The exceptional coaching staff brings different styles and perspectives of the game to camp. Our coaches are selected for their ability to teach, demonstrate and relate to campers. Outstanding professional coaches from the United States and overseas, collegiate coaches and outstanding college players have been selected to train players and teams. All-American players provide the demonstrations of technique and tactics. Part of the reason for the popularity of our camp is the staff. On and off the field, quality supervision is offered for all campers.  The top high school players play with and against the Creighton players and camp staff in All-Star games that are scheduled each day.  The teaching staff is tremendous.

The Senior Staff consisting of NCAA , NAIA, and club coaches will be joined and assisted by current Creighton soccer players and players from other Division I colleges.

Johnny Torres

Two-time National Player of the Year and Creighton Athletics Hall of Famer Johnny Torres is back for his fourth season on the Blue jay bench, following a decade-long professional soccer career.  Arguably the greatest soccer star in Creighton and Missouri Valley Conference history, Torres played for the Blue jays from 1994-97.
 
Torres was named to the MVC All-Centennial Team, earning the most online votes in the fan poll and was recently inducted to the MVC Hall of Fame in 2011.  In 1997 he won both the Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club Award (prior to the combination of the awards), recognizing him as the National Player of the Year.  In 1996 he earned National Player of the Year honors from Soccer America after leading the Jays to their first College Cup appearance.  When his career ended he was the Valley’s all-time scoring (128 points) and assists (36) leader.
   
He was the fifth overall pick in the first round of the 1998 MLS Draft by the New England Revolution.  He played for the Revolution for four seasons and also played for the Miami Fusion and Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer, before continuing his career in the USL for the Minnesota Thunder and the Milwaukee Wave United, while ending his career in indoor soccer with the Milwaukee Wave.  He continues to compete, playing on the United States Adult Soccer Association Over 30 championship team and playing with the Nebraska 402 team which qualified and participated in the U.S. Open Cup in 2009.
   
The 2004 Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, 2011 MVC Hall of Fame inductee, two-time first-team All-American and three-time first-team all-region and all-conference selection has a 4-year-old son, Dominic.

Staff has included:

Top coaches from Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA and NJCAA and nationally licensed coaches who were chosen to work at the Academy for their outstanding teaching ability and their vast experience in soccer.

Chris Kranjc - Head Coach at Hastings College

Matt Briggs - Head Coach at Bellevue College

TJ Buchholtz - Head Coach at Northwestern

Art Busha - Head Coach at Concordia

Oliver Twelvetrees - Head Coach at Barton College

Bret Simon - Head Coach at Stanford University

Mike Gabb - Goalkeeping trainer at Creighton

Daniel Galvis - Goalkeeping trainer at Bellevue

Paul Harvey - Creighton Assistant

Rick Carpenter - former National Coach of the Year

Tim Sartori - Former St. Louis star and now at Chaminade

Matt Wieland - Creighton All American and MLS draft pick

Ryan Lakin - Head Coach Illinois Wesleyan

Aaron Champenoy - Head Coach University of St. Thomas

Nathan Mason - Head Coach Iowa Central College

Wally Crittenden - University of Nebraska assistant

Barry Slagle - Colorado School of Mines

MLS Players- Richard Mulrooney, David Wagenfuhr, Nic Garcia, Jackie Jewsberry, Brian Kamler, Will Hesmer, Tony Schmitz, Tim Bohenkamp, Bret Rodriguez, Julian Nash, Michael Kraus, Andy Peterson, Ryan Junge and others