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Rob Breton - Winless year could yet be 'jump-start'
No victories on the pitch, but plenty off it - ROB BRETON discusses the lessons he learned during a tough first season as a head coach, with STEPH FAIRBAIRN
Rob Breton has been coaching since the age of 17.
He started out as a youth coach before moving into the US college game, spending four years as an assistant women’s coach at NCAA Division II team Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia.
During his time at AB, Rob also assisted with the Battler men’s soccer program and was girls’ head coach at Clarksburg’s Excel Futbol Club.
He has since stepped into a head coach role, taking the reins of the women’s team at the University of Nebraska at Kearney – a Division II institution in the MIAA conference. Rob calls it "the best decision he ever made".
SCW caught up with Rob to talk about how he knew he was ready for the jump to head coach, what his first season in charge looked like, and how to create the optimum environment for your players...
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