 Steve Spence
Steve Spence has been a licensed coach since 1999. At that time, he was one of only a handful of coaches in the Ottawa area to have earned an OSA "C license". He upgraded his license to a Provincial "B" in June 2003 in Toronto. Steve spent two years with the Ontario Soccer Association as a Staff Coach and Course Coach Instructor.
In his six years with the Ottawa Fury, Steve has coached both girls and boys teams. In 2006 he took the U16 boys to the North American SYL Finals in Tampa and the following year came within 45 minutes of returning to the Finals. In 2008-2009, Steve is coaching the U17 boys, the Entry Level to the newly emerging Fury Senior Program, and is also coaching with the Fury's PDL Reserves.
Before joining the Ottawa Fury, Steve spent five years with Kanata Soccer where he coached (among other teams) a team of local 1988 girls from U10 until U14. Not only did this local Kanata team earn qualification and compete in the OYSL by finishing fourth in the Toronto-based CGSL (prior to the ERSL), eight of its members went on to play for the Fury. Steve has coached many players who have gone on to earn lucrative college athletic scholarships.
Steve has extensive program management as well as soccer coaching experience. He has developed, operated, and coached many player development programs for high performance athletes as well as for entry-level players. In the area of sports management, Steve has held senior positions with Kanata Soccer as both Director of Player and Coach Development (1996 to 2001) and Vice President (2003), and has provided technical and strategic assistance to other soccer programs in the community.
Steve no longer plays but in addition to coaching soccer he also writes about the sport in magazine articles and in short stories.
When he is not coaching, Steve runs a Kanata-based software company called "NorthSeas".
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