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Andy Marcinko - Director

In seventeen seasons at Rhodes, Andy Marcinko has led the soccer program to an overall record of 315-127-25, four conference titles, four NCAA tournament appearances and has been selected Conference Coach of the Year four times. Marcinko came to Rhodes in 1991 after a very successful stint at Richland College in Dallas, Texas, where he took his nationally ranked team to six consecutive NJCAA Tournaments and was selected Regional Coach of the Year three times. Marcinko’s commitment to team development is only surpassed by his commitment to player development. His players’ honors include: four All-American, twenty-five All-Region, and seventy-five All-Conference selections. He has also been involved with the Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi State Soccer Associations as a coaching instructor and ODP coach. Marcinko holds a USSF “A” coaching license, an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA and has successfully completed International Coaching Certifications from Football Associations in Brazil, Holland and Ireland.

 
Bobby Lessentine - Co-Director

After being named women's head coach, Lessentine immediately led the Lynx to a 2nd place finish in the SCAC with a 11-4-2 finish and was named the 2005 SCAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year. In the same year he led the Tennessee Women's Amateur Select team to a Region III Championship and a 2nd place finish in the George F. Donnelly Cup, the USASA's national Championship tournament. In his second year as head coach at Rhodes he led the Lynx to their best record in a decade finishing 14-3-2 (.789). Lessentine holds the NSCAA's National Diploma and has been involved with youth soccer in the Memphis area and soccer camps since he was a player at Rhodes. As a Lynx, he made three NCAA Championship Tournament appearances, was a three-time All-SCAC selection, and an All-South Region selection. Bobby and his wife Libby live in east Memphis.

 
We believe the quality of the staff determines the success of the camp. The Above and Beyond Staff is comprised of top college coaches and players, most holding a state or national coaching certificate with the United States Soccer Foundation (USSF) or the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Each group will have a head coach and at least one assistant coach to insure quality instruction.Our player to staff ratio is 8:1. The group head coach is a college coach or a former collegiate player who is a licensed coach. Our staff of collegiate players, many whom are licensed, act as assistants to the group head coaches. All staff members are accomplished players, but more importantly, they are teachers who possess the ability to educate and motivate youth soccer players.
 
Current and former staff coaches include :
Richie Grant Head Men’s University of Memphis, Irish F.A. Qualified
Paul Conway Head Men’s Lambuth University, USSF “B”
Stacy Lamb Head Women’s University of Louisiana-Monroe
Jodie Grant Assistant Women’s University of Memphis
Ed Moore Assistant Women’s Duke University, GK Coach
Billy Gordon Assistant Men’s Rhodes College, Former All-American
Josh Klein Assistant Boy's Varsity DeSmet High, Former All-Region
 
Above and Beyond Soccer Academy
Rhodes Soccer Office
2000 N. Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112