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Marc is the Co-Founder and CEO of VAS International, Inc. and brings over 30 years of high-level playing and coaching experience in both Football and Soccer. Mr. Nolan is former collegiate D1 punter and kicker, semi-pro soccer player as well as a walk-on punter with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
As a football kicking coach for over 25 years Marc has worked with over 250- HS and College Kickers throughout the US and is a certified Community Coach and trainer with the Georgia High School Athletic Association, and has helped over 47 kickers/punters obtain kicking scholarships at various D1 schools in the past to include recent kickers with The University of Notre Dame, Georgia Tech University, Georgia State University, The Air Force Academy, Dartmouth University, West Virginia University, as well as several other DI and DII schools.
As a soccer coach Marc started his first soccer club at the age of 23 (The Barrington Storm Soccer Association, Barrington, New Jersey) and was considered the youngest club President at that time (1978) in the United States. At The Barrington Storm in his first year, he grew the program to 400 kids and over the next three years 700 kids were involved with this youth soccer program, and he expanded this program to bring in less fortunate children from a nearby town to play. Throughout his 32 year "soccer and football coaching journeys" he has worked with youth clubs in NJ, MD, PA, WI, DE, CT, and GA.
He has also been a Director of Coaching (DOC) GM and Commissioner, and Board Member at several other large clubs in the US, and has written over 50 articles related to the areas of coaching. He has one son- Marc Christopher a goalkeeper on an Atlanta U16 RPL team as well as being a football punter/kicker and field goal specialist on the Blessed Trinity Football team. His daughter Megan was the Boy's Varsity soccer team Manager at Blessed Trinity High School.
Mr. Nolan also holds a USSF License, National Youth License, Dutch KNVB badge National Level GK I and II License, and is a member of The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), and member of the US Soccer Federation and CoachesNet. He also has worked with the TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) and the Special Olympics.
From the "corporate side" Marc has held senior leadership positions at SHL SystemHouse, Aris Corporation, ORACLE Corporation, Cotelligent, and started VAS International, in 1994 where he is President/COO. He also holds a US Patent for a Voice Biometrics software application, and has been a recognized National keynote speaker as it relates to the Information Technology field. Articles written...
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