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Aaron Cline

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    Volunteer/Goalkeeper Coach
Aaron Cline is in his third season as a volunteer/goalkeeper coach for the Louisiana Tech soccer team.

He worked closely with keeper Carlotta Cartelli who finished her career with a 20-6-4 overall record, 125 total saves and 10 shutouts, ranking in the top five in program history in all three categories. 

Cline spent the four years prior as Technical Director and Director of Youth Development for the Lafayette Youth Soccer Association/Cajun Soccer Club in Lafayette, Louisiana.  While in that role, he designed and implemented new programs at the U9 and U10 levels, provided oversight for all coaching education and player development curriculum and managed coaching staffs of 30-40 coaches annually.

LYSA/CSC is currently the largest youth soccer association in Louisiana registering between 3,500-4,000 players each year.  As technical director, he was added responsibility for the communication of the club vision, direction and actions through the club membership.  He helped develop the first elite player development program in Louisiana, the LYSA/CSC Senior Academy Program.

Cline served as head coach of the Louisiana State Cup champion, Cajun Soccer Club Rage '01 in 2014 and 2015.  He was also the head coach of the US Club Soccer's National Premier League (NPL) Gulf States Premier League champion, Cajun Soccer Club Fury 17/18 Academy team, in 2017.

In 2012-13, Cline was the Director of Coaching and Player Development at the Northern Soccer Club in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he developed three and five-year development plans addressing curriculum, education, retention and recruitment.

Cline served as an assistant coach for the ULM Warhawks Women's Soccer team from 2008-11. His responsibilities included serving as the program's recruiting coordinator, planning and implementation of training sessions, video analysis, academic oversight, equipment inventory, game scheduling and implementation of summer camps and clinics.

During this stint, he also was the head coach of the Louisiana ODP '95 and '96 Girls, developing players that went on to represent the National ODP pool as well as the boy's soccer head coach at West Monroe High School, guiding the program to three consecutive district titles. 

From 2004-08, Cline served as Director of Coaching and Player Development at Zionsville Youth Association in Zionsville, Indiana.

He has a USSF 'A' license and the United Soccer Coaches Level II Goalkeeping diploma.