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 PAUL GANNON

     INSTRUCTOR

 

Arvin CPDC Room B334
 Phone: 938-7614
 Email:pp6157@usma.edu

 

Biography

EDUCATION:

1/96 - 3/96 St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY

8/80 - 5/82 Master of Science in Recreation Administration

SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, NY

Magna Cum Laude

9/73 - 5/76 Bachelor of Science in Public Health Administration

SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, NY

9/71 - 6/73 U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

 

COURSES COMPLETED:

4/00 Master Fitness Trainer Course

US Army Physical Fitness School, Ft. Lewis, WA

11/99 Coaching Principles Course

American Sport Education Program Certification

Leader Level

West Point, NY

2/85 Physical Activities Specialist Transition Course

Soldier Physical Fitness Academy

Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1984 - Present Instructor/Instructor’s Assistant

USMA, West Point, NY

Racquetball - 14 years

Course director

Soccer - 14 years

course director

Ice Skating - 13 years

Swimming - 7 years Tennis - 7 years

Squash - 6 years

Unit Fitness - 4 years

Wrestling - 4 years

Pickleball - 3 years

Course Director

Volleyball - 2 years

Muscular fitness lab- 1 year

Wellness - 1 year

 

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:

Department of Physical Education, United States Military Academy:

    • Upper-class Pickleball
    • Upper-class Racquetball
    • Upper-class Soccer
    • Upper-class Ice Skating (assisted)

 

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

1999 – Present Director of the Hudson Valley Soccer Coaches

Speaking Network

1988 - Present Foundations in Soccer - Founder/Director

(Technical Foot Work Clinician)

1982 - 2000 Assistant Varsity Soccer Coach

Head Junior Varsity Soccer Coach

USMA, West Point, NY

1981 Junior Varsity Soccer Coach

SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, NY

1980 New City Soccer Club, President/Coach

Rockland County Soccer League

1979 Assistant Varsity Soccer Coach

Clarkstown High School, New City, NY

1977 - 78 Auburn Indoor Soccer Club, President/Coach

Auburn, NY

1977 Assistant Varsity Soccer Coach

Auburn Community College, Auburn, NY

 

Soccer Clinician/Camp Experience:

West Point Boys Soccer Camp- 16 years

Foundations in Soccer- 13 years

West Point Holiday Footwork Camp- 9 years

National Soccer Camp- 8 years

West Point Girls Soccer Camp- 4 years

R.C.C. Soccer Camp- 3 years

 

PUBLICATIONS:

"5,000 Touches To Better Soccer" STRATEGIES, Sep./Oct. 1999, Vol. 13, No. 1

"Sharks and Minnows" P.E. Digest, Fall (September, 1998), Vol. 15, No. 1

 

PRESENTATIONS:

3/1/01 "Working out of the back defensive 1/3rd"

Yorktown Heights/East Hudson Valley Soccer Coaches Association

Yorktown, NY

11/18/00 "3,001 Additional Touches to Eye/Foot Coordination in Soccer"

NYSAHPERD 2000 Annual Convention

New Paltz, NY

11/12/00 "Defensive Press"

Hudson Valley Soccer Coaches Speaking Network

West Point, NY

6/29/00 "Strikers- How many should I use, and how to use them?"

Hudson Valley Soccer Coaches Speaking Network

West Point, NY

12/14/99 "Organization of Offensive and Defensive Re-starts"

Hudson Valley Soccer Coaches Speaking Network

West Point, NY

11/18/99 "3,001 Touches to Eye/Foot Coordination in Soccer"

NYSAHPERD 1999 Annual Convention

Syracuse, NY

11/16/99 "Working out of the Back"

Hudson Valley Soccer Coaches Speaking Network

West Point, NY

 

 

6/92 "Fast Footwork"

Long Island Soccer Coaches Convention

Long Island, NY

6/90 "Fast Footwork"

Empire State Soccer Convention

Albany, NY

6/89 "Fast Footwork"

Empire State Soccer Convention

Albany, NY

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

1998 - Present NYS Association Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance

1995 - Present American Association Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

1988 - Present National Soccer Coaches Association of America

1976 - Present Eta Sigma Gamma, Public Health National Honor Society

 

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:

 

NSCAA Advanced National Coaching License (soccer)

NSCAA National Coaching License (soccer)

USSF National "C" Coaching License (soccer)

American Red Cross CPR