THEN: Starting Outside Fullback. 1 Goal.
NOW: Leslie was the Female Assistant Athletic Director
at Shaker High School
from 2007-2013.
Leslie started out coaching at the University of Albany in 1983-85. She was the Head Assistant Women’s coach alongside Head Coach Amy Kidder. Leslie left U. Albany to take a paid teaching job at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and ended up coaching the JV girls soccer squad for 3 years. She has also coached Volleyball and Softball.
Leslie is currently working in the North Colonie School District, teaching Health and Physical Education and was the Varsity Girls soccer coach for many years on and off between kids. She coached at all levels and ended up as the Girls Varsity Soccer Assistant for a long time before resigning for good in 2014. She is currently mentoring new coaches to help them adjust to the rigors of high school coaching.
Leslie played in a Men’s Soccer league until she was 50 and coached at the club level for Latham Circle soccer since 1990. She is presently the U8 coach.
Soccer Memory: I had a lot of great memories but probably the greatest was loading up 2 vans with 20 girls and 2 coaches to travel out to Colorado. When we arrived, they had 2 inches of snow on the ground and fields. During our final game, I remember looking at the Garden of the God’s and they were looking back at us as we beat UCLA 5-1 in the final game. And of course the victory pizza dinner on the ride home — wow, what a year!