Ted Nichols - General Manager

Frank Peabody - Executive Director

Frank grew up in Louisville, where he played club soccer and was an all-state goalkeeper at St. Xavier High School.  He played five years of collegiate soccer at Butler University, a Division One program located in Indianapolis, Indiana, including three years as the starting goalkeeper.  Frank led the country in save percentage (SPG 7.80) and goals against average (GAA 0.250) for division one men’s soccer in 2005.  He also posted the third best goals against average in Butler men’s soccer history and was named to the Butler Athletic Director’s honor Roll three years in a row.  Frank graduated with a business degree in Marketing from Butler University. Currently Frank is the Goalkeeper trainer and an Assistant Coach for Bellarmine Universtiy as well as an Olympic Development Program (ODP) Assistant Goalkeeper Coach.  He served as the featured Goalkeeper Trainer at Butler University Summer Camps.  He was the starting goalkeeper for the new PASL-Pro league Louisville Lightning in its inaugural season and leads that league in saves as well as minutes played.  Frank currently holds a United States Soccer Federation D License and will be working toward his USSF C License in the Summer of 2010. 

                       fpeabody@mockingbirdsoccer.net    O: 502.896.2412 (ext. 103)

 Jonathan Velotta- Club Director of Coaching 

Jonathan graduated from Brescia University with a B.A. in English. He was a four year starter on the Brescia University Men’s Soccer Team, a NAIA All-American Honorable Mention senior season, 1st Team All-Conference senior season, 2nd team All-Conference sophomore season, and Voted team captain senior season. Jonathan moved to Louisville in the summer of 2003 and worked as Assistant Coach for the University of Louisville Men’s Soccer team for three seasons while obtaining his Masters in Sport Administration. Currently, he is the Assistant Men and Women’s Soccer Coach at Bellarmine University. Jonathan holds a USSF “A” Coaching License. 

jvelotta@mockingbirdsoccer.net             O: 502.896.2412 (ext. 112) 

John Michael Hayden- Boys Director of Coaching / u16 - u18 Boys Age Group Coordinator 

John Michael grew up in Louisville, KY and attended Trinity HS. He attended college at Indiana University receiving a B.A. in General Education and a certificate in Business Administration. He was a four-year member of the seven time NCAA Division I National Champions Indiana Hoosiers. Led by legendary coach Jerry Yeagley; Hayden won two back to back National titles in 2003 & 2004. Numerous High School and Collegiate accolades include All-American selections, All-Conference selections and NCAA All-Tournament selections. Following his collegiate career he was drafted by reigning Major League Soccer champion Houston Dynamo in the first round of the 2007 MLS Super Draft. While playing for the Dynamo, John Michael also coached for the Houston Express Soccer Club winning the STYSA State Cup with his U18 women’s team. He also helped with the Houston Dynamo Academy teams throughout his time in Texas. John Michael currently holds his USSF "B" License.

                         johnmhayden@mockingbirdsoccer.net     O: 502.896.2412 (ext. 112)      

 Tim Nowak - Girls Director of Coaching

Tim has recently returned to Louisville after living here from 2001-2005 where he was on the women’s staff at the University of Louisville and served on the Kentucky ODP staff.  After leaving Louisville Tim took a women’s head coaching position at Eastern Illinois University from 2005-2009.  While in Illinois he also worked on the Illinois ODP staff and the Region II coaching staff.  He spent 2009 as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas.  Tim has over twelve years of women’s/girl’s coaching experience at the NCAA Division I, club and OPD level. He has an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and an NSCAA Goalkeeping license.  Tim is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and graduated with a B.A. in Broadcast Communications from Western Illinois University where he was a three year starting goalkeeper.  

  tnowak@mockingbirdsoccer.net       O: 502.896.2412 (ext. 102)

Brock graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo in 1994. He began his coaching career at S.B.U. serving as a Graduate Assistant Coach. He then served as Head Soccer Coach at Southwestern College in Kansas where he started both the Men’s and Women’s NAIA teams. He served as the Director of Soccer at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota overseeing the Men’s and Women’s NAIA teams. He was the Director of Coaching at Great Plains Soccer Club in Sioux Falls and active with South Dakota ODP as well. Brock currently holds an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA and is also licensed with the USSF.   He had over 15 years of coaching experience working with youth, high school, and collegiate teams for boys and girls.

  bhickam@mockingbirdsoccer.net