FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

Ken Kirsch joins SGC as men’s, women’s soccer coach

The South Georgia College Athletic Department is pleased to announce that Ken Kirsch has joined its staff as head men’s and women’s soccer coach.

Ken, who most recently coached men’s soccer at Leesburg High School in Leesburg, Fla., brings with him to SGC a wealth of knowledge and experience. He has won numerous awards and titles, including back-to-back state championships with the Nease High Panthers.

Ken was introduced to several sports as a youth, but soccer became his passion. Ken grew up in Cape May, N.J., and attended Lower Cape May Regional High School and earned First Team All-State honors in soccer his junior and senior seasons. He attended and played college soccer at Stetson University and earned All-Academic Honors in the TAAC Conference in 1998. While at Stetson he became very active in the athletic department. Ken studied in the school of Sports and Exercise Science with a concentration in sports administration with a minor in history. He also worked in the Sports Information Department writing press releases, setting up athletic events, and assisting with the design of media programs.

Ken’s coaching career began in Colorado and continued in Florida. Ken’s teams over the past 12 years coaching at the high school level as well as club soccer have earned 14 championships at the district, regional, tournament, and state levels. While at Nease High School, Ken was able to guide the Nease Panthers to the school’s first ever Class 4-A State Championship in 2007 and followed that up with another Class 4-A state title in 2008. His high school teams have compiled a 98-64-15 over the past seven seasons and his overall record including club soccer is 180 – 99 – 27. He has been named District Coach of the Year three times and was named St. Johns County Victory with Honor Coach of the Year in 2008 as well as Florida Dairy Farmers Class 4-A Coach of the Year in 2008. He is also founder and director of Kirsch Soccer Academy.

Ken is married to Bobbie Jo Kirsch and the couple has two beautiful daughters -- Brindi Leigh, 8, and Abree Ros, 3. He also has three step-children -- Amber, Heather, and Zack.
 

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