Club Coaches 

​SUSC's Sporting Director and BCSPL Technical Director Jeff Clarke grew up in Coquitlam, British Columbia where he played youth soccer with Metro-Ford SC, now known as Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC. During his time with the Club, his Metro Ford team won three provincial and two Canadian championships. He proudly played in the local VMSL Men’s League periodically between 1993 - 1997 with North Shore Pegasus and then 2009 - 2014 with the SUSC Firefighters Men’s Premier team, winning multiple Imperial & Provincial Cup championships.

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Coaching Certifications & Formal Education

• CSA B National license

• CSA Children's license

• CSA Youth license 

• Clarke attended Simon Fraser University where he graduated from SFU with a degree in Criminology and accompanying certificate in Legal Studies.

• He also holds an Occupational First Aid certificate from St. John’s Ambulance and the Small Business diploma from BCIT.

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Professional Playing Career

• 1996 - 1997 - First professional contract with the Vancouver 86ers. 

• 1998 -  Royal Antwerp.  Belgium

• 1998 - 2000 League of Ireland club St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.

• 2000 - Longford Town of the League of Ireland and Edmonton Drillers of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). 

• 2000 - 2001 - Baltimore Blast of the NPSL

• 2001 - Portland Timbers (USL)

• 2002 - 2008  - Vancouver Whitecaps (USL); 280 appearances. Team captain for 5 seasons. Won the USL Championship in 2006 & 2008.

Team Canada Caps & International Playing Career

• 1992 -1993 - Represented Canada U16s & U17s at the  1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan, 

• 1994 - 1997 Represented Canada U12s in CONCACAF Youth WC Qualifying tournaments. 

• 1996 - As team captain, he won the CONCACAF U20 Championship in Saltillo, Mexico.   

• 1997 - Represented Canada U17s at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia

• 1997 - Made his senior debut for Canada in an August 1997 friendly match against Iran.  He earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. 

• 2000 - Was part of Canada's squad that won their first 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

• 2000 - was the captain of the Canadian Olympic U23 National Team in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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Coaching Achievements

• 2004 - 2006 - Assistant Coach with Simon Fraser University. 

• 2009 – 2014 -  Head Coach of the SUSC Women’s Premier Team winning 5 provincial cup titles, played in 3 national championship finals and was the national champion in 2011. The team was inducted into the BC Soccer Hall of Fame for their accomplishments.

• 2014 - Head Coach of the 1996 born BCSPL boys team who won both the provincial cup and national title all players graduated into reputable post-secondary soccer and academic programs. 

Technical Director and Executive Director Achievements

• Current - SUSC Sporting Director and SUSC BCSPL Technical Director

• 2009 - 2023 - Jeff is has as the Technical Director and Director of Operations at Surrey United Soccer Club and has been in such senior positions with the Club since 2009. Jeff has been instrumental in the growth and maturity of the Club throughout his tenure, bringing it to being ranked one of the top soccer clubs  in the country.

• In his 15 years at Surrey United SC, Jeff has been the driving force behind the SUSC BCSPL Program that has been regarded as one of the top programs in the country with numerous national championships. He has established a club-wide model that has fully integrated player development, academy programs and team development programs as well as levels of play from under 5 years old to over 55-year-old masters programs. Clarke’s leadership and influence as technical director has been key to SUSC being ranked in the top 10 clubs in Canada, as per the CSA Club License ranking system (Nov. 2022).

• In 2015 Clarke broadened his portfolio at the club and assumed additional operations and administrative duties as interim Executive Director following the sudden passing of SUSC Executive Director, Martin Foden. Since 2015 Jeff has developed the SUSC Spring Soccer program (including our spring and summer camps), founded the Club’s sponsorship program and been integral in the multi-million dollar capital project of our new Clubhouse, which was a collaboration of SUSC, the City of Surrey and both Provincial and Federal Government branches. He volunteers in many initiatives and advisory boards at the City of Surrey, with an objective of contributing to Surrey on many different levels. 

• In 2014, in collaboration with the SUSC Board of Directors, Clarke and his family created an annual hardship fund in the SUSC budget, which goes toward supporting underprivileged kids and families within SUSC.  

• 2002 - 2009 - Technical Director of the Guildford Athletic Club . Was influential in building GAC into one of the most progressive clubs in Surrey and the lower mainland. In 2004, he was instrumental in the infrastructure project at Hjorth Road Park, with the building of the clubhouse and turf field complex. 

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• National A Licence

• National B Licence

• Provincial B Licence

• Provincial Pre-B Licence

• CSA Youth License

• CSA Children's License

• 2018 Canada West and U SPORTS Coach of the Year

• 2021 Alberta Soccer Association Bert Goldberger Technical Award

• 2018 Named to the Trinity Western University Men’s Soccer Wall of Fame as Program Builder

• 2018 Calgary Women’s Soccer Association President’s Award 

• 2007-2009 Trinity Western University Men's Team Assistant Coach

• 2013 - 2021 Calgary Dinos Women's Team Head Coach

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Troye is a Canada Soccer National A License certified coach, with over 20 years of leadership experience throughout Western Canada. Troye was the University of Calgary Dinos women's soccer team head coach and has been previously awarded the Alberta Soccer Association Bert Goldberger Technical Award for his work with St. Albert Soccer Association, an award that recognizes individuals who provide technical leadership that enhances the reputation of soccer in the province and inspires others to improve the game of soccer from a regional, provincial, national, or international perspective. He previously served the Men’s Soccer program at Trinity Western University from 2007-2009 in a full-time assistant coach capacity and later as a part time coach for several seasons. Troye was the Calgary Foothills Girls Academy Director, Head Coach and General Manager of the UWS Team (Women’s Semi-Professional), Calgary Foothills WFC, and served as Technical Director in other youth clubs in Western Canada, most recently Chilliwack FC. Troye was also the Technical Director of the Unity FC League 1 team.

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• UEFA B license

• UEFA A license (in progress)

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• Guided South Melbourne FC U16's to 2nd place after 8 games in the NPL

• Coached South Melbourne FC U16's to victory over professional youth side Melbourne City FC

• Provincial Champion with Fusion FC 02 Boys (First time in Fusion FC history on the boy’s side)

• Provincial Runners up with Fusion FC 01 Girls

• Two-time Coastal Cup Runners up with VFC 03 Boys

• Two-time Metro league Runners up with VFC 03 Boys

• Qualification for Metro Provincials with VFC 03 boys

• Qualified for National Championships with KPU as Assistant coach (first time in KPU history)

• Nationally ranked for the entire season with KPU as Assistant coach (first time in KPU history)

• 2nd place finish in the Fraser Valley U’21 league with Coastal FC U21’s

• Current SUSC Assistant Technical Director

Ronan has over 6 years experience of coaching at several different levels: youth, university, and adult. He achieved his UEFA B license 3 years ago and is currently completing his UEFA A license through the IFA (Irish Football Association). 

• SUSC Div 1 / Metro Technical Lead

• BC Soccer Association Provincial B license 

• Surrey United BCSPL Assistant Coach 

• Surrey United Club Coach (10+ years)

• Vancouver Whitecaps First Team

• Canadian Youth International Player Pool

• CSA Children's License 

• Red Cross CPR A (with AED) certification

Stefan grew up in Surrey and played locally, representing Surrey United at the tail end of his youth career. 

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In his senior year of high school, Stefan was scouted by Vancouver Whitecaps and spent a season playing with their Reserve Squad which led to signing a contract with the First Team. While playing for the Whitecaps, Stefan attended Trinity Western University and also had the honour of representing Canada at the international youth level. He has played for the Surrey United Men’s Premier Team over the years, representing British Columbia twice at the National level with other current and former Surrey United Technical Staff.

Initially, Stefan’s coaching career began at Guildford Athletic Club under the leadership of Jeff Clarke. Later, when Jeff Clarke was appointed Technical Director of Surrey United, Stefan followed him. Stefan has been part of the Technical Team for 10+ years and has had the pleasure of contributing to the development of players from Future Prospects to under 18 BC Soccer Premier League. 

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• SUSC Micro (U6/U7) Technical Lead

• BC Soccer Association Provincial B license

• Red Cross CPR A (with AED) certification 

• Surrey United Development Academy coach 

• Head Coach for Metro Girls Program 7 years

• Youth Academy coach with Langley United 8 years, Grass Roots, Spring, Development, and Skills programming

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Tammi has been coaching youth teams for the past 25 years. She has coached at Langley United and Surrey United for the past 8 years. Previous to being involved in these programs she has been involved in other club Academy programs with Surrey Breakers and CCB programming. 2009/2010 She has been involved in the BC soccer Provincial programming as an Assistant Coach at the U 15 and U 16 Girls Provincial Program as well as Head Coach of the BCSA U 12-U 13 Academy program

Registered psychiatric Nurse, Registered Nurse currently working as a Forensic Community Nurse.

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• Current Technical Lead for the Super Soccer (Adaptive) Soccer Program 

• CSA National “ C “ Licence

• Surrey United Development Academy coach 

• Former Member of the UFV Men's Varsity Soccer Team (2016-2019)

• Assistant Coach of Surrey United U18 Boys League & Provincial Champions (2019) 

• Assistant Coach at the U18 Boys National Championships (2019)

• Tyler currently holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Marketing from the University of the Fraser Valley. He also currently holds his CAPM
  designation (Certified Associate in Project Management). He started his university soccer career playing on the varsity soccer programs at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and then Douglas College making national appearances in each year. He then moved onto the University of the Fraser Valley for his final three years of university soccer while finishing his degree. Tyler has been a part of the Surrey United Family from his first kick of a soccer ball to playing on the Men's Premier Team. He is currently proud to be the technical lead for the Adaptive Program and to be involved in many aspects of the club.