Mark Buckley Boys Coach of the Year 2008 Rochester, N.Y. – On November 15, 2008, Mark Buckley was awarded “Boys Coach of the Year – 2008” by New York State West Youth Soccer Association. (NYSWYSA).

Mark has been active in coaching since 1999 and currently holds a USSF D License. Mark and his wife Jenny have four children in the Webster Soccer Association (WSA) Any give day you can find him coaching in the Micro Soccer Program, Player Development Program (PDP) or one of his two travel teams at WSA Soccer Complex.

In 2008, Mark successfully coached the only non-premier boys team to qualify for the New York West State Cup Finals. He allowed every player to play and benefit from the experience knowing they were the under dogs. He has also led the 2009 WSA BU14 team to back-to-back RDYSL undefeated championship seasons at U12 and U13 in Division 1. Mark is also a past member of the WSA Board of Directors.

Even with all the youth practices and games Mark still finds time to play in the Rochester District Soccer League (RDSL) in the Men’s Over Forty Division for the Rovers FC.

Malcolm Kersey, WSA Coaches Director U5 – U10:
“He’s consistently challenging his players to solve the problem by drawing on his knowledge of the game and coaching education. He works on developing problem-solving players asking “what”, “why” and “when” questions to allow the players to think about the situation and try to resolve the problem themselves rather then feeding them the solution.”

This is the second WSA coach that has won this honor. Bob Johnson was awarded this title in 2007.