Mark Girard
Staff Coach

Mark, was the founder of The Edge Soccer Programs and is remaining on our coaching staff. He has over 25 years coaching experience. Many players whom he trained have advanced to the top level clubs, colleges, and professional teams. Mark has coached and trained teams for CASL (including U23s), TFC, Cary Clarets PDL, and Raleigh Elite. He was also an Assistant Coach for the Carolina Railhawks.

Bobby Humphrey
Program Director

Bobby is a very experienced soccer professional with a diverse coaching background. As founder of Point Break Soccer Academy he applied advanced training techniques to prepare young athletes for  division 1 careers at major programs like Akron, Clemson, Syracuse, and the University of Wisconsin. Bobby also worked as a professional scout for the Stellar Group, identifying and advising potential professional players. As well as  led u-17 and 18 Beachside FC teams in Connecticut. 

Tyler Long
Camp Manager
Tyler is Camp Epic's lead camp counselor and brings ALLLL the Fun to our summer & track out camps!  He has 4+ years of camp experience and loves to entertain the campers and help them have an absolutely Epic time! He's from New York and lucky for us, has recently moved to North Carolina and joined the Edge family.  Join Tyler for track out camp, teacher workdays/school holidays, or summer camp and have the most EPIC day ever playing all kinds of games!
Akira Fitzgerald
Goalkeeper Coach

Akira was born in Japan and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He played collegiately at Wake Forest University from 2006-2010 where the teams went to four College Cups and won the 2007 National Championship. Akira started his professional career with the Carolina Railhawks (now North Carolina FC) and has played for over 13 years. For the last three years he has also been the Goalkeeping Coach for the Richmond Kickers pro team and holds his US Soccer B Coaching license.