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Correll, Jon

Correll, Jon

PAC Reading U15 NAL BOYS Head Coach

Has been coaching soccer for over 10 years, with 45 years of soccer experience.

Played high school soccer at Daniel Boone HS, where he still holds the career and single-season scoring records, tallying 84 goals and 39 assists in three seasons. Two-time All-State and All-Berks selection.

Played for the EPYSA State Team for three years and medaled at three consecutive Keystone State Games.

Full-scholarship athlete at D1 Villanova University, where he was a four-year starter and still holds the single-season school scoring record with 13 goals in his senior season. He was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week twice and was selected for the Philadelphia Soccer 7 All-Star First Team and the Mid-Atlantic Region All American Team in 1996.

His many years of high-level playing experience provide him with the ability to quickly assess players' strengths and weaknesses, and to create training and game plans designed to maximize their current potential while promoting skill development where needed, resulting in continuous improvement from year to year.

Coaching philosophy: "Focusing on positive reinforcement and stressing teamwork and communication above all else."

Advice to players: "Never stop putting in the work to improve. The constant quest to get just a little bit better every day is how good athletes develop into great ones."