OUR COACHES
A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life.
COACH MARIO GARCIA
Head Coach
Serving in the U.S. Army for the past 18 years. Starting coaching soccer in 2015 at Fort Polk, LA., mainly because my daughters Diana and Silvana were not getting the proper coaching, and I was the parent who walked up and down the field coaching from the side line.
I started coaching because I wanted to teach my girls how to play soccer. I coached at Fort Polk until we moved to Fort Benning in 2017; I have been coaching with CYSC since I move here. Since I started coaching I knew it is my passion and I love being a mentor, teacher and a coach for the kids.
COACH ISMAELÂ SERRANO
Assistant Coach
Coach Serrano has been coaching since 2002. Coach Serrano developed a love for soccer while he was living abroad with his Missionary parents. In high school, he received a soccer scholarship to Bryan College in Dayton, TN. After completing his bachelor's degree, Coach Serrano become an ordained minister in 2008. Shortly after becoming a bilingual pastor in Lenoir City, TN, Coach Serrano joined the United States Army as an Active Duty Army Chaplain. Coach Serrano has been an assistant coach with Columbus Soccer Club since 2018.