Empire United’s coaching staff is a collection of the best coaches available in western New York. They bring with them playing and coaching experiences at the highest level the game has to offer. We have current and former professional and collegiate players and coaches from all across the country. We rotate our coaching staff every two to three years to ensure our players have a full spectrum of styles and approaches to the game.
All coaches working with each team are selected by the Director of Coaching. Parents are not permitted to train or coach any team without prior approval.
The head coach assignments are subject to change before the start of tryouts, but rarely change thereafter. Assistant coaches are all tentative and will likely change based on tryout numbers and which age groups will demand multiple coaches.
| Age Group |
Head Coach |
Assistant Coach |
Assistant Coach |
| u9 Boys Pool |
Bob Mahany |
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| u9 Girls Pool |
Bob Mahany |
Jennifer Kern |
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| u10 Boys Pool |
Dave Kreger |
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| u10 Girls Pool |
Peter Olsen |
Kathleen Dipasquale |
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| u11 Boys Pool |
Greg Kaszubski |
Paul Hermann |
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| u11 Girls Pool |
Patrick Dogherty |
Tim Liffiton |
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| u12 Boys Blue |
Chris Peehler |
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| u12 Boys Red |
Mike Schermerhorn |
Bruce Leader |
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| u12 Girls Blue |
Rob Jackman |
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| u12 Girls Red |
Jess Poliseno |
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| u13 Boys Blue |
David Coulter |
Mike Ertel |
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| u13 Girls Blue |
Kelly Gillow |
Bruce Leader |
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| u14 Boys Blue |
Rolfe Freidenberg |
Chris Wright |
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| u14 Girls Blue |
Kristine Eckert |
Mike Rudney |
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| u15 Boys Blue |
Casey Derkacz |
Chris Hershey |
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| u15 Girls Blue |
Jason Pickhardt |
Jerry West |
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| u16 Boys Blue |
Tim Kronenwetter |
Orville Roberts |
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| u16 Girls Blue |
Frank Cotroneo |
Amanda Shaw |
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| u17 Boys Blue |
Kevin Brenner |
Michael Chieffo |
Greg Kaszubski |
| u17 Girls Blue |
Jacek Cislak |
Kamil Cislak |
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| u18 Boys Blue |
Dermot McGrane |
Orville Roberts |
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| u18 Girls Blue |
Anthony Massop |
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| u19 Boys Blue |
Tommy Tanner |
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| u19 Girls Blue |
Mike Paolini |
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