Eric Hollingsworth
Profile: Eric Hollingsworth was a professional soccer player in the English Premier League with West Ham United and an international Decathlete representing Great Britain. He has previously coached at the Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian Capital Territory Academy of Sport.

Peter Fortune
Profile: Peter Fortune is the VIS Senior Coach.  He has been an Olympic Coach in 1996 and 2000 and the Track & Field Head Coach of the World University Games in 1999 and 2001.  He is the coach of some of Australia’s premier track athletes including World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist Cathy Freeman and National Champions Tamsyn Lewis, Nova Peris and Lauren Hewitt.

Paul Wade
Profile: Australia’s most capped Soceroo of all time and former Socceroo captain, Paul Wade is renowned as a fearless, relentless competitor who possessed the most ferocious header in the business.  After ten years as a Socceroo and a lengthy career on the field Paul has passed in his soccer boots, however remains actively involved in promoting Australian Soccer.

Ernie Merrick
Profile: The Head Soccer Coach at The Victorian Institute of Sport, ERNIE MERRICK, asserts a highly practiced background in Australian soccer and physical  education. With a career stretching back more than 25 years, Ernie has coached a handful of Premier state teams all the way through to coaching in the National  League. His experience and knowledge in the sport is well recognised Australia  wide.

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