PFC Boy's Coaching Staff
Jim Van Kirk
Coach Van Kirk, who has nearly 20 years of coaching experience, began his coaching career in 1997 at his alma mater, South Allegheny High School, coaching the girls' program. In 2000, he was hired at Keystone Oaks High School as an assistant for the boys' team and was later the head coach at West Mifflin Area High School for the boys' soccer team for three seasons. Coach Van Kirk is also the Penn State Beaver Men Head Coach and Director of the PFC Junior Academy. Prior to joining PFC, Coach Van Kirk was with 3 Rivers Soccer Club.
Coach Van Kirk is a member of National Soccer Coaches Association of America and currently holds a National level license with the NSCAA. Coach Van Kirk is the Head Coach of the PFC 2005 Boys team Email Coach Van Kirk
Rob Diluca
Coach Rob has been a youth coach for over 15 years and coaching soccer with PFC for the last five. Coach Rob and his wife Annie live in Scott Township and their two children Devin & Jake. They both play soccer in middle school, high school, Chartiers Valley Soccer Association & PFC. Coach Rob is currently the President of Chartiers Valley Soccer Association where he has been involved in many positions since 2004.
Coach Rob holds many coaching accreditations including NSCAA certificates that include a diploma in Attacking principles of Play & Defending principles of play. Coach Rob holds a USSF 'National D License, Youth modules 6-8 & 8-10 and due to the constantly changing world of soccer and evolution of today players, Coach Rob is a member of National Soccer Coaches Association of America where he has attended week-long NSCAA coaching conferences to continue to learn from professionals such as Tony DiCicco and Anson Dorrance.
Matt Fry
- U.S. Soccer National D
- SafeSport Trained
- Introduction to Safe and Healthy Playing Environments
- BWSA HC and DoC: 2009-2017
- BWSD Middle School Boys AC: 2019-2020
- PSA Staff Member: 2020-Present
- PFC 2001 Boys AC: 2017-2020
- PFC 2006 Boys HC: 2020-Present
- PFC 2008 Boys AC: 2021 - Present
- Steel Valley Soccer Club: 1985-1991
- Steel Valley High School: 1988-1991
- Penns Forest Football Club: 1988-1991
- CCAC Allegheny: 1992-1993
- Coaching continues to be one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. I have always stressed the importance of attitude and effort to every player I have worked with. I am inspired by watching how attitude and effort can lead to individual development and success, and then transform into team development and success. I coach to motivate players to become the best versions of themselves that they can be, both on and off the soccer field .Email Coach Fry
Dave Sinclair
Coach Dave is currently the 2013 PFC Boys coach and has
been a youth soccer coach for 20 plus years. His soccer education began in the
PFC junior program, that experience led Coach Dave to form the 97/98 PFC Girls
at U11 and he was head coach until U18. Then Dave coached the 2003/04/05 PFC
Girls team from U12 to U19, finishing ranked #4 in PA West. Dave has spent
several seasons with the boy’s side of PFC, assisting with both the 2002 boys
and recently with the 2012 boys. Dave coached at the high school level for four
years as the Girls Head Coach at Trinity High School, where he led the program
to their only four playoff appearances in school history. He had 14 all section
players and 4 all WPIAL players during his tenure at Trinity. Coach Dave has
helped many of his players move on and play at the collegiate level.
Coach Dave is a member of the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America and holds a National D License, National Youth License,
State E License, NSCAA Level VI course, Goalkeeping Level II, Mental/Physical
Player Development Diploma, CDC, "Heads Up" Concussion Certificate
and a National Federation of High School/NSCAA Professional Development
Certificate. In an effort to "always keep learning" the game of
soccer, he has also attended 10+ NSCAA Coaching Conventions.
Shane Lucas
Shane Lucas has been involved and coaching soccer for the previous 10 years since graduating from Point Park University in 2011-2012. Serving as an assistant for Point Park University, Baldwin Youth Programs, volunteering time with various High Schools in Western PA, as well as managing his own teams in other Pittsburgh Soccer Leagues.
During his time at Point Park University, he was a captain for three years, three-year all-conference, and helped lead his team to the number one seed of their Conference tournament. He holds an MBA in business management as well as a Bachelor degree in Sports Management. He played at Steel Valley High School and graduated in 2007. He is also a certified National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer.
Coach Shane is currently an assistant for the PFC 06 Boys team and the Head Coach for the PFC 08 Boys team. Shane currently holds his Grassroots, 11v11 and 7v7 Blended Grassroots, 11v11 online, and will be completing his D License this June, 2022 Email Coach Lucas
Alex Hilbert
Coach Alex has been coaching for 3 years. Before coaching his playing experiences included playing at Canon McMillan Youth Soccer Association(2007-2014),playing and captaining the PFC 2002 Boys Select team(2015-2020), 3 year lettermen goalkeeper at Canon McMillan High School(2017-2019), winning the 2019 4A W.P.I.A.L Championship, PA WEST Olympic Development 2002 boys, and playing at Chelsea F.C Academy in 2017.
Coach Alex's coaching experiences include coaching at Chartiers Valley Soccer Association, as well as being on the board as the Director of Referees and Goalkeeper Coordinator. He is a part of the United Goalkeeping Alliance, training goalkeepers from 7 years old to 18 years old as well as training the goalkeepers here at PFC. He coaches at Mt.Lebanon Middle School. He is the head coach of the PFC 2012 Boys Select team and the assistant coach on the PFC 2009 Boys Select team. He is the head coach of the PFC 2012/13 Boys Select team and the assistant coach on the PFC 2009 Boys Select team.
Coach Alex holds a U.S National D License, as well as U.S Grassroots 7vs7, 9vs9, and 11vs11 licenses. He has certifications for Concussion in Sports and Sudden Cardiac Arrest. He is a member of the United Soccer Coaches and plans to get a bachelor's degree in Information Technology and Cyber Security. Email Coach Alex