teams had a
record of 166 wins, 37 losses, and 6 ties. Combs led the Surge to eight Ohio
Community College Athletic Conference championships, two regional titles, two
district titles and NJCAA National Tournement appearances in 2010 and 2012.
In those ten seasons, the Cincinnati State soccer program has been ranked in
the top fifteen nationally and has produced 13 All-Americans. Combs was named
OCCAC "Coach of the Year" in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
and 2012. In 2010, coach Combs was named Regional and District \"Coach of
the Year\". Also in 2010, the soccer program made history by finishing as
National Runner Up.
Combs holds a USSF "C" National Coaching License, and is a member of
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. In addition to his work at
Cincinnati State, he directs the Playmakers Soccer Academy, which provides
youth soccer camps in Cincinnati.
Combs and his wife, Lange, have lived in Madeira for 10 years and have two kids,
Zimmer (6) and Grafton (3).
Jeff Bauer is the Referee Coordinator in charge of training, certifying, and scheduling the referees. He is typically at the fields every weekend and attends many of the league meetings for us. If you are interested in becoming a Ref, look him up! We appreciate all the work and volunteer hours he puts into the program.
Kristie Lowndes is our Treasurer in charge of the payment of bills, and expense/income reporting- and other items important to keep the Program on track. We appreciate all the hard work she puts into the program - Thanks for volunteering!
COACHES/BOARD: Chuck Dimmitt, Traci Theis, Jill Smith, Clay Slusher and Jill Dicke round out our soccer board serving on the scholarship committee. Make sure you give thanks to these people and the Coaches for volunteering and giving up much (if not all) their free time - as Madeira Soccer is only as good as it's volunteers and we have some FANtastic Volunteers.
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