In this episode, Patty and Brian speak with the two head coaches who will lead out the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Pellissippi State for their inaugural season this fall.
Josh Scott, the men’s coach, is a veteran of the East Tennessee soccer scene. Since moving from England in the mid-2000s, he’s played at Hiwassee College and Milligan University and coached at Emory & Henry College and Longwood University (Virginia), Tusculum University, and ETSU, in addition to various roles with local youth clubs.
Mariana Diaz is a Mexico native who relocated to Knoxville and played at Halls High School and Inter Futbol Academy before becoming a five-year women’s soccer captain at Lincoln Memorial University, where she went on to serve as an assistant coach.
Listen to learn about how soccer came to Pellissippi, the playing and coaching journeys that led Josh and Mariana to their posts, the junior college soccer landscape in the region, and the impact their programs can make for youth and high school soccer players in Knoxville.
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Pellissippi Enters the Soccer Scene w/ Josh Scott and Mariana Diaz • #68