MEET OUR COACHES

Cofounder / Coach Bob Boyle is a lifelong soccer fan, player, coach and multi-sport competitive athlete. Bob has played and coached soccer in many capacities across a wide range of school, club and international experiences since his youth playing days in Okemos, Michigan. As a college student-athlete, he played striker for the Bowling Green Falcons where he was a two-time 1st Team All Mid-America Conference selection and contributed a career total of 20 goals and 12 assists as the team achieved a #3 national ranking and a NCAA D1 tournament appearance in 1992. As a board member at America SCORES Denver from 2006 - 2013 he supported ASD staff and chaired several initiatives to help advance ASD's innovative "poetry and soccer" mission (poesía + fútbol = alegría). In 2010 Bob was selected by the Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club and a panel of his coaching peers to receive Colorado Youth Soccer’s Developmental Coach of the Year award. His leadership and work experience spans a diverse range of executive management roles and entrepreneurial community impact initiatives. Bob is actively pursuing the USSF coaching license pathway (currently holds a USSF "C" license) and United Soccer Coaches Mental Performance Training Diploma and volunteers as leadership staff, board member and player development / technical advisor for FC Denver. Bob enjoys guitar, mountain biking and random road trip adventures with his wife Emily, and kids Ethan, Keira and Reilly, and their dog Reggie.

Coach / Medical Advisor Jason Zamkoff grew up in Syracuse, New York and attended Nottingham High School, where he was Salutatorian of his graduating class in 1991 and a four-sport varsity letterman. During his senior year Jason captained his soccer team to a sectional co-championship, earning all-league, all-section, and all-state accolades. Jason attended Cornell University for his undergraduate degree, graduating with a BA in Psychology in 1995. At Cornell Jason was a member of the Men's Soccer team in 1992, and the Men's Squash team in 1991, 1993, and 1994, captaining the squash team his senior year and culminating with an invitation to the National Tournament. After graduation, Jason completed two years of clinical research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his medical school training at SUNY Upstate Medical University, where he was a four year member of the Syracuse University Club soccer team. Jason completed his Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency in 2005 at the University of California, San Francisco, and remained in the Bay Area as a Pediatric Hospitalist at California Pacific Medical Center for five years. In the summer of 2010 Jason accepted a position as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO), and remains there currently. Jason is currently the Medical Director of the newly formed Surgical Co-Management Team at CHCO, and he is also the Co-Medical Director of a novel Advanced Practice Provider Pediatric Inpatient Fellowship Program, the first of its kind in the country. For the past 17 years Jason has chaired a national Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, attracting participants from across the country. Jason continues to be an avid supporter/fan of the Beautiful Game. He is a volunteer coach at East High School, he coaches Futsal in the winter, and he runs training sessions for elite players in the summer. Jason's daughter Taylor is a current player at East High.

Coach Ethan Boyle graduated from Denver East High School in 2020 where he played his sophomore and junior seasons for the East Angels and honed his soccer skills and love for the game in various club soccer environments, including Colorado Rapids, FC Denver and Real Colorado. Ethan currently attends graduate school and plays soccer at American University where he helped the Eagles secure a Patriot League Title, NCAA D1 tournament berth and received All-Patriot League Honors in 2023 while tallying a career total of 11 goals and 6 assists. Ethan credits his love for the game and results on the pitch to 15+ years and 1000s of hours of skills work, neighborhood pick up games, street soccer, futsal training and competition in dozens of local, regional and national player ID camps, leagues and tournaments. Beyond soccer, Ethan is actively involved in his Washington DC and Denver communities as a youth coach and active volunteer supporting various causes he cares about.

Coach Reilly Boyle brings her lifelong passion for school and sports to SOCCER ELECTRIC. Reilly attended the first annual Summer SOCCER and a MOVIE Camp in 2014 (now CAMPLIFY) as an emerging 2nd grade camper and has attended camp every year since, progressing to her current camp leadership role as coach and social media director. She honed her soccer skills through her love of futsal, improving her ball control, physicality and speed of play in gyms and courts across Denver. Currently a senior at Denver East High School, Reilly plays as a holding midfielder for the girls' soccer team where her contributions have helped lead the Angels to two consecutive Colorado 5A tournament bids and a 2023 City Championship where she earned First Team All City honors. Alongside her commitments to SOCCER ELECTRIC and East Angels she also competes for the Colorado Rapids and aims to play soccer in college. Outside of soccer, Reilly is actively involved in East High's Unified Club, a program sponsored by Special Olympics Colorado fostering inclusivity for students facing unique academic challenges. Serving as a board member for the Unified Club, she plays a pivotal role in organizing activities and events for over 30 students, staff and community partners.

Coach Kate Short is a rising senior at Denver East High School where she is actively engaged in various school, community and soccer activities. Kate’s lifelong passion for soccer extends through and beyond her many goals and contributions as a 2023 First Team All City selection and attacking midfielder for the East Angels. She devotes much of her time and soccer development to her club, Real Colorado. Kate cherishes the many experiences, friendships and connections she has developed through her dedication to the game over the years. A lover of travel, she has attended multiple Women’s World Cups. Kate generously shares her skills and enthusiasm for the game as a player and coach at SOCCER ELECTRIC camps and programs, inspiring the next generation of local soccer talents to take their game to the next level. Outside soccer, Kate enjoys walking her dogs, hiking and skiing every chance she gets.

Coach Ruby Arsenault attends Cherokee Trail High School, where she skillfully balances her academic pursuits with her love for soccer and a drive to share her passion for the sport she has played since her early elementary school days. Whether she is serving as a volunteer at Children’s Hospital Colorado, playing Goalkeeper for Cherokee Trail and her club, Real Colorado, or coaching at youth soccer camps, Ruby always shows up ready to contribute her very best effort and set an example for her friends, teammates and everyone she influences. She expresses her unique leadership style, competitive drive and passion to serve, especially when it comes to working with children. To fuel her aspiration to play soccer at the collegiate level, Ruby dedicates herself to watching, coaching and playing soccer wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself. Wherever Ruby goes, so goes her enthusiasm and love for the game – her commitment to soccer shines through and serves as a guiding light and ongoing source of pride, joy and inspiration in her life.

Coach Franny Hebbard was born and raised in northeast Denver and discovered her passion for soccer at the age of four. Franny furthered her development and love for the game as a member of the mighty Sugar Pandas teams, eventually earning high impact roster spots on Rapids Select teams. Currently a rising senior at Denver East High School, Franny also participates in cross country during the fall and serves as captain of the JV soccer team in the spring. Alongside her athletic pursuits, Franny enjoys volunteering in special needs student classrooms at East and really digs dogs, ice cream and time with friends and family outdoors.

Coach / Technical Advisor Rich Weston is a former professional and semi-professional soccer player with over 35 years of experience in coaching, player development and refereeing across all levels of the game, from grassroots through the elite club, college and professional ranks. Upon retiring from playing, Rich’s career naturally progressed into coaching. He achieved top level coaching qualifications working in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the USA, while coaching teams and developing players leading to many tournament, league, county and state titles in youth football on two continents. Rich brings a unique vision and knack for creating dynamic team training environments and helping youth soccer players develop their game and flourish through the various phases of the developmental journey. He also brings a wide range of executive leadership experience and expertise partnering with players, coaches, clubs, technology solutions and multi-national athletic organizations. Rich holds a UEFA “A” Coaching License, NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, English FA Level 1 & 2 National Goalkeeper License, USSF National Youth Coaching License, KNVB National Youth License, English Schools Football Association Certified Coach Certification, Hanson Trust Certification (sports activities for special needs athletes) and a Sports Management degree from Greenwich Community College, London.

Coach / Physical Therapist Corina Gabbert grew up in Portland, Oregon. She attended Catlin Gabel School where she played varsity soccer, basketball, and track while playing club soccer year-round for Portland City United and FC Portland. She won four total state championships between club and high school soccer and one track state championship in the hurdles. She went to college at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA where she majored in history and played for their NCAA DIII soccer program. She was named to the Northwest Conference All-Conference team four years in a row and voted on to the Academic All-American Second Team her senior year. She set the record for most points scored in Whitman school history, finishing with 45 goals and 12 assists during her career. During the summers, she worked as a youth soccer camp coach and director. After college, she assisted in running a youth soccer academy in Washington state and worked as an assistant coach for a girls' high school soccer team. She went on to get her doctorate in Physical therapy at the University of Utah before moving back to Oregon for many years. She moved to Colorado in 2021 and currently works at St. Joseph’s hospital as a physical therapist. She loves traveling, reading, and being in the mountains on foot, skis, or bike.

Technical Partner / Coach Hank Lewis currently lives in Denver, Colorado and coaches with Community Athletic Soccer Academy (CASA) and FC Denver's U23 Men's team. Coach Lewis brings over 25 years of coaching experience at the youth club, collegiate, international club and national team levels, developing players in every position who have become youth and adult club champions, high school All-Americans, collegiate conference players of the year, NCAA record holders, All-America selections, and professional players. Hank has been a core member of the technical staff of top-10 teams across all three NCAA divisions, and has been part of six conference championships, three conference tournament championships and five NCAA Tournament appearances, including Colorado School of Mines’ run to the Elite Eight of Division II in 2015, and Air Force’s trip to the Division I Sweet 16 in 2018. Internationally, as a core member of the Bahamian National Teams, Coach Lewis developed several U19 Bahamas National Team players into NCAA D1 scholarship student-athletes, league MVPs, National Team captains, and the youngest Bahamian goalkeepers to start for full national men’s and women’s sides in World Cup and Olympic games. Hank spent more than 15 years as a full-time university professor before going into full-time collegiate coaching, and is a national award-winning writer of essays, plays, non-fiction and two critically-acclaimed books of short stories. A fourth-generation Coloradan, he was raised by parents who were social justice professionals, and has lived community engagement since before he was a teenager. He has partnered as a senior trainer for Positive Coaching Alliance, which reaches millions of children each year to develop and defend a positive experience in club and scholastic sports.

Technical Partner / Coach Matthew Okoh currently resides in Munich, Germany and is a successful international professional soccer player and coach. His professional playing career spans top clubs and leagues in the United States (MLS), Germany (Bundesliga) and Portugal (Liga NOS). After retiring as an active professional player, Matthew devoted himself with passion and dedication to coaching. His diverse, multicultural experiences enable him to create effective training programs that are always based on holistic and systematic training approaches. While coaching at the professional and collegiate levels in the US and Germany, Coach Okoh created the GO PRO program, a pathway for young players to train and develop in Germany, one of the world’s top football countries. Matthew earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Denver, where he ranks second on the soccer program career lists for goals and total points. Upon graduation, he was seventh on the NCAA Division II all-time list for goals per game in a season. Matthew holds UEFA A and Coach Educator Licenses. He is a successful author and is fluent in three languages. He is characterized in Nintendo and EA Sports Playstation 2 games FIFA.

Cofounder / Coach Kellington Boddie grew up an avid sports fan and enthusiast in Peoria, Illinois and graduated from Missouri State University where he earned undergraduate degrees in Criminology and Sociology while achieving success on the soccer field as a member of the Men’s Soccer Team from 2009 - 2012. Off the soccer field, Kellington was invited to represent student-athletes on Missouri State University’s President’s Panel and Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Kellington relocated to Denver in 2013 to coach in the Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club Academy and US Soccer Foundation’s Soccer for Success programs. He is actively pursuing the USSF coaching license program (currently holds a USSF "C" license) and completed an invitational coaching workshop administered by staff coaches from FC Barcelona's famed "La Masia" youth fútbol academy. He is a Cofounder of SOCCER ELECTRIC and 303FUTSAL. In his role as Technical Advisor to 303FUTSAL, “Coach Kell” is leading the charge to grow futsal and introduce kids and families to soccer and futsal in northeast Denver and the Atlanta metro area coaching in the Atlanta United Developmental Academy.

Cofounder / Coach Brandon Blew is an educator, lifelong soccer player and coach. He is Cofounder of SOCCER ELECTRIC and 303FUTSAL. Brandon graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a degree in International Studies and Spanish while captaining the varsity soccer team to an NCAA championships quarterfinal birth. He received his MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Arizona after teaching English for a year at the Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico. In 2001 Brandon relocated from Tucson to Denver with his wife and joined the America SCORES Denver Team as a staff coach while earning USSF and NSCAA youth coaching licenses. Brandon’s diverse background, including fluency in spoken and written Spanish, is invaluable to his work training, supporting and overseeing all of the America SCORES Denver literacy and soccer coaches. Brandon and his wife, a special education teacher in DPS, have two children who attend Denver Public Schools. Active in their community, Brandon and his family lead book clubs, participate in a variety of youth sports, enjoy camping, running and skiing, and are regular spectators at Denver sporting events.

Coach Kathleen Allen attended Springfield College in Western Massachusetts, and graduated with a B.S. in Health Science. Kathleen’s passion is working with youth. She has a diverse background in various youth outreach and youth mentoring programs all focusing on educating youth in spirit, mind, and body. Kathleen has a passion for sports-based youth development and is diversely trained and educated in trauma-sensitive coaches techniques and program quality improvement initiatives. Kathleen previously worked as the Program Director for the national non-profit America SCORES Denver helping to provide soccer and literacy programming to under-served youth in Southwest Denver. Kathleen continues to remain connected to Denver's youth and communities.

Coach Peter Bunting grew up and played soccer in Vermont. A competitive participant and avid lover of many sports, including lacrosse, skiing and golf, soccer has always been his #1 sport of choice. Peter played in four state championship finals all four years in high school and went on to a college career at Johnson State College in Northern Vermont, where he and his teammates earned back to back NAIA National Championship appearances. After graduating from college and working for a few years away from the game, the dream to play professionally was alive and well as he played two seasons that included a USISL final four appearance with the Cocoa Expo in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Following his official retirement from professional soccer, Peter transitioned into coaching as a founding coach and age group director for the Colorado Rush, where he led elite competitive teams to multiple league titles, two state cup championships and a regional final appearance. Coach Peter went on to coach in the CSL in southern California where his teams earned two league titles and two semi final appearances in state cup. Peter currently holds USSF C & B licenses and will be pursuing his A in the very near future.

Coach Morgan Murray grew up playing basketball, baseball & soccer in Littleton, Colorado. On the weekends, Morgan and his family would venture off to the Poudre River led by his river rafting Dad, Jay. Morgan graduated from Heritage High School after playing Varsity soccer for three years and scoring 32 goals for Littleton United Soccer Club in 2008 in his final season. Morgan scored over 200 goals for Littleton United between 2003-2008 and traveled across the United States while attending college and playing / coaching soccer in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Florida, Philadelphia, California and Colorado. Morgan completed college in 2012 from Grand Canyon University and now helps college students cut the cost of college with Solutions for Tuition. Morgan earned his United States Soccer Federation "A" coaching license in 2018 and joined Team SOCCER ELECTRIC as its Camp Director in 2020. He is the founder of Parker FC, a youth soccer club located in Parker, Colorado.

Coach Bri Marshall got her first soccer ball at the age of 5 to share with her 2 sisters - the rest is history. After a successful high school soccer career with a State Championship, all-conference, and all- state awards Bri went on to the University of Northern Colorado to achieve a Bachelor of Science in Sports and Exercise Science with a minor in Nutrition. Bri played for the UNCo Womens Club team for 3 years, all the while gallivanting across the world. While abroad in Brazil, she was introduced to the beautiful, flowing game of Futsal. While studying in Portugal, Bri trained with a professional womens team and continued to play futsal with students from all over Europe. After returning from a year working in New Zealand in August, Bri got a job in Boulder as a Physical Therapy/Front Desk Aide and is looking forward to attending a Doctorates program for PT in a year. She currently plays on multiple indoor and outdoor soccer teams. Outside of soccer Bri is an outdoor adventure enthusiast.

Coach Nick McKellar grew up in Argyle, Texas, playing soccer and dreaming of becoming a professional player. From fall 2012 to spring of 2015, Nick was a student-athlete at the Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy in Leeds, England. In England, he played semi-professional soccer for Eccleshill United and Bradford City U23’s, while working towards a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management. He was chosen to represent his class as the International Student Ambassador, where he helped non-English students transition into life on their campus. In the summer of 2015, Nick joined Marbella United FC in Marbella, Spain. His club went on a European tour, playing professional soccer clubs in Holland, Belgium, and Germany, while seeing the various training facilities and club cultures. Since his time in Europe, Nick has played in McKinney, TX with the Texas Spurs, graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with his bachelor’s in Sports Management, and is relocated to Denver with his wife in March of 2018. He is working towards his USSF grassroots coaching license and helping to grow the game in northeast Denver.

Coach Gayla Story has enjoyed playing soccer recreationally her whole life. Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, sports in general, along with good grades, were a priority. Although tennis became her main focus, coaching kids/adults and playing in tournaments around the world growing up, as well as playing Division I NCAA tennis for Wichita State University, Gayla always enjoyed an intramural or pick up soccer game whenever they were offered. As a Denver Public Schools elementary school teacher, she has tried to instill the importance of community, teamwork, healthy competitiveness and education into the young minds of all her students. Gayla currently lives in downtown Denver with her husband Chris and adorable dog Ursa. She enjoys biking, hiking, skiing, and everything else that Colorado has to offer!

Coach Alyssa Smith grew up in Longmont, Colorado, an avid fan and participant in a variety of sports. Her involvement in sports has ranged from a multi-sport athlete, to a youth soccer and basketball referee, coach, activities coordinator, and camp volunteer/coach. She earned a scholarship to play both soccer and basketball collegiately while staying involved in youth camps for both sports during that time. She currently teaches in the Special Education Department, Affective Needs Center at McAuliffe International Middle School, supporting students in need through educational programming and behavioral guidance. Alyssa has worked with at risk youth in a variety of settings from residential treatment and day treatment to public schools since 2014. She believes that extracurricular activities are essential to physical, social, and emotional development as she works to open doors for young minds by exposing youth to fun, active educational experiences and opportunities.

SOCCER ELECTRIC Camp Director Julie Chen is a full-time Special Education teacher at McAuliffe International Middle School. It is her passion to assist kids in need by helping them feel supported in the school setting and develop self-awareness of their own independence and abilities to rise in an ever-increasing competitive world. Julie's motto has always been work hard, so you can play hard and enjoy the fruits of your labor. She is excited to facilitate that mindset through soccer training and games with the help of a great team of leaders, teachers and coaches.