Matthew Robinson, Director
Matthew J. Robinson is a professor and the director of the sport management program at the University of Delaware and the International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program (ICECP), funded by the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Solidarity fund.
Robinson served as the director of sport research for the Center for Applied Business and Economics Research (CABER), where he has consulted with the United States Soccer Federation and several professional franchises and leagues. He helped create the United Soccer Coaches Director of Coaching program, which has trained over 1,000 coaches since its creation in 2005.
The author of the two highly successful sport management texts, Sport Club Management and Profiles of Sport Industry Professionals: The People Who Make the Games Happen, has written over 25 academic articles and made over 120 national and international scholarly and professional presentations.
Ian Barker, Academic Director
Ian Barker serves as a staff instructor for U.S. Soccer’s coaching education program, teaching both state and nationally hosted residential licenses. He served as the men’s soccer coach at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and assistant coach of the University of Wisconsin men’s team from 1989-97.
He has also instructed the National Youth License for US Youth Soccer. From 1997 through 2007, he served as director of coaching and player development for the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA), where he co-developed Parents and Coaches Together (PACT), a training program designed to create a more positive soccer experience for players, coaches and parents.
Barker has also served as technical director for International Sports Connection, part of a team funded by the U.S. State Department to assist in the creation of a youth soccer system in Uganda. Through this program, he has educated nearly 400 Ugandan coaches.
Andrew Donnery, Master Coach and Soccer Leader Staff
Andrew Donnery has extensive soccer experience as a player and directing coaching activities both in England and the United States. Donnery has worked with several U.S. organizations, including the Cape Fear Soccer Association, the Wilmington Hammerheads professional team, and Coastal Carolina Soccer Camps, and has consulted and presented to over 70 organizations and 100-plus conferences in the U.S., United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
He has also acted as a coach educator and instructor for the United States Soccer Federation and worked with the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association as a member of its Olympic Development Staff. He has served as a committee member with the NCYSA Academy Committee and the NCYSA Coach Educators Committee. Donnery obtained a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology from Liverpool John Moores University and has recently earned a master of business administration from the University of Liverpool.
He holds numerous coaching qualifications, including the following: UEFA A License, UEFA International Coaching License, UEFA 12-16 Youth License, UEFA 17-21 Youth License, USSF National Youth License, NSCAA Premier License, NSCAA Master Coach Diploma, NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma and the English FA Academy Manager’s License. Donnery also wrote a book, Let the Kids Play, designed to put the fun back in the game with a collection of enjoyable, stimulating and developmentally appropriate exercises for young players.
Over the years, he has placed players into Division I college programs, state and regional Olympic Development Programs, and the U.S national team. Donnery served as the state ODP director for Cal North and designed the third largest league in the country. He currently directs the NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma and co-authored the NSCAA Advanced DOC course. In 2014, he was appointed as a technical advisor to Bermuda FA Academy and coached the U17 Bermuda FA team. Donnery is currently the CEO of Elk Grove Soccer and the Fresno FC U23 head coach.
Ian Donnelly, Scotland Site Coordinator and Tutor
Ian Donnelly has been immersed in the area of performance analysis in soccer for more than 20 years, both as an analyst and in the development of video analysis technology for coaches and educators. He is an integral member of the International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport (ISPAS) and has been at the forefront of the growth and development of performance analysis at all levels of the game.
With a background in both education and coaching, Donnelly was instrumental in the development of the world’s first interactive video analysis technology for coaches in the early 1990s and continues to lead the way in analysis technology in his current role as CEO at Performance Innovation.
Donnelly has worked extensively in providing analysis support and expertise within a range of sports at Olympic and high performance levels. However, it is in soccer that he remains most heavily involved, working to enhance coaching and player performance at every level of the game—from national and professional teams to grassroots.
In the area of coaching education, Donnelly has made over 80 national and international conferences and professional presentations. He provides analysis expertise and support to national associations and world governing bodies around the sporting world and works extensively with United Soccer Coaches in the U.S.
Jeff Schneider, Associate Director
Jeff Schneider is an instructor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware. He is also the coordinator of UD’s strength and conditioning education program and the director of strength and conditioning and athletic training at UD’s High Performance Training Center.
Schneider is the assistant director of the International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program (ICECP), and he has worked with numerous national, world and Olympic figure skaters. Schneider graduated from UD with a master of science with a concentration in exercise physiology. He holds certifications form both the National Athletic Trainers Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Associations.