What goals do you have for yourself and your team this year? What might be the most difficult part of this year, for everyone, is going to be patient, flexible, and positive during this time with so many unknowns. It is also a challenge to create practice plans that are safe and within the state guidelines, but still provide value to players. Getting to know student-athletes, their families will definitely take more time than normal. One of the biggest challenges of starting somewhere new is getting to know the people you are going to be working with, the pandemic has made this exponentially more challenging. What are some struggles of becoming a new coach at a new school during the pandemic? You not only have a larger number of student athletes that want to participate in athletics, but are going to participate at a high, competitive level. What is also great about Lincoln is the level of competition. As a coach, athlete, or student there, you are immediately part of the community and culture. Lincoln High School is in the heart of downtown, and really encompasses the city. There are many reasons to become a coach at Lincoln. Why did you decide to become the girls’ soccer coach at Lincoln? Currently, I am working with the goalkeepers in the Timbers and Thorns ODP programs and am excited to start at LHS.
I have also worked with other programs within the state such as Willamette University, Westview High School, and even spent a year with Lincoln before moving to Arizona to become a teacher. I have spent most of my time with the FC Portland Soccer Academy. What are your past experiences with coaching and playing soccer?Īs a player and coach. Lainey Hulsizer, Head Girls’ Soccer Coach Interview by Claire Yoo (questions in bold)
SOCCER HEAD BASKETBALL PLUS
Hulsizer was an NCAA DI soccer player and coached several programs throughout Oregon, and Lincoln has coached with several high schools and universities’ basketball programs, plus dozens of basketball camps around the world. The Cardinal Times took the time to interview the new head girls’ soccer and boys’ basketball coaches at Lincoln, Lainey Hulsizer and Joel Lincoln.
Hulsizer is the Lincoln girls’ soccer team new head coach Lainey Hulsizer kicks a ball during a soccer game for the Portland State Vikings.
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