GENERAL INFORMATION

COACHING STAFF

STAN JOZWIAK, HEAD COACH. 25 years as FHS boys coach; 11 years FHS girls coach. Youth, scholastic and collegiate player; youth and scholastic coach in New York and Minnesota. Experience in Colorado includes coach and director for FC Boulder/Force soccer Club; 12 years as staff coach for Colo. State Youth Soccer Assoc.; 8 years head Olympic Development Program coach; 1987 Colo. H.S. Coach’s Assoc. ‘Coach of the Year’; USSF ‘B’ license; 25 years teaching social studies at Fairview.



KORY BEABER, VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH. Fairview Soccer Alumni, played under Coach Jozwiak from 1988-1989.  Club coach for 7 years, with a background in fitness and exercise science/athletic training.  



JEFF FRYKHOLM, VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH.  Played for Wasson H.S. in Colorado Springs and Whitman College in Washington where he was named Academic All-American in 1988;  a 2-time H.S. Coach of the Year in Spokane, WA; currently a Director of Coaching for the Force club; has earned the NSCAA National Diploma and U.S.S.F. ‘B’ coaching license

DAN NIEDRINGHAUS, JUNIOR VARSITY COACH. Youth and high school player in Massachusetts; 4 year starter, captain for Stonehill College; served as assistant and goalkeeper coach for Bridgewater State (Mass.) while the team earned two NCAA Tournament appearances; coached in numerous camp programs in New England. Dan is in his 2nd year on the soccer staff and teaching social studies at Fairview.



JOE LORUSSO, FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE COACH.   Former player for Fort Collins H.S. and the U.S. Air Force Academy until an injury ended his career; player and coach for the Fort Collins arsenal Club; currently pursuing a business degree at Metro State and flying planes to earn certification as a flight instructor. 

2008 HEAD COACH'S MESSAGE:

Welcome to the 2008 Colorado High School Boys Soccer Season.  High school soccer holds a very important place in the youth careers of most players.  The excitement of representing their school and playing at the very highest levels of competition has great appeal.  This fall the best youth soccer players in Colorado will be playing for their school teams.  We’ll see a good number of them.

The BIG NEWS starting this season is Fairview’s move to the Front Range League.  And in our sport, this league should offer great competition, and I am hoping a little better opportunity for post-season qualification with the greater number of berths that the League is allocated.  Many of these teams have been on our non-league schedule over the past years.  Strong soccer programs.   Some added rivalries.

In this spot for the last two years, I have been talking about the young, talented, committed and athletic players in our program. They’re now juniors and seniors. We bring that experience into this season and hope it will contribute to greater successes.  They have been challenged and I believe these are guys who will rise to it.  The better news is that this year’s 10^th graders and 9^th graders are two classes with some “young, talented, committed” players and that bears well for the next years. 

Your support for the players, coaches and program is appreciated. 

Let’s have a great season.

Stan J.

PARENT INFORMATION

TWO A DAY PRACTICES

The next weeks will be physically and mentally demanding for players. Please see that they are fed, watered and resting during this time. Players should bring soccer boots, running shoes, shin guards, water bottle, sun screen to every training session. This week training will be at 6:30-8:30, 3:30-5:30 Monday-Friday and 9-12 Saturday. Players do run a bit extra if they are not ready to walk on at those times. Next week, with our regular school day schedule, practices will be from 3:20-5:30. Varsity and JV will be scheduled every Saturday during the season, Soph. team when a game is scheduled. We will train on holidays. There will never be any soccer on Sundays.

ATHLETIC TRAINER

An agreement between Boulder Valley Schools and the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine includes an on site certified athletic trainer for daily access by athletes for care of injuries and rehabilitation.  In addition, an MD will visit once a week and all participants receive a single free visit to the BCSM for diagnosis of more serious circumstances.  It is common for coaches to send players to the trainer for consultation. Contact  the Head Coach for further information.

INJURIES

• please inform the Head Coach of any existing health/injury situation relevant to your child’s wellbeing in school and on the playing field.
• monitor your child’s health; some players can be hesitant to tell a coach. Players are responsible to communicate the nature and extent of injuries.

EQUIPMENT

Players will need to provide shoes, shin guards, and water bottle. Players should bring running and soccer shoes to all sessions. Players will be asked to purchase their own game socks. A flyer will be handed out during the first week.

PARENT HELP NEEDED

• YEARLY to serve as our program liaison to the Fairview Athletics Booster Club.
• EACH SEASON a team parent for EACH TEAM. Primary tasks include communication to other parents; organization of ‘game day’ snacks for players; assist at postseason awards program.
• PHOTOGRAPHERS. Photos of each team/player to be part of the awards program. Please contact Stan J. after teams are selected to offer your help.
• VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH: Preseason Potluck (late August)
                                               Parent-Teacher Conference Refreshment Fundraiser (early Oct.)
                                               Post season awards program  (early Nov.)
   
  Contact Stan Jozwiak to help in any of these areas.  Your help is needed and appreciated.
  

FAIRVIEW ATHLETIC BOOSTERS

Is a parent organization that supports and promotes all athletics at Fairview. It is coordinated by FHS Athletic Director, Frank Lee. Each sport is represented by a parent liaison. Meetings are held monthly during the school year. Each year I am looking for a volunteer to serve as Boys Soccer liaison. Contact Stan Jozwiak to help in this capacity and for further information.

FAIRVIEW SOCCER FIELD

During the last few years our soccer playing facilities have improved beyond the imaginable. As you visit other H.S. facilities you will agree that ours rank among the best in the state. Our turf field  includes appropriate dimensions (width) for our game and the FHS Athletic Boosters have provided a top notch scoreboard. Currently, our grass field is in the best condition ever. BVSD has provided resources for maintenance and the district grounds crew has taken great pride in the surface the maintain.

This has not always been the case. Until 1999, that grass field was a poorly maintained, unsafe surface that was not adequate to play matches on. Supporters, parents and players of both the boys and girls soccer programs undertook a campaign to rebuild the surface and make it a quality facility. It included major ‘politiking’ of BVSD officials to win a generous money allocation, a major fundraising campaign by players and parents and a lot of sweat and blisters from the labor they contributed. After slow progress for four years, the last twelve months have seen a dramatic improvement of the quality of the surface.

Each season we hold our players to a few hours of “field work” in a effort to build a sense of appreciation and responsibility for our home fields. Players are ‘required’ to contribute to the field work session as if it were a training session.

The current upgrades that we plan, and WELCOME any help with include:

• team benches for the grass field
• larger bleachers for the grass field

Anyone interested in offering their help, contact Stan Jozwiak.

Fairview Soccer is very proud of the players and student athletes who have gone on to the next levels of play to make the game a lifelong activity. We encourage players to aspire to and consider the collegiate playing experience. The following provides some information:

• there is a level of collegiate soccer for many high school players. The difficult part is to match the student athlete's non-soccer interests and goals with the level of play of particular schools.
• LESS athletic scholarship money is available today than just a few years ago. A student athlete will stand a stronger chance to receive finanacial aid based on need, merit, academics or special qualifications.
• ALL Division I and II athletes MUST be screened by the NCAA Academic Eligibility Clearinghouse. See the Head Coach or a school counselor for information.
• College soccer has entered the age of big time intercollegiate athletics.  Recruiting players for the highest levels of Division 1 now begins during the 10th and 11th grades. For this level, most of the activity is through USYSA programs: ODP at state and regional levels, team and individual player showcase events, major university summer camp programs.  Division 2 and 3 schools have also become more active in the recruitment of players but with fewer resources than major programs. To gain recognition from these schools, in addition to showcases and camps, the individual athlete must take initiative to establish contact, demonstrate interest and get himself on the radar screen of smaller schools and programs.  The internet has facilitated this in big ways.
  
• Interested players should start gathering information and establishing contacts with coaches during the JUNIOR year. Set up a meeting with the Head Coach.

Dane Johnston	Univ of Connecticut
Tony Harman	Westmont College
Greg Peiker	Univ. of Pacific
Garrett Hinebauch	Colby College
David Peck	Pacific Azuza
Steve Herzog	Colorado College
Brad Walsh	San Diego State
Brad Ekstrand	Stanford
Gregg Johnston	Post College
Bruce Matheson	Cornell University
Josh Olmsted	Colo. School of Mines
Ted Bonnell	Univ. of Tulsa
Paul Bursiek	Oberlin College
Eric Parizek	Chapman College
Ian Dickinson	Ft. Lewis College
John Ackland	Univ. of Tulsa
Jared Carbone	Connecticut Wesleyan
Josh Norcross	Middlebury College
Jami Burgener	U.S.A.F.A.
Joe Wyban	U.N.L.V.
Matt Vannice	Ft. Lewis College
Keith Connaghan Jones	Colorado College
Chris Nehls	Emory College
Chris Ibsen	U.S.A.F.A.
Corey Johnson	Univ. of Colo. @Colo. Springs
Chad McDuffie	Maine Maritime Institute
Steve Owens	Gonzaga University
Ken Lish	St. Bonaventure University
Kevin Owens	Babson College
Dan Jozwiak	Tufts University
Adam Johnson	Claremont McKenna College
Forest Donoho	Williamette College
Jasper Lipton	Whitman College
Kyle Moore	Bentley College
Neil Thompson	Ft. Lewis College
Jerry McIntyre	Carleton College
Raphi Fratkin	Ohio Weslayan University