CORE Staff

CORE Coaches

Jamie Swanner

Owner / Director / Head Coach

CORE Director Jamie Swanner started his CORE Programs over 25 years ago with the introduction of First Touch Soccer. This single program has evolved into one of the top training programs in the area. The development of the complete player is what many say separates his program from the others. Coach Swanner is a U.S.S.F. license Coach, has over 30 years of coaching experience at all levels including Youth, High School, Collegiate, ODP Ohio/New York and at the Professional level. As a player, he has participated in the Olympics, U.S. National Outdoor and US National Indoor teams and played 17 years as a professional goalkeeper. His coaching experience with youth, adult, male and female both field players as well as goalkeeper’s gives him the ability to evaluate and develop these types of programs that will enhance the overall player development process.

At the highest levels of soccer, over the course of a 90-minute game, many professional players have less than 5 minutes actually touching the ball. With so little time for an individual to make an impact, how important do you feel each moment actually is? At CORE we believe they are massively important and we encourage each athlete to make an impact with every moment. CORE strives to instill this basic principle in every player: “The quality of their moments is what defines them, not the quantity and ‘There are no ordinary moments’”.

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Casey Clark

Coach

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Casey Clark is a native of Denair, California, where he grew up on a cattle ranch. He began playing youth soccer at the age of six, but enjoyed participating in a variety of sports. He played for Turlock Fire Elite, competing in the NorCal Premiere Division. He attended Denair High School, where he played football his freshman year, before concentrating on soccer, which he played the next three years. Among the achievements during his high school soccer career were Team MVP, Captain, State Cup Champion, and NOMADS Goalie Wars Champion.

Clark played collegiate soccer at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska, where he was a four year starter, six time GPAC Defensive Player of the Week, earned GPAC ALL Conference Honorable Mention Awards, was Team Captain three years, MVP, and was the first player in Doane soccer history to receive National Defensive Player of the Week. Casey has played for Lane United FC (USL PDL) and in 2015 he was signed as a goalkeeper for the St. Louis Lions of the USL PDL. (The MLS’s 3rd tier league.)

In 2016 he signed with the St. Louis Ambush of the MASL (Professional Indoor League) and remained in the top 5 on the leaderboard throughout the season, as a rookie.

Casey will be entering his 4th season with the St. Louis Lions in 2018.

Casey has been coaching with Jamie Swanner at CORE Soccer Training for 2 years. He also is the head goalkeeper coach for Panathinaikos SC, Ambassadors FC, Tony Glavin SC and the St. Louis Lions Super Y Elite Academy team.

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