Michael Dickey is an American

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coach who was the head coach of the

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. He now Is the Director of Coaching of Mockingbird Valley Premier Soccer Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Dickey is also currently on the US Soccer Coaching Education staff teaching both the A and B license. In addition to this duty he also is on the National Scouting staff for US Soccer and coaches National/Regional teams in the Olympic Development Program. He is also the Co-Founder of the Olympic Development Program in Europe

Early life

Dickey was born in the United States but spent 27 years of his childhood abroad since his father worked for the U.S. Department of Defense. Dickey was introduced to soccer when he was living in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. His family later settled in

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where Dickey had his high school and college education

Coaching career

Early years

After a short stint as a football player in Germany, Dickey started his coaching career with a small club, SC Schwartz Weiss Bad Kreuznach, in Germany. In 1996, he was appointed head coach of the

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which then played at the United States International Soccer League. After he left Delaware he became an Assistant Coach for the Hershey Wildcats that played in the A league of the United Soccer League. Dickey has coached numerous youth club teams to State Championships, Directed the Region 2 Olympic Development Soccer Program, coached both National and Regional ODP teams, Co-founded the USYS ODP program in Europe and currently serves as the Director of Coaching for Mockingbird Valley Premier Soccer Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

United States women's youth

Simultaneously while coaching the Delaware Wizards, Dickey worked with the

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as a coach in its Olympic Development Program. This led to a staff coaching position with the United States women's national team youth system. He started working with the under-14 team in 2005 as its head coach and later served head coach of the under-15, under-16, and under-17 teams in the subsequent years. He was assistant coach of the U.S. team that finished second in the

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national ...

. He was appointed to coach the U-17 national team two years later after they had failed to qualify for the

2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Women's association football, women's football tournament is the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six c ...

. In 2009, Dickey guested as a coach with the India women's national football team and helped them in preparation for an international tournament which they won and returned to the FIFA rankings. In 2018 Dickey was selected to become the Head Coach of the Women’s National team of Jordan

Jordan women's

On May 1, 2017, the Jordan Football Association announced that they have Dickey signed Dickey as head coach of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickey, Michael Living people American soccer coaches American expatriate sportspeople in Taiwan American expatriate sportspeople in Germany Women's national association football team managers American expatriate sportspeople in India American expatriate sportspeople in Jordan 1963 births American expatriate soccer coaches