David Skakal
Coach - U12 Girls

BIO:

Coach Dave Skakal holds a Florida State “D” coaching license (1996), and has been coaching in boys and girls soccer programs since 1991 in California and Florida. He was a founding member of Bay Select Soccer Club (later Bay United) in the fall of 1993, served seven years on the board of directors including being tournament director for the Endless Summer Soccer Tournament for two years. Dave began his coaching as a U-8 recreational coach in Redlands, California while serving with the United States Air Force. He then coached U-10 through U-13 boys teams for Bay Select Soccer Club in Panama City, Florida through 1997, and was also team manager for his son’s Bay United teams through the U-17 age division in 2001. Since 2003 he has been coaching girls recreational league teams from ages U-6 through U-10. Dave is a former president of Mosley Soccer Booster Club and a member of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). He has been the head coach for the Mosley High School boys soccer team since 2002, also teaching in the Social Studies department, holding a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Master of Science in Business Administration. He and his wife Merrilyn have three children and four grandchildren. Coach Skakal returned to Bay United in the fall of 2009 and is presently coach for the U-12 girls team.