Brian Tompkins will be entering his eighth year as the Co-Director of the
East Coast Soccer Academy. He recently completed his twelfth season as
head Coach of Yale University. In 2005 Tompkins led the Bulldogs to an Ivy League Championship and a trip to the NCAA College Cup Tournament. During his tenure the Bulldogs have had eight winning seasons, compiling a record of 106-81-19 including a school record 13 wins in 1999 and two trips to the NCAA tournament.


Prior to Yale, Coach Tompkins was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where in seven seasons his teams won two conference titles and reached the 1990 NCAA tournament. Recent Yale graduates have been selected in the MLS draft and former players Brian Roberts and Ryan Raybould are currently with the Kansas City Wizards. Jay Alberts and Matt Schmidt are also playing professionally with A League's Minnesota Thunder and Schmidt is also on the MLS Champion Milwaukee Wave indoor team. Tompkins has also coached players who have gone on to represent the USA National Team including 2002 World Cup star Tony Sanneh and former Olympian Manny Lagos, both of whom are two-time MLS title winners. Coach Tompkins holds a US Soccer Federation A License.

Geoff Wheeler will be heading into his tenth season at Wesleyan and
his eighth year as the co-director of the East Coast Soccer Academy.
After earning back-to-back NCAA bids in 2005 & 2006, Wesleyan narrowly missed out on a return trip, winning ten straight regular season games in
2007. It marked the third straight season of 10+ victories for the Cardinals
as the finished tied for third in the conference for the second consecutive
year.

Before arriving at Wesleyan, Wheeler spent two years as an assistant at Stanford University where he helped guide the team to an appearance in the 1998 Division I NCAA Championship game. A four-year letter-winner at Dartmouth College, his teams won two Ivy League Championships and made two NCAA quarterfinal appearances in 1990 and 1992.  He has played professionally in Zimbabwe as well as the A-League and former USISL.  He currently holds his USSF A license and a Premier Diploma from the NSCAA.

  Chris Cheney - Kimball Union Academy (Class B Champs 2007)

  Charles Mhlauri - former Zimbabwe National Team Coach


  George Kostelis - Yale University, Assistant Coach

  David Kulik - Clark University (2005 ECAC Finalists)

  Mike Pilger - Trinity College

  Kurt Swanbeck - Army Head Coach

THE ECSA STAFF WILL BE ASSISTED BY COLLEGE PLAYERS FROM WESLEYAN, YALE AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES.