The training programs and soccer camps run by Lower Merion Soccer Club all feature a very experienced coaching staff.
Many of our coaches have coached at the high school or college level.
Most of the training staff has played at the college level.
Almost all of our staff coaches have extensive experience coaching in the LMSC Travel Team Program.
Below are biographies of many of the coaches that run the various training programs offered by LMSC.
Grant Myers - Grant played for the Lock Haven University's Men's team before playing semiprofessionally for many years.
Grant is the assistant coach for the Harriton High School boys varsity. Grant has also served as assistant coach for the
Marple Newtown High School boys varsity and the Lower Merion High School varsity. While at Lower Merion, the team were 2007 Central League champions
and District One champions. He is currently head coach for the FC Delco Under 12 Boys Academy Team. Grant was Assistant coach
for nationally ranked FC Delco Cannibals (2009 and 2010 state champions). In 2009, Grant's LMSC Rat Pack team won the state championship.
They were state finalists in 2008 and 2010.
Matt Cox - Matt played professionally for the South Jersey Barons, Proton FC (Malaysian Premier League), Village United (Jamaica), Quick Boys (Holland) and FC Will (Switzerland second division).
Before that, Matt played at the University of Maine and at St. Joseph's University. Matt has been coaching in our U-8 program for five years.
In 2010, his Under 9 boys team were state cup quarterfinalists. Also in 2010, his U-10B boys travel team were Delco League division one finalist,
losing the championship game to the LMSC U-10A team. In 2011, his U-10 boys were indoor state finalists, again playing the LMSC U-10A team in
the indoor state cup final. Matt has also coached at the high school varsity level.
Biff Sturla - Biff has been the President of LMSC since 1999. This is his 30th year coaching in LMSC. His teams have won 14
Delco League Division One championships, 20 State Championships (11 outdoor and 9 indoor), three Region One USA Championships and one
second place finish at Nationals. In 2010, Biff's U-9 boys and his U-15 boys were both crowned state champions. In 2006, Biff was voted the
EPYSA Coach Of The Year, NSCAA Regional Coach Of The Year and was a finalist for the NSCAA National Coach Of The Year.
Biff has been the head coach for Harriton High School Boys Varsity since 2002, leading Harriton to the 2006 District One AA championship.
As a high school coach, Biff has been voted the 2004 Del-Val League Coach Of The Year, 1999 and 2002 Main Line Life Coach Of The Year,
1999 Philadelphia Inquirer Coach Of The Year and 1997 Central League Coach Of The Year.
Rasheed Epps - Rasheed is the LMSC Girls Travel Team Program's Director Of Coaching. He is
also the assistant coach for the Rosemont College Men's Varsity team. Rasheed earned All league honors in high school.
He later played for the Millersville University Men's team, Montco Azzuri Men's team (1998 regional semifinalists) and PA Rush Over 30 Men's team
(2008 regional semifinalists). Rasheed has been coaching youth soccer for over 20 years. In 2010, Rasheed was voted LMSC Girls Travel Team
Coach Of The Year. In 2011, his Under 9A girls team were indoor state cup finalists.
Zach Weimar - A former player in LMSC, Zach is in charge of our goalkeeper training for our Travel Team Program goalkeepers.
Zach is the assistant coach for the Marple Newtown High School boys varsity and coached the first team all league goalkeeper in both 2010
and 2011. Zach is also the goalkeeper coach for Widener University and a staff coach at YSC Sports.
Zach played at Swarthmore College and was a two time captain there. Before that, Zach was a four year starter
and two year captain at the Friends Central School where he earned all state honors. Zach's club team were region one champions,
national semifinalists and four time state champions. His Olympic Development Program (ODP) team were national ODP champions.
Ted Domers - Ted began playing soccer at LMSC at the age of five. He led the LMSC Lunatics to the
1994 Under 11 State Championship. Ted was a four year starter
at Goucher College where he was team captain as a senior. Ted returned to the area and has been coaching at LMSC since 2005.
Ted has was a head coach in the travel team Program for several years and is now co-coach of the Under 9A boys LMSC Swamp Pigs team.
Ted is currently working for his doctorate degree in education.
Kara Williams - Kara was a four year member for the Temple University Women's team, earning All-Rookie Team honors in the
Atlantic 10 League as a freshman. Kara was an all-state selection in high school. She was a four year ODP player and Regional Team
selection for her club team, leading them to three state championships. She is the head coach for our Under 9C girls travel team, the LMSC Blaze.
Nicole Posillico - Nicole earned all county and all state honors in high school. Her club team, CT Omni, were national champions in 1994 and
national finalists in 1995. She was a four year member of the Villanova University Women's team. Nicole was the head coach for the LMSC Shock
travel team for six years. She is the founder and original head of the LMSC Summer Soccer Program for travel team players. Nicole helped form the
LMSC Under 8 Developmental Travel Team Academy program. Nikki is head coach for the LMSC Thunderbolts, our U-9A girls travel team.
Nico Severini - Nico is the head coach for Lower Merion High School boys varsity, the 2010 District One Champions.
Before coaching at LMHS, Nico was head coach for the Plymouth-Whitemarsh Boys Varsity. As a youth, Nico was on the Region One USA team
and in the National team pool. In high school, Nico was voted the Central League Player Of The Year and was a high school regional All-American
and All-State selection. As a youth player, his FC Delco club team qualified for nationals three times. He was a four year player at the
University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League champions). Nico is also a head coach for the EPYSA Olympic Development Program.
Julie Battista - Julie has been a head coach and trainer at LMSC for six years. She is a former standout soccer player for the
Villanova University Women's team and was honored as the LMSC Girls Travel Team Coach Of The Year in 2009.
Will Nord - Will is the head coach for the Rosemont College Men's Varsity. Will was voted Coach Of The Year in 2009 for his
college conference. Will played for the LMSC Gorillas, 1990 indoor and outdoor state champions. Will has been coaching in LMSC for
ten years, previously coaching the LMSC Roadkill and LMSC Nimrods. Will was head coach in the FC Delco Program where his Under 17
team were state champions, regional champions and national finalists in 2007. Before coaching at Rosemont College, Will served as
head coach for the Cardinal O'Hara boys varsity for three years as well as assistant coach for Bayard Rustin High School.
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