JUNIOR PIONEERS SOCCER CLUB

Kevin Meek is a former Division I midfielder with over fifteen years experience as a coach for teams in Indiana and Massachusetts and as a Director of Coaching for several programs in Indiana. From 2004-2008 he served as the Head Assistant Coach for Westfield State College and helped change the women's soccer program from a team with consecutive losing seasons and a last place record in the MASCAC conference to conference champions who made their first NCAA tournament appearance in school history in 2008. He has coached several top tier MAPLE squads, served as Assistant Coach for the Lady Pioneers, served as Soccer Program Director for a two-month-long residential summer camp in the Berkshires for kids ranging in ages from 7 to 14, has been a contributing writer for Soccer New England Magazine, and was recently named the Head Coach for Elms College.

As a player, he earned All-Conference and All-State honors in high school, started for Olympic Development and elite club teams that traveled throughout North America and competed for state and national titles, trained and played in both Denmark and Holland, and played for Butler University. As a coach, he started as an assistant while he was a freshman at Butler for one of the winningest coaches in Indiana High School history, and after college began a coaching career that has included several premier U-17 and U-19 boys' teams, as well as boys and girls' teams at the youth and adult levels.

Recently, he earned National Soccer Coach's Association Advanced Regional and National diplomas, International Coach's Association Bronze Level Certification, completed an English Football Association Fitness and Psychology for Soccer and Level One Certification, has begun an MA in Fitness and Strength Training, is studying the SPARQ method of training, and will complete a National Youth Diploma and Director of Coaching Diploma within the next six months. 

He is actively involved with several soccer training organizations and clubs in Massachusetts and the Midwest, has participated and attended several national soccer coaching conventions and showcases, and is constantly seeking ways to improve his ability to effectively coach, manage, recruit, and assist players reach their goals. This has included training with the KNVB Dutch National Football organization and the Gatorade Institute.

He earned a BA from butler University and a MFA in creative writing from UMASS Amherst, and is currently an Associate Professor of English at Westfield State College.