Jim Wright is the Director of Recreation which is a new position this year, 2010-11. The Director of Recreation focuses on matters related to the development of the recreation division coaches and coaching education. Jim, also, coaches three classic teams. The Girls' 1993 Spartan United Black, The 1994 Boys Premier White and the 1997 Boys Premier are under his tutelage.
Jim grew up in Miami, Florida and went to high school in CT at Choate Rosemary Hall and then went to Davidson College where he was a player for yours truly! After graduation in 1985, Jim worked in the banking industry and then went back to school at Vanderbilt for a graduate degree. After completing his MBA, Jim began coaching, as he puts it, "on a whim" at his alma mater, Davidson. He became my assistant coach at Davidson. Jim caoched at Davidson for a decade and then had a stint at UNCC and then came to CASL. He has also worked at Virginia CASL, the Richmond Strikers and just before returning to CASL at OCSA (Onslow County, NC).
What keeps him in the business? " A passion for the sport; the opportunity to teach, nurture and impact the lives of young men and ladies."
His most enjoyable part of the job, "training the players."
Jim's most challenging part of his job, "is creating a challenging and demanding training environment to help the kids become better players."
Jim lists as his influences on his game as Bruce Talbot, Monica Brown(both former coaches at CASL and elsewhere) , TJ Kostecky (LIU coach) and he was nice and listed me (it may have something to do with my being his boss........).
Jim Wright is a dedicated individual to his sport and the players that play the sport. He is in a constant learning mode through reading and watching the sport. It would behoove the CASL recreation coaches to utilize Jim's expertise....it will make them better coaches! CASL is lucky to have someone with Jim's passion and expertise leading the recreation division!
Charlie Slagle
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