Staff Spotlight:
Bill D’Addio
Bill D’Addio, Ph.D.
brings a very diverse and professional resume to the Team Boca coaching staff and
administration. Bill is a Nutritionist licensed with the
Florida Board of Medicine, Dietetics & Nutrition. He is also a
former Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Port Charlotte Rangers Professional
Baseball Team (Texas Rangers) and is certified by
the
American
College of Sports Medicine as a Fitness Instructor and Fitness Director. He
is also a member of the National Academy of Sports Medicine as well
as a Board Certified member of The American Association of Drugless
Practitioners.
The original owner and developer of
Palm Beach Gym & Fitness Centers,
Bill now serves as a consultant to the Health
and Fitness Industry.
Coach Bill returns
as the Club Director and Director of Coaching for Team Boca, as well as
the coach of the Girls U18 Navy team, who he led to the Division 1
State Championship President's Cup in 2008. Prior to that
Coach Bill led the present Girls U17 White team
to back to back
State Championship appearances in 2004 and 2005. An AAU All-State
(Connecticut), All New England, and Second
Team All-American
High School player, Bill set the
High School scoring record in 1975. Unfortunately, career
ending injuries forced an early retirement from the college game.
Coach Bill is a former Trainer at the Southern Connecticut Soccer
Academy as well as one of the original Trainers for the Delray Beach
Rage Soccer Program. Bill is also presently the Girls Varsity
Head Coach at Pope John Paul II High School in Boca Raton, where he
was selected Coach of the Year for the 2005/06 season by both the
Boca News and the Palm Beach County Athletic Conference. Coach Bill holds a USSF and
NSCAA National Coaching License, as well as the National Youth
Coaching License.
Besides coaching
youth over
the past 25 plus years, Bill has extensive professional experience
working directly with kids and young adults. He has worked as a
Sports, Pediatric, and Adolescent Nutritionist and is licensed as a
Certified Guardian Ad-Litem Child Advocate for the 15th
Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach
County where he represents children in both the Family and Criminal Court. He
is also a Certified Group Counseling Facilitator. Bill has received
numerous awards of merit and distinction; most notably he is a
recipient of the prestigious President’s Council on Physical Fitness
Award of Merit, from President Bill Clinton. He was also selected
to both the
Oxford and Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of
Outstanding Professionals.
Coach Bill
presently serves as the soccer representative on the FAU Athletic
Owl Club Board of Directors, as well as on the Advisory Board for
the Florida United Girls Soccer Assoc. Bill
also
formerly served on the Palm Beach County Sports Commission Board of Directors.
