Tommy Wheeldon Jr. is the Club Technical Director. Tommy has a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Science & Coaching and is a UEFA B (European) certified coach. Playing experience include spells with English professional teams Swindon Town FC and Torquay United FC and former USL team the Calgary Storm, where he combined his playing duties with running their Youth Academy.

Tommy is also the co-founder of the Premier Academy of Soccer Skills (PASS Ltd), where prior to joining Foothills full time in 2007, he headed up their Technical Program and Skills Camps.

Tommy's coaching honors includes 6 trips to Nationals in the last 6 years, including one as a player/coach (2006), amassing 1 Bronze (2005), 2 Silver's (2006 & 2010) and 3 Gold's (2007, 2008 & 2009) along with numerous Provincial titles.

"We aim to provide each player with a positive environment that is best suited to their age and ability. We believe in creating memories and opportunities for our players that will help teach them positive life lessons and prepare them for what lies ahead, whether that's within or outside the beautiful game of soccer."

Leon Hapgood is the Club assistant technical director. Leon is a UEFA B certified coach who most recently was an Academy director from my time at Torquay Utd., a professional Club in England. Leon is a former professional player who played more than one-hundred games in the English League with clubs such as Torquay, Yeovil Town, and Plymouth Argyle.

"We strive to make our Academy a top development experience from the moment the player arrives to the minute they leave the pitch. Often we have guest coaches from other professional clubs as part of our continued link from England that is growing all the time and our players quickly learn that they already have a top European quality experience within Foothills"

Colin MacKay is our Director of Soccer operations, Managing the day-to-day operations of the club, as well as in charge of our Grassroots Program, which includes the U4, U6 and U8 age groups, He also oversee's the Tier 4-6 program. Colin is a Provincial B licensed coach, Colin carries a certificate in Soccer Management and Scouting, as well as Soccer Administration. Colin won a National Gold Medal as the Head Coach of the U18 Foothills Athletics in 2009.Colin has been with the club since 2002.

"At Foothills we value all of our players regardless of age or skill. My role is to provide the younger players and more recreational players with a program that meets their needs as players. Our U6/U8 program is truly remarkable and includes fun based technical training, mini festivals, Jamborees and lots of other extras. Many of our National medalist older players and alumni are out on the field with our young future champions. This is very unique and all around are smiles from players and trainers having a great time."

JP Crescenzi is our Academy Goalkeeper Coach.

Wayne Cleverly is an Academy Coach.

Joe Long is an Academy Coach.

Kevin Doyle is an Academy Coach.

Kevin Francis is an Academy Coach.

Steve Thomas is an Academy Coach.

Graham Kennedy is our director of coaching. Graham is a UEFA B licensed coach and has his Masters of Education. Graham has been an icon of Foothills soccer and has been the technical director at Foothills for nearly a decade. Graham worked at the Birmingham City FC as a guest coach on two occasions and was on their staff for a U17 tournament in Italy. He served as scout for BCFC for western Canada for two years. His last coaching post was the U18 girls National Champion Foothills Colts. Graham continues to work with Foothills through coaching education programs.

"The backbone of any club are their coaches. At Foothills we take great pride in providing coaching education through our formal training at the beginning of the season. However, our commitment is far greater and we constantly strive to mentor our coaches through feedback, updates, and constant education."