BOYS PESH SOCCER

2018

ATEAM ABOVEALL

mensSoccer

headCoach

RickWoodard

With30yearsteachingandcoachinghighschool
hehasbeennameddistrictcoachoftheyear9
times,CollinCountyCoachoftheyear1time
andcoachedtheSouthTexasSeniorAllStar
teamonce.

coachingexperience

HaysHighSchoolinBudaTexas1988-1989
NorthShoreHighSchoolinGalenaPark,Texas1989-1995
MacArthurHighSchoolinIrving,Texas1995-1998
PlanoEastSeniorHighSchoolinPlano,Texas1998topresent

CoachWoodardgraduatedfromMacArthurHighSchoolinIrving,Texasin1983.Soccerhasbeena
partofhislifesincehewas5yearsold.Withhisfatherashiscoachhedevelopedapassionforthe
sportthathaslastedhisentirelife.HeplayedfortheCeltics,going2seasonsstraightundefeated
andunscoredon.Inhighschool,hewasnamedtheMostValuableOffensivePlayerandMost
ValuablePlayerhisSenioryear.HethenwentontoplayatMidwesternStateUniversity,graduating
withaBachelorinEducation.HisSophomoreyearhewasnamedAll-ConferenceandhisJunior
andSenioryearsnamedAllRegion.Heplayedinfournationaltournaments.

Hecoachedaclubteam(Sting)inWichitaFallsduringhiscollegedaysandtookotherteams
overseastothePortsmouthCup(twice),DanaCupandGothiaCup.DuringhistimeinWichita
Falls,hehadtheopportunitytocoachthefuturesuperstarMiaHamm.

CoachWoodardismarriedtoKristinandhastwochildrenHaileyandBen.HaileyisaSeniorat
PlanoEastandplaysfortheWomen’steamunderCoachCooley.BenisaFreshmanthatplays
footballatWilliamsHighSchoolandsocceratPlanoEast.

JVHEADCOACH

JakeDowns

GraduatedfromPlanoEastSr.Highin1999.Duringhissophomore,junior
andsenioryearshewasamemberofthePlanoEastsoccerteamunder
CoachWoodard.Hewasathree-yearstarterforthevarsityteam,andwas
captainforthelasttwoyears.Duringhisjunioryear,heledtheteamina
playoffruntotheRegionalSemifinalandwasnamedAllDistrictinbothhis
JuniorandSenioryears.

CoachDownsplayedclubsoccerwithStorm,Hornets,andtheLonghorns.Whileplayingwiththe
Longhorns,histeamwontheU18NorthTexasStateChampionshipandwentontoparticipateinthe
RegionalTournament.

CoachDownsplayedNCAADivisionIsocceratElonUniversityearningAllBig-Southconference
honorsasasophomore.Afterwards,hecontinuedhissoccercareerinthePremierDevelopment
League(PDL):TexasSpurs(2yrs),BradentonAcademics/IMG(1yr),andLaredoHeat(Captain-2
yrs).TheLaredoHeatearneditswaytothePDLNationalChampionshipgameduringCoachDowns’s
timewiththeteam.

CoachDownsplayedinthePremierArena
SoccerLeague(PASL)withtheDallas
Tornadoes,RockwallRaptors,andDallas
Studio.WhilewiththeDallasStudio,theteam
wonthePASLInternationalChampionship.

CoachDownscurrentlyholdstheUSSF
National“C”coachinglicense.