Saints FC - Boys' Coaching Staff
U6/U8 Co-ed
RYANN AUGSTELL
U6/U8 Head Coach
Bio coming soon!
JAYANNA MONDS
U6/U8 Head Coach
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JAZZMYN TUTHILL
U6/U8 Assistant Coach
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BRIAN KEOUGH
U6/U8 Assistant Coach
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U9
SCOTT SPECIALE
U9 Head Coach: Man City
sspeciale17@gmail.com
Coach Speciale is the U10 Boys coach for Latham Saints. He has 20 years of coaching experience from ages u10 through U18 both boys and girls. He holds a National “D” license, Futsal State Level 2, and other topics coaching certification. He played collegiately at several colleges. He currently works as a Social Studies teacher for the State of New York.
GREG SAINT JOHN
U9 Assistant Coach
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Bio coming soon!
U10
JIM MITCHELL
U10 Head Coach: Rangers
Coach Speciale is the U10 Boys coach for Latham Saints. He has 20 years of coaching experience from ages u10 through U18 both boys and girls. He holds a National “D” license, Futsal State Level 2, and other topics coaching certification. He played collegiately at several colleges. He currently works as a Social Studies teacher for the State of New York.
NATE MITCHELL
U10 Head Coach: Celtic
Bio coming soon!
U11
SEAN DUFORT
U11 Head Coach: Porto
Sean Dufort is the U15 Bayern and U11 Porto coach for Saints FC, and also the Boys' JV Head Coach at Shaker High School - both since 2019. He has been coaching at the club since 2017, previously working with the U11 & U12 Boys. Coach Dufort played for LCSC from the age of 4 until he was 16. He played under Coach Fountain at Shaker, as a goalkeeper, during the 2012 & 2013 seasons. During his senior season, Coach Dufort helped lead the team to a 14-4 overall record and season-high ranking of 3rd in NYS. He then went on to Siena College, where he was in the class that founded the Siena Men's Club Soccer team. Coach Dufort was the starting goalkeeper for their inaugural competitive season in 2017 as a senior, leading the team to a 4-4 record. Coach Dufort is a big Barcelona fan, with Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp being influences on his coaching philosophy.
AMMAR SINGAPOREWALA
U11 Assistant Coach
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Bio coming soon!
U12
AMMAR SINGAPOREWALA
U12 Assistant Coach
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U14
WALT HARTL
U14 Head Coach: Red Bulls
Coach Hartl has been involved with youth sports and the Latham Circle Soccer Club (LCSC) for 25 years. He’s been active as a volunteer, coach, board member, travel soccer program director, and currently serves as President Emeritus of LCSC. Coach Hartl has coached for 25 years for both boys and girls, at all ages and (U8 to U16) and skill levels from recreational to competitive, most recently with the LCSC U16 boys for the 2019-2020 seasons and prior to that he coached with Shaker Varsity Head Coach, Dan Fountain at the LCSC U14 level for 3 years. Coach Hartl has a USSF F License as well as several other coaching certifications. Additionally, he is a certified American Red Cross Instructor for CPR and First Aid. Coach Hartl also played Division 1 Soccer for Siena and is an avid soccer fan!
MATT SPECIALE
U14 Head Coach: Sounders
specia67@yahoo.com
Coach Speciale is the coach for the Latham Saints FC Dortmund team. Coach Speciale has a Grassroots license with eight years of experience coaching Travel and Rec soccer. In his playing days, he started for two years on the Shaker Varsity team and played for Hudson Valley Community College and SUNY New Paltz. Coach Speciale is also a branch manager at SEFCU.
U15
SEAN DUFORT
U15 Head Coach: Bayern
Sean Dufort is the U15 Bayern and U11 Porto coach for Saints FC, and also the Boys' JV Head Coach at Shaker High School - both since 2019. He has been coaching at the club since 2017, previously working with the U11 & U12 Boys. Coach Dufort played for LCSC from the age of 4 until he was 16. He played under Coach Fountain at Shaker, as a goalkeeper, during the 2012 & 2013 seasons. During his senior season, Coach Dufort helped lead the team to a 14-4 overall record and season-high ranking of 3rd in NYS. He then went on to Siena College, where he was in the class that founded the Siena Men's Club Soccer team. Coach Dufort was the starting goalkeeper for their inaugural competitive season in 2017 as a senior, leading the team to a 4-4 record. Coach Dufort is a big Barcelona fan, with Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp being influences on his coaching philosophy.
U16
U17
DAN FOUNTAIN
U17 Head Coach: Crew
danfountain5@gmail.com
Coach Fountain is the Saints FC Director of Player Development for the boy’s teams and has been in that role since 2019. Since 2012 he has also coached the Saints FC Boys U13/U14 teams. Coach Fountain is also the Shaker Boys Varsity Coach since 2012. As Varsity Head Coach, he has become the all-time winningest coach in Shaker soccer history. While at Shaker he has been privileged to coach and help over a dozen division 1 and over 40 division 2 and 3 athletes get recruited for college soccer. Coach Fountain has multiple national licenses and special topics diplomas from USSF and USC. In his playing days, he was a 3 time, 1st Team All-Star at his high school in Buffalo, and played Division 1 soccer at Oneonta. Coach Fountain is also a US History and Economics teacher at Shaker High School. Coach Fountain emphasizes academic achievement, volunteering, and having fun in addition to improving as soccer players. His favorite saying; “Have Fun & Get Better”.
U19
Goalkeeping
U18
SEAN DUFORT
Head Goalkeeping Coach
sm09dufo@gmail.com
Sean Dufort is the Boys' goalkeeping coach for Saints FC, and also the Boys' JV Head Coach at Shaker High School - both since 2019. He has been coaching at the club since 2017, previously working with the U11 & U12 Boys. Coach Dufort played for LCSC from the age of 4 until he was 16. He played under Coach Fountain at Shaker, as a goalkeeper, during the 2012 & 2013 seasons. During his senior season, Coach Dufort helped lead the team to a 14-4 overall record and season-high ranking of 3rd in NYS. He then went on to Siena College, where he was in the class that founded the Siena Men's Club Soccer team. Coach Dufort was the starting goalkeeper for their inaugural competitive season in 2017 as a senior, leading the team to a 4-4 record. Coach Dufort is a big Barcelona fan, with Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp being influences on his coaching philosophy.