Sports
Whittier College Names New Men's Soccer
Coach
April 25, 2007
Paul Gordon Walmsley, former head coach at California State
University Maritime Academy, has been named the new head coach of
the men's soccer program at Whittier College. He was a member
of the University of Illinois soccer team that won a national
championship in 1988.
Walmsley was born and raised in northwest England, where
professional soccer has been a part of life since 1888. He
traveled to the United States with the goal of developing soccer
for youngsters in America.
Walmsley has had thousands of youth players pass through his camps
and clinics and currently there are 140 youth and adult soccer
teams that play in his leagues at the Soccer Center of Excellence,
LLC in three different locations. Walmsley has also worked as
a trainer at a number of camps including the Squaw Valley Soccer
Camp, the Preston North End Summer Soccer School and the Lancashire
Football Association Centre of Excellence. He has over 300
children in his "Lil' Kickers" program for players aged 18 months
to nine years, helping to further improve and promote the game of
soccer within America's youth.
Walmsley is very enthusiastic about the opportunity to bring his
extensive knowledge of soccer to Whittier. "I am absolutely
delighted to be the new head men's soccer coach at Whittier," he
said. "I am looking forward to working with the players and
the staff to help turn Whittier Soccer into a force to be reckoned
with in the SCIAC. It is an honor and a privilege to be given
the opportunity to pass on my knowledge and experience to the
players and I am very excited as we look forward to the coming
season. We will play hard, play smart and play together."