A native of Salem, Oregon, Kevin Plechl is a veteran of the United States Navy. He holds a B.A. with an emphasis in coaching and physical development from Willamette University and an MAT from Western Oregon University. Currently, he is a full-time health and physical education teacher for the Salem-Keizer School District.
Kevin Plechl holds a USSF National A License. In addition, he also holds a USSF National Youth License. He played soccer professionally with the Cascade Surge in the 1990s and also served as a youth coach within Salem United and the Cascade Surge youth teams, guiding the Surge team to the state championship game. Within the Surge, Plechl has coached teams at the Premier League, Super Y-League, and the Premier Development League; seventy percent of all MLS draftees have PDL experience.
Under his belt are two international tours to Europe. In 1999, he took a U14 boys team from the former Salem United Soccer Cub that participated in Holland's Haarlem Cup. He also led a Cascade Surge U18 boys team that participated in England's London International Soccer Festival, defeated professional club Hartlepool United , and went on to win the plate division.
Coach Plechl was the Oregon ODP 93 girls head coach in 2007 and 2008, the Oregon ODP 94 girls head coach in 2009 and 2010, and the Oregon ODP 97 girls head coach in 2011 and 2012. Until 2014, he served as the Oregon ODP Thorns 98 girls head coach. He also served as the Associate Head Coach for the women's soccer program at Western Oregon University.
Within the Capital FC Timbers, Coach Plechl is the head coach of the U14-2004 girls Red team and also volunteers within the club for various mechanical duties. In addition, he coaches with Coerver Coaching NW and is currently the girls head coach for Sprague High School. Coach Plechl spends much of his summer as a guest coach for Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, the Portland Thorns Residency Camp, Coerver Coaching, the Portland Timbers Youth Camps, and trains athletes privately.
If interested in private coaching or information about a program he has been affiliated with, contact Coach Plechl HERE.
Kevin Plechl holds a USSF National A License. In addition, he also holds a USSF National Youth License. He played soccer professionally with the Cascade Surge in the 1990s and also served as a youth coach within Salem United and the Cascade Surge youth teams, guiding the Surge team to the state championship game. Within the Surge, Plechl has coached teams at the Premier League, Super Y-League, and the Premier Development League; seventy percent of all MLS draftees have PDL experience.
Under his belt are two international tours to Europe. In 1999, he took a U14 boys team from the former Salem United Soccer Cub that participated in Holland's Haarlem Cup. He also led a Cascade Surge U18 boys team that participated in England's London International Soccer Festival, defeated professional club Hartlepool United , and went on to win the plate division.
Coach Plechl was the Oregon ODP 93 girls head coach in 2007 and 2008, the Oregon ODP 94 girls head coach in 2009 and 2010, and the Oregon ODP 97 girls head coach in 2011 and 2012. Until 2014, he served as the Oregon ODP Thorns 98 girls head coach. He also served as the Associate Head Coach for the women's soccer program at Western Oregon University.
Within the Capital FC Timbers, Coach Plechl is the head coach of the U14-2004 girls Red team and also volunteers within the club for various mechanical duties. In addition, he coaches with Coerver Coaching NW and is currently the girls head coach for Sprague High School. Coach Plechl spends much of his summer as a guest coach for Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, the Portland Thorns Residency Camp, Coerver Coaching, the Portland Timbers Youth Camps, and trains athletes privately.
If interested in private coaching or information about a program he has been affiliated with, contact Coach Plechl HERE.