Your Leadership & Club Directors

The Delaware Soccer Association and the Delaware Knights are led by its hands-on Board of Directors, coaches, team administrators, and referees…all working together to ensure that our players have a positive experience each season. In total, it takes approximately 4,525 hours to operate the Delaware Soccer Association soccer program every season. 

Anne Bryan, Director U8 - U10

Coach Anne not only brings knowledge, but also patience, life skills, and her “vocab word of the day” to add to the FUN of this great game! Anne played competitively for 20+ years and is currently in her 17th year of coaching.

  • Growing up in Westerville, Ohio, she played competitively for Cosmos Club, and Westerville South High School

    University of Mount Union:

    • 4-year starter

    • 4-year varsity letter earner

    • 1-year Ohio Athletic Conference Division Champion

    Top Player Achievements:

    • High School Captain Senior Year

    • Ohio Capital Conference Honorable Mention Senior Year

    • Portage Soccer Classic Champion

    US Soccer Certifications: US Soccer E License and US Soccer Grassroots Pathway

    Tournament wins include The Early Bird, Bowling Green Spring and Fall Challenges, Dutch Lions Cup, Party on the Pitch finalist, and multiple MOSSL Division Champions.

    Former players have gone on to play Division III collegiate soccer.

    Knights Teams Currently Coached: U8 Boys Academy

  • “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” - Pele

Ian Fraser, Director U11 - U19

Ian grew up playing soccer in Delaware, Ohio on teams coached by his father (Rutherford B Hayes’ first 4 conference championship teams) and Ohio Wesleyan’s Dr. Jay Martin, the NCAA all-time winningest soccer coach. Ian is currently in his 6th year as a coach for the Delaware Knights program.

  • Growing up in Delaware, Ohio, he played competitively for the Delaware Bishops youth team and Rutherford B Hayes High School.

    Columbus Premier Soccer League: After finishing high school, Ian focused on his educational studies at The Ohio State University but continued to play soccer via Central Ohio’s top amateur league, a league boasting current/former collegiate players as well as former professionals. Ian played in the league for a decade and also acted as manager/coach for his team for the last 8 years of involvement.

    Personal Best Player:

    • High School Captain

    • Central Ohio Senior All Star Game

    • Dane Yoder Memorial Cup Champion x2 (CPSL)

    Personal Best Coach:

    • COPL League Winner

    • COPL Tournament Champion

    • Club Ohio Fall Kickoff Champion

    • Gahanna Spring Open Champion

    • Sidney Mayfest Champion

    • Adam Schuster Memorial Champion

    • Soccer First Indoor League Champion

    • Warrior Fall Classic Runner-Up

    • Bowling Green Spring Invitational Runner-Up

    • Hopewell Cup Runner-Up

    • COPL League Runner-Up

    US Soccer Certifications: US Soccer Grassroots Pathway (7v7, 9v9, 11v11)

    Knights Teams Currently Coached: 2012 Boys

  • Ian values individual player development starting with sound fundamentals as the foundation and teams who operate in a structured and organized environment. "Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.” - Johann Cruyff

Tim Windhof, Special Events Director

Growing up in Cologne, Germany, Tim played for top youth departments, including Fortuna Koln (program has produced numerous top pro- players), and in competitive German leagues (from 6 years old to 25 years old) and played cups in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, and England.

  • Top Clubs competed against internationally: Nottingham Forrest, Derby County, Club Brugge, Feyenoord Rotterdam.

    Top Clubs competed against nationally: Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, Bayer Leverkusen, 1. FC Koln, Viktoria Koln, and Rot Weiss Essen.

    Personal Best: 56 League and Cup Goals in one season.

    German Soccer Coach Education: Trainr – Academy, German Certified “Fussballtrainer”

    US Soccer Coach Education: US Soccer, D-License, Grassroots 11v11, 9v9, 7 v7, 4v4 on-site and online Coaching Licenses

    Sports Mindset & Certified Mental Performance Coach (CEC)

    United Soccer Coaches: Level 1 Goalkeeping License (Level 2 and 3: Summer 2023).

    Columbus Crew: Youth Soccer Coach Apprenticeship Program, 05/2023

    Knights Teams Currently Coached: U12 Girls

  • “Soccer is simple. You just need to have the right mentality, fight in every game, in every practice, and for every ball.” Hristo Stoichkov, former Bulgarian International, World Cup Golden Boot and and Ballon D’Or Winner.

Deb Booher, Club Administrator

Deb Booher and her family joined the Delaware Knights over a decade ago and she has been continuously serving as Club Administrator since 2017.

  • Deb holds 7v7, 9v9, and an 11v11 coaching license, as well as a Director of Coaching Diploma.

  • "Do what you love. If you love something, you aren’t going to care about the sacrifices you’re making to do whatever it is.” ~Kelly O’Hara