Ron Dennie

Biography

Ron joined Lonestar SC as a member of the club’s USSF DA coaching staff after serving as Director of Coaching at Georgetown Force FC from May 2010-May 2016. Under his leadership, Force FC doubled in size and had the most players in the club’s history selected to South Texas and Region III ODP teams.

After moving to Austin in 1998 from Washington, DC, Ron began his coaching career at Austin Capital SC under the tutelage of Wolfgang Suhnholz. In 2008, Ron was hired to help launch Austin’s professional soccer team the Austin Aztex where he held various positions. From 2013-2015, Ron worked as Head Coach for APPA (Academia de Preparacion Profesional de Austin), an Austin Hispanic community soccer academy that identifies and prepares local talent for trials and training with professional teams in Mexico.

Over the past 20 years coaching in Austin, Ron has helped develop and guide many Central Texas players into the college and pro ranks.

Ron grew up in South Florida and was a graduate of Coral Springs High School in 1990. He is married to LiAnne and has two children, Toren and Wilder.

Hometown:
Little Rock, Arkansas

COACHING LICENSES

U.S. Soccer A License
U.S. Soccer Youth License

COACHING EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Lonestar SC 2016-17; U18 DA 3rd place in Frontier Division qualifying for USSF DA playoffs for only second time in club history
  • Austin Capital SC 1999-2010; Boys Head Coach, Boys Academy Director & Camp Director
  • Austin Aztex 2008-09; U23 Assistant Coach, Player Manager, Youth Club Coordinator, Camp Director
  • Austin Aztex 2012; U20 Assistant Head Coach
  • Georgetown Force FC 2014; USYS U15 State Champions; Region III Championships Semi-Finalists
  • Georgetown Force FC 2015, Disney College Showcase Champions
  • Georgetown Force FC 2016, USYS U17 State Champions; Region III Championships Quarterfinalists
  • Coaching Education trip to Stoke City, October 2008
  • USSF Coaching Education Workshop in Spain, March 2012
  • Coaching Education trip to Seattle Sounders FC, August 2012
  • Coaching Education trip to Club Necaxa, January 2014
  • USSF Coaching Education Workshop in Belgium/Holland, March 2016
  • Coaching Education trip to AS Roma, April 2017
  • Georgetown University 1993; set the current Hoya men’s soccer single season assist record by registering 15 assists in an 18 game schedule

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy – Georgetown University – 1995

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

  • Superleague Greece, Apollon Kalamarias 1995
  • Superleague Greece, Iraklis FC 1994
  • NCAA Division 1, Georgetown University 1992-94

Phone: (512) 336-5425

Email: rdennie@lonestar-sc.com

 

 

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