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Coaching Staff
Chris Murray - Varsity Head Coach
Coach Murray grew up in Scotland where both grandparents and dad
were top professional players. He spent several years at
Dundee United before signing for Glasgow Celtic at a young
age (high school age). After four years there he had to
put his Football Career to an end due to a broken leg, Coach Murray
then focused on academics and received a distinctive Degree
at Dundee University and a post Graduate Degree at Abertay
University, and this led him to prioritize the development of
student athletes. Coach Murray then worked with the coaching staff at
Brechin City and Dundee FC with young teams before coming
over to the US in 2002.
Currently Coach Murray is Director of Coaching at San Clemente Surf, and has developed numerous college athletes with several boys and girls going onto be college captains. During his earlier years at high schools, he coached at San Clemente High School for several years and during his spell he helped the JV team win numerous titles and helped the Varsity go onto 3 CIF finals in 4 years including their first State Title win in 2011. In 2022 Coach Murray’s Varsity team were CIF Champions and State Finalists.
Chris is married to Brenda and lives in town with two children, Matthew and Francesca.
Gordon Dickie - Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Gordon Dickie was born into a football family, his father and
brother were both professionals in the United Kingdom, as soon as
Gordon could walk; he was encouraged to kick a ball. This served him well as he played in Scotland, England Canada and USA with many of the legends in the game.
At a young age his parents prioritized education over football, Gordon
decided to go into the Automotive business and worked as an Automotive Engineer with some of the Major Automobile companies in the World and Currently still consults Globally to them.
Coach Dickie has been coaching for many years from AYSO to football
clubs and over many years worked alongside coach Murray moving with him from San Juan High School to San Clemente High School as assistant Varsity coach. It was an honor to be with a team of young men last season as they became CIF champions and State finalists.
Gordon Has lived in San Clemente for over 25 years and his son Cameron Dickie Played under coach Pronnier as Captain of the varsity team as a Goalkeeper which was one of the main the driving forces for Gordon to return to assist the boys in fulfilling some of there high school soccer experiences and aspirations at San Clemente High School .
John Merritt - Varsity Assistant Coach
Born in 1961 in Southampton England, home of the Saints FC. Moved to the US in 1970 and played club soccer for Sparta FC and James Madison high school in San Diego. Following high school I moved to Connecticut where I continued playing at Post College. After Marrying my wife Lynette we moved to San Clemente in 1986 and raised 4 boys: Brian, Ben, Sam, and Beau. The 3 oldest boys were 4 year players in the SCHS soccer program from 2002 to 2012. Sam was a State Champion at SCHS and went onto captain San Francisco State University.
Co-founded SC United (now SC Surf) in 1998 and served as head coach of several teams, the Director of Coaching and Club President for several years. During my time with the club I had the privilege of working with many great players some of whom are still in the SCHS record book today including Kyle Graham and Andy Martinez (SCHS all time top scorer with 65 goals)
Franz Guldner - JV HEAD Coach
Coach Guldner comes to San Clemente High School with an impressive resume of not just a player but also a coach.
A graduate and player of So Pasadena HS, Coach Guldner went on to play semi professional soccer with Los Angeles Aztecs from 1980-1983.
From there he spent 2 years playing indoor with Los Angeles Lazers. He then hung up his boots to try his hand at coaching where he spent the last 30 years coaching for: OC Breakers, Tustin Soccer Club, Pateadores, Laguna United, Laguna Beach HS (both boys and girls) and finally at San Clemente Surf.
When Coach Guldner is not on the pitch he can be found spending time with his wife and 4 children. His other hobbies include: golfing, hunting, fishing and attending church.
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Junior Velazquez - Frosh/Soph Head Coach
Coach Velazquez Began playing soccer at the age of 6 but loved the ball way before then. So much so that getting the ball taken away was used as a punishment by his parents. You can say he was and is very passionate about the sport. Growing up, he played on his dads U7 Sunday league team, AYSO, Club soccer with Capistrano FC and West Coast, and High School soccer at Capistrano Valley. After Highschool, Luis (Junior) joined Strikers FC semi-pro team where he played for 2 years. After his time there he went on to play for 3 other clubs in UPSL.He continues to play at a Semi-Pro level with Capistrano FC in NISA Nation and USL 2.
Junior is going onto his 5 th year coaching at San Clemente high school. His 3rd year with the Boys Soccer program. He has been in the coaching scene for about 7 years now and is truly grateful to be able to work with such great kids and families in such a wonderful community. Junior doesn’t only want to help guide these young men to become better soccer players but also even better people on and off the pitch. Just like every other year before, he is very excited and looking forward to the season ahead.
Junior was born and raised in the beautiful town of San Clemente. When he isn’t coaching at the high school, he is working construction with his dad and brother, coaching his club teams at SC Surf, training on his own or with his team, or spending time with family and friends.