Van Buskirk appointed as Managing Director of Training
December 22, 2016 (Edwardsville, Illinois) — John Van Buskirk will assume the duties of Managing Director of Player and Coach Development.
John joins Glen-Ed with a tremendous professional and youth background. His 20+ year career includes playing and coaching professionally internationally in the Bundesliga at KFC Uerdingen and Kickers Emden. He made a total of 273 professional Bundesliga football appearances and scored 68 goals. John played college soccer at Indiana University where his team was nationally ranked #1 and played in a national championship. Over the last several years he coached at both University of Missouri-St Louis and McKendree University. At Granite City High School, John was a standout where he won two state championships, selected to the All State IHSA team, Gatorade All American and team captain during his senior year.