Cam Ormsby Last College: Appalachian State '04 Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Second Season

Cam Ormsby, who graduated from Appalachian State in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and is a former soccer player and assistant coach at his alma mater, will enter his second season with the Bison in 2007. He was a member of the Mountaineers men's soccer team from 1999-2002 and served as team captain as a senior. He followed that with a two-year stint as an assistant coach where he had a host of duties, including supervising team academics, planning team travel, scouting, and planning and implementing team training. Ormsby also served as the liaison between the coaching staff and the athletic trainers and strength coaches.

In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Ormsby has also coached soccer at the high school level. In the spring of 2004 he was the head junior varsity girl's soccer coach at Watauga High School in Boone, N.C., and also served as the assistant coach of the varsity team. In 2004 and 2005 Ormsby served as the head boy's and girl's soccer coach at Alexander Central High School, where he was also a physical education and health teacher. While at Alexander he was recognized as the 2004 North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association (NCSCA) Region 11 Coach of the Year and served as the NCSCA Region 11 girl's soccer chairman.

Ormsby has coached a number of club soccer teams in addition to serving as a staff counselor at numerous summer camps, including Bucknell, Appalachian State, Clemson and Davidson.

A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association and the High Country Soccer Association, Ormsby's soccer career started at Swansboro High School in Swansboro, N.C., where he led the team to back-to-back state championships and served as team captain.

Ormsby, who was the president of the Appalachian State Student-Athlete Advisory Board while there, is married to the former Jenny Pearce, who played women's soccer at North Carolina State and is a volunteer assistant with the Bison women's soccer program.