Email: [email protected]

Christian, an Atlanta native, comes to AFC Lightning from North Mississippi Soccer Academy, the product of a merger between Tupelo Fútbol Club and Oxford Soccer Club where he served as Technical Director.  Prior to the merger of these organizations, Christian was the Director of Coaching for two years at Tupelo Fútbol Club, located in Tupelo, MS.  Further, he has been an Assistant Director of Coaching at Roanoke Star Soccer Club in Virginia and prior to that an Academy Director at Thunder Soccer Club in Henry County.  Christian has experience with the Olympic Development Programs in Virginia and Mississippi as well as working as an assistant coach at the collegiate level for Itawamba Community College.  Christian has a USSF ‘B’ License, a USSF National Youth License, a NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma, a NSCAA Goalkeeping Level II Diploma and a Coerver Coaching Youth Diploma.

As a player, Christian played for Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, GA where he was a four-year starter and was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-South Region Second Team.  He graduated in 2009 with a B.S. in Psychology and graduated in 2012 with a Master of Science degree from Georgia State University.

Jon Williams

Phone: (901) 828-2694
Email: [email protected]

Jon hails from Memphis, Tennessee and played at Lincoln Memorial University leading them to final four appearances, and one NCAA runners up.  Following graduation, he served as LMU Assistant coach. After college Jon spent time in the USL Premier Development League and played for the Memphis Express, Indiana Invaders, Vermont Voltage, and four years with the Cincinnati Kings PDL team.  He also served as the team’s assistant, coaching players from various college programs including Indiana University, Santa Barbara (CA), Kentucky, Louisville, NKU, Xavier, and the University of Cincinnati, as well as players who went on to become professionals (Steven Beattie, Paul Andrews, Luke Spencer, Stephen Williams).  Jon has also played two years for the Cincinnati Kings professional indoor team and was part of the team that made the Open Cup final in 2011.

Jon also spent time as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s soccer programs at the College of Mount St. Joseph and helped lead the women’s program to the conference tournament semi-finals. On the club side, Jon worked with Kings Hammer Academy as their u7-u9 Director of Coaching, as well as coaching various teams in the OSSL and MRL divisions in Ohio. Jon currently holds his NSCAA “Premier” Diploma which is the highest coaching license within the NSCAA coaching education program. He also has a degree in Kinesiology and a Master’s in Education- Administration and Supervision from Lincoln Memorial University.

Jeff Timmers

Phone: (859) 992-6521
Email: [email protected]