World Class Coaches
At World Class, we only employ the highest caliber coaches
Manfred Schellsheidt
Staff Coach
Manfred has coached the United States National U14, U19, Olympic and Full National Teams. Additionally, Manny developed many professional players as the head coach at the Seton Hall University.
Pedro Losa
Staff Coach
Pedro coached the Western NY Flash (WPS) and helped develop many top notch players including Abby Wambach and Carly Lloyd. Currently he is the head coach of Arsenal FC in the English professional league.
Bibert Kaghado
Staff Coach
Bibert played for FDU, professionally in Russia, and competed for the Jordan National Team. He obtained the UEFA Pro Coaching License and recently served as the Head Coach of the Jordan U17 and U19 National Teams.
Abraham Garcia
Staff Coach
Abraham has coached the Academy Teams at Real Madrid and Athletic Madrid in Spain. He was instrumental in the development of many Spanish National Team players including Fernando Torres and Juan Mata.
Erol Tambi
Staff Coach
Erol has served as a coach of NJ ODP, select and club teams. Erol has both Brazilian and USSF Coaching Licenses and trained with Guarani of the National Professional League of Brazil.
Fredy Guiran
Staff Coach
Freddy was All-American at Kean University and played professionally in Colombia. Fredy has served as a staff coach with the Seton Hall University women’s team.
Biro Evangilista
Staff Coach
Played for the U17 Brazil National Team and lead them to world championship at the U17 World Cup. Biro also played in the top division of the Brazilian Professional League, and as a coach developed many top level Brazilian professionals.
Graham Brown
Staff Coach
Graham is the head coach at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Graham has coached professionally in Ireland, England and Germany and holds a USSF A License.
Dirceu Hurtado
Staff Coach
Dirceu was a New Jersey High School All-State player at Don Bosco and had a stellar career as a forward for Fairleigh Dickinson University leading FDU to the NCAA playoffs. Dirceu holds an NSCAA regional diploma.
Sandro Dos Santos
Staff Coach
Led the Brazilian U18 National Team to the 1993 FIFA U18 World Cup gold medal victory and was named the tournaments MVP goalkeeper. Played professionally in the Brazilian National League with Sao Paulo FC, Palmerias and Ituano FC.
Vic Di Pasquale
Staff Coach
Vic attended Seton Hall University and as a coach led the Paramus High School Girls team to the league title, and county and sectional finals. Vic is currently the head coach at Immaculate Conception H.S.
Steve Grenz
Staff Coach
Steve played for TPU University and has coached River Dell to numerous championships, earning the honor of 2012 North Jersey Coach of the Year. Steve has developed many top caliber college players.
Vinny Sileo
Staff Coach
Vinny played professionally with Salernitano in the Italian National league and the Brooklyn Italians. Vinny is the current head coach at Don Bosco H.S. and holds a National USSF license and NSCAA regional diploma.
Eddie Ballas
Staff Coach
Coached the men’s team at Newark Rutgers University and currently is the head Women’s soccer coach at Dwight Englewood H.S. Eddie holds a USSF national license.
Baha Basaran
Staff Coach
Holds a UEFA license (Scotland) and US National license, and was the head coach of Emerson High School.
Bill McPartland
Staff Coach
Bill is currently head girls coach at Paramus Catholic and formerly played for FDU Madison. Bill led Paramus Catholic to the sectional championship.
Pete Berkanish
Staff Coach
Pete has coached and trained premier teams in Northern New Jersey and New York. Pete currently serves as the head coach at Bergen Catholic H.S.
Osborne Carter
Staff Coach
Osborne led Columbia University to the NCAA Final Four and has served as coach of the U.S. 17 Women’s National Team. He helped lead the US U17 Women’s National Team to a silver medal at the 2008 U17 World Cup.
George Prepis
Staff Coach
Played for Pancyprian FC, and has coached Don Bosco HS and St. Thomas Aquinas College
Santiago Mantufar
Staff Coach
Santiago played professionally with Deportivo Cuenca in Ecuador and holds a USSF national license.
Elbrus Tambi
Staff Coach
Elbrus was a stellar player at the University of Buffalo and Ramapo College. Elbrus holds a NSCAA Regional Diploma, USSF national license, and recently completed a coaching study at Manchester City in the English premier league.
Jon Jacobs
Staff Coach
Jon was a solid performer as a goalkeeper at Albany State and professionally with the NY Fever. Jon has been a head coach in the NY ODP and is currently the head boys coach at Tappan Zee High School.
Chuck Hogan
Staff Coach
Chuck is currently the coach of Don Bosco High School and did also coach Dumont High School. He holds an NSCAA Premier License.
Mario Cabral
Staff Coach
Mario played in the top flight of the Brazil Youth League with Vasco de Gama and then professionally with Fluminese. Mario also has a Brazil Professional Coaching Licesne.
Glen Haug
Staff Coach
Glen served during his collegiate career as a player for Bloomsburg University. He is currently the head girls coach at Paramus High School.
Marc Mathalier
Staff Coach
Mark played professionally in the Haitian National League and holds a national USSF license. Additionally, Mark has developed many top level college players.
Robert Hirt
Staff Coach
Robert had a stellar career at Tappan Zee HS and went to help lead the program at St. Thomas Aquinas.
Chris Kelly
Staff Coach
Chris was an All-State and All-County NY high school performer. He also had a stellar career at Penn State University earning Big Ten Player of the Year Honors. Chris is currently the head girls coach at Clarkstown High School.
Adrian Palau
Staff Coach
Adrian played with the U15 Columbia National Team and professionally in Colombia. Adrian is also a coach at St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Tom Heim
Staff Coach
Tom competed at St. John’s University (Big East Champs) and coached at Ramapo H.S. and St. Thomas Aquinas College and is currently a staff coach at Clarkstown High School.
Orce Kozeski
Staff Coach
Orce was a captain at Fairleigh Dickinson University and led them to the NCAA Elite Eight. Currently he is a staff coach for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Men’s team.
Pete McGovern
Staff Coach
Pete had a stellar playing career at Dominican College, prior to serving as a head coach for the Eastern NY ODP program and at North Rockland High School. Pete also holds a USSF National license.
Sean McCarthy
Staff Coach
Sean holds a USSF National Coaching License. Sean formerly was a stellar player for Dominican College and currently serves as a coach for Dominican.
Mike McCarthy
Staff Coach
Played for Ohio State and UNC, and currently coaches Dwight Englewood HS.
Eliseo Guisfredi
Staff Coach
Eliseo played for the Academy Team of River Plate (Argentina) and was the highest scorer at Seton Hall University. Eliseo then played professional in Russia, Jordan and Costa Rica.
AJ Aliprantis
Staff Coach
AJ had a stellar career at East Stroudsburg University and currently serves as a staff coach for Pascack Hills High School.
Kaz Tekelani
Staff Coach
Was a stellar player at Ridgewood H.S. and Ramapo College. Kaz also went on a playing trial with the professional club FC Nuremberg in the German Professional League.
Charlie Crane
Staff Coach
Played in Southampton (England) and then had a stellar career and is currently a staff coach at St. Thomas Aquinas
Jim Soltmann
Staff Coach
Jim serves as the head coach at Pascack Hills High School and led his team to success by garnering the playoffs at the county and state levels.
Sam Rodriguez
Staff Coach
Sam was a stellar defender at Paramus High School and Rowan University, and is currently the head coach at Elmwood Park High School.
Arhin Asamoah
Staff Coach
Arhin played with the Ghana U17 National Team. He also competed with the NY Red Bull Reserves, RCC and Asante Kotoko S.C.
Danielle Cibelli
Staff Coach
Danielle was a standout goalkeeper for Paramus High School. Danielle competed at the collegiate level for Marist University.
Stefani Uthman
Staff Coach
Led Lakeland Regional HS as an All Conference player, and was a stellar performer for Rutgers University. Stefani also played for US Parma.
Steve Hunal
Staff Coach
Steve was a standout with Fair Lawn H.S. and with Arsenal World Class. Steve holds a USSF Coaching license and has led premier youth teams to the state championship.