Meet The Coaches!

Brian Buczek

Founder | Director of Coaching | U8/9 + U10 Boys

Brian Buczek, is the Director of Coaching and U8/9 Girls + Boys, U10 Boys head coach for Vermont United Soccer Academy.  Brian's coaching career started at Johnson State College at the age of 23.  He spent six seasons at JSC qualifying for playoffs all six seasons and reaching the conference finals on two occasions.  During those seasons, Brian was named Mayflower Conference "Coach of the year" twice and led 21 players to all conference selections.

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Briana Stadler

U10 Girls

Bris coaching career began shortly after graduating college. She was recruited by the Lamoille girls’ varsity program based on the strong recommendation of her college coach. Since joining as an assistant varsity coach in 2017, she has helped lead the team to the playoffs every year, including reaching the quarterfinals 3 times.  

 

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Dana Bourne

U12 Girls

Dana is a lifelong Vermonter and soccer player, who's coaching career began while attending Saint Michael's College. She coached youth soccer through the Essex Youth Soccer Program, but got her first...

Dan Greenleaf

U12 Boys

A 1990 graduate of Northern Vermont University-Johnson, Greenleaf was a four-year starter on the Badgers' nationally-ranked men's soccer team and a four-time All-Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) Nordic skier, earning NCAA Division II Outstanding Freshman honors as a rookie. In 2014, he was inducted into the Northern Vermont-Johnson Athletics Hall of Fame not...

Norm Peterson

U14 & U19 Girls

The 2023 Season was Coach Norm’s third season leading the Vermont State University Johnson Women’s Soccer Program.  In 2023, Johnson had the most wins as a NCAA DIII school and the best record in 29 years.  Coach Norm has led the Badgers into the North Atlantic Conference playoffs in back to back...

Angie Faraci

Director Of Operations & VTUSA Boys U14 Coach Season 2023-24

Coach Angie and her Peoples High School Soccer team won the 2022 + 2020 Boys Division 3 State Title! Angie is the first Woman to win a Boys Championship in Vermont and we are sure this is not the last. Angie was recognized as Vermont Small School Coach of the Year for the second time (2017, 2020) as well as 2020 Vermont Soccer Coach of Year!  Faraci holds a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Diploma. 

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Steve Towne

U16 Girls

Beginning a soccer career at U-32 High School, Steve would excel and be named as a VT All State Player.  The path to a higher level soccer education came as Steve became a member of a nationally ranked and recognized college program at Plymouth State College in New Hampshire.  As a...

Wade Jean

U16 & U19 Boys

Wade Jean heads into his 12th season at the helm of the Saint Michael's men's soccer program in 2021, and his 10th since returning to the institution for a second stint after also guiding the team in 2006 and 2007. The 2021 season is Jean's 22nd as a college head coach, having also coached at NCAA Division I Duquesne University for nearly a decade. In fall 2018, Jean began a four-year term on the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Committee as the East Region's representative.

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