Jennies Soccer Camps - University of Central Missouri

Jennies Soccer Camps

Camp Staff

Lewis Theobald
Camp Director/Head Coach

Lewis Theobald is in his second season as head coach at Central Missouri. He came to UCM from Division I Indiana State where he was the top assistant.

In his first season, Theobald guided the Jennies to a 13-4-4 record and the first conference title in school history. UCM advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year and won the school’s first ever NCAA Tournament game before falling in the second round.

University of Central Missouri Jennies Athletic Director Jerry Hughes announced Theobald as the new head coach on April 13, 2007.

"Lewis brings a wide variety of experience in the soccer world to UCM." Said Hughes. "We feel like he will build off the recent success of Jennies soccer and take the program to an even higher level."

Theobald took over a program that made the first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history with a 12-5-3 record, while losing only one player to graduation.

“I really appreciate the administration giving me the opportunity for such a great position.” Sa

id Theobald. “I get to take over a program that is in great shape already with the job that Geoff VanDeusen did.”

A 1999 graduate of the University of Kansas, Theobald served the past year as the first assistant coach at Division I Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Conference. While there, he was the lead recruiter and was responsible for scouting as well as game and player evaluations.

Prior to that, he coached in the Kansas City area. He had a stint as the boys and girls head coach at Olathe Northwest High School from 2003-2006 and as an assistant at Olathe East from 1999-2003. While at Olathe East, he helped the squad to the 2001 Kansas State Title and the team was nationally or regionally ranked in 1999, 2000, and 2001 by the NSCAA.

During his time in the area, he also coached one of the elite club teams in the area, the Kansas City Strikers United. Responsible for player and team development, the program was ranked as one of the top teams in the Midwest by gotsoccer.com.

Theobald has also been involved in the Olympic Development program for the past six years in both Kansas and Indiana. He helped with the selection of the state team and was the head coach of the 1988 girls age group that had two players selected to attend the national team camp and two players selected to the region team.

Theobald is nationally licensed by the United States Soccer Federation and a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). He also ran cross country and track for the Jayhawks, earning Academic Big XII three times and a Jayhawk Scholar honors six times.

He and his wife Katie have two children, one year old twins Gavin and Gareth.

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Shannon Patterson
Assistant Coach

Shannon Patterson enters her second season with the Central Missouri coaching staff. She came to the Jennies staff after three years of strength and conditioning experience and handles that area, as well as working with the goalkeepers at UCM.

Patterson was a student-athlete at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science. She worked as a personal trainer and strength coach at both UWL and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. At UMass, she served as an intern and supervised agility classes while working specifically with the men’s and women’s soccer teams there.

She also served as a head coach for the La Crosse Soccer Club while in school and currently has her National ‘E’ coaching license. Patterson is currently working toward her master’s degree at UCM.

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Kelsi Ginavan
Assistant Coach

Kelsi Ginavan enters her first season as a graduate assistant with the Jennies after an outstanding four-year career in a UCM uniform.

Ginavan was a four-time All-MIAA performer, earning first team honors her senior season after three straight years on the second team. She was also named to the NSCAA/Adidas All-Central region team following her senior season.

The Olathe, Kansas native earned her bachelor’s degree in finance and is currently working toward her master’s degree in marketing at UCM.

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Other Coaching Staff
-Other MIAA, Division 1 & 2 coaches
-Current collegiate players