Victoria Harris will take the reins of both the Wright City boys and girls soccer teams with a wealth of experience.
Harris started playing the sport when she was a child. She played at …
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Victoria Harris will take the reins of both the Wright City boys and girls soccer teams with a wealth of experience.
Harris started playing the sport when she was a child. She played at the collegiate level at Fontbonne University. She served as the head junior varsity boys at Liberty High School and varsity assistant coach at North Point High School as well as worked as an assistant coach for the Wright City girls varsity team last spring.
Now, Harris has achieved a longtime personal goal – being a head coach of a varsity team.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to run a program and be the head coach,” Harris said. “I’ve coached as an assistant but running your own program is something I’ve always wanted to do. When the opportunity presented itself to me, I told myself I was going to go ahead and try it.”
Harris has set similar goals for both teams. She takes over a girls team that finished with a 10-10 record last spring and a boys squad that won just four matches last fall.
“I want to build the culture of the program, get more kids involved and build interest,” she said. “I know some of them have never played soccer before, so I want to get the basics down to where we can build the program up.”
Known for her technical abilities, Harris plans to incorporate that into her coaching philosophy.
“I’ve always been a technical soccer player, so I try to replicate that in my coaching style as well. I really like to focus on that aspect of the game,” Harris said.
Harris also plans to introduce new drills that some players may have not encountered before.
“I want to bring in some of the things that I’ve learned from my past,” Harris said. “I’ve talked to some of them and they’ve never done certain drills, so I want to bring in different ideas that they may have never done or heard about.”
Even though she has taught many players in the classroom at Wright City, Harris believes establishing solid coach-player relationships is crucial to leading a team.
“I think the biggest thing is just building relationships with them so that way they trust you and you can show them your knowledge of the game that way,” she said.
With the boys soccer season set to begin in less than a month, Harris is eager to get started on working her first year as head coach.
“I’m super excited to build the program, build the culture and see what we can do,” Harris said.
