TONKA UNITED COACHING STAFF

Bobbi Hoebelheinrich - Executive Director



Overall Club Administration
Travel Program Administration



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JoAnn Magnuson - Administrator & Tournament Director



Recreation Administrator
Tonka Splash Director
Administrative Support



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Jonathan Schaefer - Director of Coaching & Player Development

  • Director since November 2010
  • Currently holds his USSF "A" License, Youth License, and NSCAA Goalkeeper Level III
  • 8 years of college coaching as an assistant for Augsburg Men's
  • 8 years of high school coaching as a head coach (DeLaSalle and Mounds View)
  • 7 years as Director of Coaching for Cottage Grove United Soccer Club

 
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Keith Pavelka - Technical Director, U11/U12 Age Group Director 





  • Currently holds his USSF "B" and NSCAA High School Coaches Diploma
  • Former Assistant and player at Western Illinois University
  • Former Hopkins Dynamo Director of Coaching
  • Current Hopkins High School Girls Varsity Coach

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Kelly Taylor - U9/U10 Age Group Director

  • Originally from New Jersey
  • Currently Holds USSF National Youth License and NSCAA " Advanced National" Diploma
  • Current Associate Head Coach Women's Soccer at Minnetonka High School
  • Former Cottage Grove United Technical Director
  • Spent 3 years as a student manager for Gopher Women's Basketball 

 

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Sharon Cherney - Recreation Director

  • Tonka United Coach since 2008
  • Currently holds her USSF "D" license
  • Former Player and Graduate Assistant at Crown College
  • Kindergarten Teacher in Minneapolis Public Schools
  • Extensive experience at running camps and clinics

 

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Thomas Courchene -  Tonka United Staff Coach - U13-U15 White/Red Team Trainer


  • Minnesota transplant from Colorado
  • Currently holds his USSF "C" license 
  • Current JV Boys coach at Minnetonka High School 
  • Former Prior Lake High School and Club Coach
  • Extensive experience at running camps and clinics

 
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Chris Engelbret - Tonka United Staff Coach

  • Early player at Tonka United WAHOTA team (Wayzata, Hopkins, Tonka)
  • Currently holds his USSF "C" and is working towards his "B"
  • Former Assistant and player at Macalester College
  • Former High School Varsity coach at Academy of Holy Angels and Columbia Heights
  • Currently teaches in the Richfield School District

 
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Scott Helling-Christy - Tonka United Staff Coach


  • Started Coaching for Tonka United in 1987
  • Currently holds his USSF "C" license
  • Currently Women's Varsity Coach at Benilde-St. Margaret's









Goalkeeper Academy Staff

Jessica Meuwissen

  • Academy of Holy Angels Women's Soccer Assistant
  • NSCAA Goalkeeper Level III
  • NSCAA "National" Diploma
  • USSF National "D"
  • Goalkeeper specialist

Kevin Vongsaphay

  • USSF "D"
  • NSCAA Goalkeeper Level III
  • Minnetonka Sophomore Boys Coach
  • Goalkeeper specialist

Adam Pribyl

  • Former DeLaSalle and premier level player
  • Goalkeeper specialist