DUSC STAFF
Kimani Calnek
Position: B2008 Orange Head Coach | Men's U23s, Head Coach, Technical Director, Men
Bio
Birthplace
Washington DC
Education
Pitzer College, BA, Political Studies
Coaching credentials
USSF “E” License
Coaching history
South Bronx United, Techincal Cordinator/Coach, 2011–17
Asphalt Green Soccer Club, Girls U19 + U17 Coach, 2017–18
MLK Boys HS Soccer, Director of Youth Development / Asst. Coach, 2018–present
Coaching philosophy
Be like water. Water contracts, expands, creeps, drips, flows, floods, and crashes. Heat it and its steam can crack the earth; freeze it and it becomes a mighty rock. Always ready, a natural problem solver. Be like water.
Awards/recognitions
2010 U.S. National Collegiate Club Rugby Div. II Men’s National Champion: Claremont Colleges Men’s Rugby
2017 EDP 2nd Division North Girls U17 2001 Champion: Asphalt Green SC G01
Non-soccer passion/hobby
Chess, reading (non-fiction)
Favorite club
Juventus FC
Favorite book
The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
Favorite movie
Scent of a Woman
Favorite song
“The Shepherd Who Watches Over the Night Flock” by Duke Ellington
A good coach is one who helps his players maximize or discover their potential. That is his principal function.
— Marcelo Bielsa, Argentina and Chile coach