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Dunedin Stirling Soccer Club
Dunedin's Director of Coaching & Training
Don Tobin
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Former Professional Player
Former
Professional Coach
USSF National
B Coaching License
Over 29 Years
of Soccer Experience
Emphasis on
Individual Player Development
Founded &
Developed 'Tobin's School of Soccer Science'
Dedicated to
the Proper Training of Players of all Ages
COACHING:
Since 1995, the Director of Coaching and Training at Dunedin Stirling
Soccer Club has been Don Tobin. Don brings his life long experience as
a player and coach, and his love for the game to the players and teams
at Dunedin.
Don, known more commonly as "Tobin" to the
countless players he has trained over years, is directly involved with
the individual training and coaching of the youth players at Dunedin
Stirling Soccer Club. Unlike many Directors of Coaching at other youth
soccer clubs, Don actively works with all Competitive teams and
players. Don has the rare ability to adapt his training style to
benefit all players , regardless of skill level, age or gender.
As a coach and trainer, Don has had the opportunity
to coach numerous players who have gone to play at the college,
professional, and even National Team level.
PHILOSOPHY:
Don believes in developing individual player skills and tactics in a
proper, progressive, age appropriate manner. His training emphasis is
on individual ball skills and he teaches a passing and possession
style of play that prepares players to play at higher levels in the
modern game of soccer.
Creating 'Complete Players' requires coaching in
all aspects of the game: Technical, Tactical, Physical, and Mental,
and Tobin follows this in his training sessions. Click
HERE for more on Don's coaching Philosophy, in his own words.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Don's playing career began
as a schoolboy in England, where he progressed through the levels from
apprentice to professional player in the English Premier League. Don's
professional career continued in England and Ireland, and then
continued in the United States.
After moving to the US, Don played for several
American Leagues, several times being named Most Valuable Player and
being named to several All-Star Teams.
Don's professional coaching career began as a
player/coach for the Canton Invaders and continued as Head Coach of
the Memphis Rogues. Don was also Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Extreme
of the W-League (Women's League).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
| 1995-Present |
Director of Coaching and
Training, Dunedin Stirling Soccer Club |
| 1992-1993 |
Professional Player, Orlando
Lions |
| 1990-1991 |
Head Coach, Memphis Rogues |
| 1987-1989 |
Professional Player, Tampa Bay
Rowdies |
| 1983-1987 |
Professional Player, Canton
Invaders AISA |
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Captain Assitant Coach. Won 4
Championships - Team and League MVP. Played on the All Star
Team. Selected to play for US National Team to play against
Brazil. |
| 1981-1983 |
Professional Player, LA Lazers
MISL |
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Played on the All Star Team. |
| 1980-1983 |
Professional Player, Carolina
Lightnin' ASL |
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Won the ASL Championship. Voted
MVP of the ASL Championship game. |
| 1978-1980 |
Professional Player, Wichita
Wings MISL |
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Won the Division. |
| 1978-1980 |
Professional Player, California
Sunshine ASL |
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Outdoor Soccer League Champions
and played on the All Star Team. |
| 1977-1978 |
Professional Player, Sligo Rovers
- Irish League |
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Reached FAI Cup Final. Selected
for League of Ireland to play against Saudi Arabia. |
| 1976-1977 |
Professional Player, Rochdale FC
- English League |
| 1970-1975 |
Everton FC - English League |
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Signed from schoolboy as an
apprentice. Subsequently signed as a professional player. |
PROFESSIONAL PHOTO GALLERY:
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Trading Card - California Sunshine |
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With Rodney Marsh, Tampa Stadium. |
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With Peter Ward and Tony Morley before a Rowdies
game, Tampa Stadium. |
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Wichita vs Phoenix. |
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ASL All-Star game, Pontiac Silver
Dome, Detroit. |
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Wichita vs Hartford, Wichita Coliseum. |
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HIGHLIGHT
LINKS:
1978 FAI League Cup:
"The F.A.I. cup campaign is one which
all Rovers fans remember, with some bitterness, as an opportunity
lost. In the first round Rovers visited Richmond Park where John
Delemere's goal was enough to secure victory. But this only tells part
of the story because the main talking point after the match was the
display of keeper Alan Paterson.
This was another of those occasions where Paterson produced save after
breathtaking save to keep Rovers in a game they had no right to win.
In the second round Rovers were on their travels again, this time to
the south, to face Cork Athletic. Two goals from Don Tobin
gave Rovers a 2 - 1 win and a place in the semi-final. "
CLICK HERE for the full story (from the Sligo Rovers Website).
1985-86 AISA: League Most Valuable
Player, All-Star Team, Top 10 Leading Scorer
CLICK
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