Auburn, ME – CMCC's Director of Athletics, Dave Gonyea, is pleased to announce the hiring of Rob Rodriguez as the new head women's soccer coach at Central Maine Community College.
Rob's experience in soccer and coaching span over 20 years of extremely hard work and dedication. He began in 1995, starting the Sacopee Valley Soccer Club and serving on the Board of Directors for Soccer Maine as the Southern District Director. Under his lead, the SVSC soccer club became extremely successful, which lead him to coaching and helping the youth soccer premier in Maine in 2005. Since then, he has helped develop and prepare soccer players in Maine to play at the collegiate level and to grow them as players and people.
Rob has earned numerous titles and achieved many accolades along the way. He is certified from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Personal Trainer and Sports Performance Specialist. He is also certified through the International Youth Fitness Association (IYCA) as a High School Strength & Conditioning, Youth Speed & Agility, Youth Nutrition, and is a Level 3 Youth Fitness Specialist. He won the Liberty Mutual Responsible Coaching Award in 2008, which is earned by one coach from all the sports in each state of the U.S. In 2011, for all the work he put into developing young athletes and getting them to reach the college level, Rob received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Velocity Soccer Club.
Rob's coaching style involves numerous formations and different playing styles that he wants his kids to learn and adapt to. He wants his players to be extremely versatile, being able to play any position on the field if called upon to do so. He also preaches teamwork and chemistry, both on and off the field. "It's is all about team, team everything, team orientated. We need a team that is versatile and in shape. Players need to know each other off the field well to play better on the field. Doing many activities off the field and allowing each player to know and trust one another helps bring a team together. I do a lot of different group activities; some training is active group work. Players are expected to make each other better."
