Who is CASL's Director of Classic-Boys' Division, John Bradford?

John Bradford is the Director of Classic for the Boys. He also runs CASL's Camps and Academies and coaches the U14 Chelsea Boys team, the U15 Boys Elite and is one of the staff coaches for the CASL Chelsea Development Academy.
John has been working for CASL since the spring of 2005. Before that, he worked for the Dallas Texans beginning in 2002. John played for Furman University after growing up in Winston-Salem and playing for both the W-S Twins and Greensboro. He also played at Mount Tabor High School. He credits his coaches along the way as the biggest influences on him on the field and in life. Those coaches were and are: Paul Dinkenor (yes the Leesville Road High School coach-this was back in their Winston-Salem days), Kareem Daser, John Hackworth (now asst. coach for the MLS Philadelphia Union), Jay Vidovich (Wake Forest Univ. coach), Rusty Scarborough (CASL Director of Coaching), Steve Allison (formerly of GYSA), Keith Donnelly (HS coach), Dewi Hardman (club coach and asst. at WFU), Jay Miller, Tom Durkin, Jay Hoffman (US National team coaches) and Doug Allison (Furman coach).
John loves the job because of being "part of different environments (trenches, success, etc.) with both players and staff!" The most challenging part of his job is "giving every area (each team, each player, each question, etc.) sufficient time." He stays in the soccer business "for the quality relationships with staff, players, other coaches, etc. and to see the development of individuals realized through dedication."
John and his wife, Jill (also a soccer-ite), have a son, Owen! According to John, Owen (who is 7 months and isn't walking as of yet, of course) has NO choice but to play this beautiful game and......according to John, "he better be good!" JOHN........we will see how that goes both for Owen and for you!!!
I have watched John develop as a coach and he has taken his great talent to play the game of soccer and translated it into becoming an excellent coach. I see John continuing to become an even better coach as he plies his trade!
                                                                                 Charlie Slagle