NSCAA - Director of Coaching Diploma 2008
NSCAA - Professional Development Certificate 2008
English FA - Planning, Preparing & Evaluating Coaching Sessions Certificate - 2007
English FA - Player & Match Analysis Certificate 2007 (Approved by "Sir" Trevor Brooking CBE, Director of Football Development)
NSCAA - High School Coaching Diploma 2007
USSF - US Youth Soccer National License 2005
English FA - Youth Psychology for Soccer 2004
USSF/NSCAA - Goal Keeping Regional Diploma 2004
NSCAA - Youth National Diploma 2003
NSCAA - "Advanced" National Diploma 2002
BRUSA - Brazilian "C" Coaching License 2001
Winning Mood Analyzing the game. Arnhem, Netherlands. 1997 and 2001
Total Coaching (level 3) Franz Hoek 1999
ASEP - Certificate for Coaching Principles 1997
USSF - "C" Coaching license 1996

Member of  National Soccer Coaches Association of America
Member of  Positive Coaches Alliance
Member of  Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association
Member of  USSF US Soccer Coaches Organization

More about John  

John, known to many as JVK, is a father of a 10 year old daughter and also a 3 year old girl born in May of 06 who has survived a liver transplant and going strong since December of 2006. John has been married for 16 years and has lived in the Madison area since 1982.

After being inspired to dive into soccer again after an exciting international game in Chicago with USA vs. Germany, John started his soccer coaching career in 1992. John is always striving to learn more as a coach through many different courses and seminars starting with the WSA State "F" license.

John has experience in all ages. From the youngest players to coaching  high school and will start his 8th season of high school as the new boys varsity coach at Watertown H.S. this fall of 2009. JVK has spendt five years as a manager and coach for a local men's soccer team and has also been involved in the Olympic Development Program. 

John is a big soccer fan which has him visiting cities all over the USA and in Europe to see soccer attend clinics, seminars, conventions etc. from California to Florida to the Netherlands and learn more about the game and its surroundings. John is also collector of soccer books, games on video dated as far back as 1954 as well as other soccer antiques and collectibles including Referee Law Book which is only 8 pages published in 1925.

Favorite club teams are Chicago Fire, Bayern Munich, Ajax of Amsterdam. Favorite National teams are  USA and Germany and of course Brazil. Favorite players... All time favorite is Jurgen Klinsmann, current favorites include Taylor Twellman of New England Revolution and Justin Mapp of Chicago Fire. Favorite coaches are Foppe de Haan, Bob Bradley. 

Youth coaches that give John direction and encouragement are Tom Goodman of World Class Soccer and US Soccer National Instructor, Tony "Tosh" Farrell - Technical Co-ordinator of Everton Youth Academy and also friends Chris Panayiotou (MYSC Youth Director of Coaching) and Kenny Hills (Street Feet Soccer Academy) who share opinions, coaching ideas and also travel to soccer coaching schools, seminars and soccer events together.

John was on the USSF pro-soccer referee list from 1998 to 2005 refereeing as a level 5 /State Level 1 referee. At 2005 there were 2633 registered soccer referees in Wisconsin and at the end of his referee career there were only 43 referees in Wisconsin at the State level 6 or higher. (Level 1 being the top in the world)

John has been an official for games that have included great players such as Ben Olsen (DC United & US National Team), Josh Wolff (KC Wizards and former US National Team), Digital Takawira (former KC Wizard, Milwaukee Rampage and Zimbabwe National Team), Jamar Beasly (brother of US National team player DeMarcus Beasley), Jim Curtin (Chicago Fire) and current US National team player Michale Bradley (son of coaching great and current US National Team Coach Bob Bradley). And also great coaches such as Bob Gansler, former coach of World Cup 90 U.S. National team and K.C. Wizards "2000 MLS Champions" and Coach Fernando Clevijo who was a former USA National team player and recently inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame and former head coach of Colorado Rapids of the MLS. 

In addition to refereeing, John has also been a certified referee assignor and has served as the Director of Referee's for MYSC (formerly Middleton and Yahara Soccer Clubs) as well as volunteer his time every season to give instruction to the new referee's of the MYSC In-House League.    

While a board member of Middleton Soccer Club, John was involved in the merging of MiddletonSC and Yahara into MYSC which is already recognized nationally. 
His screen printing web site is www.razorsharpsp.com