Staff Spotlight….Gary
Curreri
Gary Curreri returns as the Girls Director of Youth Development
(Academy Program). This season he will also coach our Girls U18
Navy team. This is his ninth year with Team Boca after
previously coaching at Coral Springs Soccer Club for over twenty one
years. Over his coaching career his teams have won three state
championships, nine regional crowns and many league and tournament
titles. As the Director of Youth Development, his primary
responsibility is to oversee the training and development of our
Girls U9 through U11 age group as well as assisting in all levels of
training for all ages.
Coach Gary began his playing career in Sunrise and also played with
the Lauderhill Lions. While at Piper High School, he was a
three-year starter, two-year team captain and was named as a second
team all-county selection for both the Miami Herald and
Sun-Sentinel. He was also a standout track athlete and still holds
the school record for the mile run (4:27.4, in 1977). He later
played in both the Coral Springs Men’s and Gold Coast Soccer League
teams before concentrating solely on coaching. He’s also coached at
the middle school and high school levels.
Coach Gary holds a U.S.S.F. National License, USSF National Youth
License, and NSCAA Goalkeeping License. He’s also served as an FYSA
state staff coach for the past 18 years, as well as an Olympic
Development Program (ODP) coach and an FYSA Staff Coaching
Instructor. For more than a decade, Coach Gary has also been
one of the lead coaches of the Girls U14 Florida ODP developmental
age group teams. A Grade 8 Referee, who
has officiated league, President’s Cup and State Cup final four
games, Curreri also serves as president and director of “Simply
Soccer”, a youth training and development program in Coral Springs.
Coach Gary is a freelance photojournalist for the Sun-Sentinel and
writes a weekly soccer column focusing on travel and adult leagues.
