DES MOINES, IOWA – Drake men’s soccer coach Sean Holmes has added a pair of experienced coaches to his staff for the 2009 season.

Casey Mann, the 2009 Premier Developmental League Coach of the Year with the Des Moines Menace, will serve as a volunteer coach and mentor the Bulldogs goalkeepers, while Justin Vorster, who has previous experience in Iowa Youth and African soccer, will work as Drake’s second assistant coach.

“We’re very fortunate to be adding two coaches with such deep and rich soccer backgrounds that help make our players better,” Holmes commented.  “To come up with two ‘A’ licensed coaches that want to help develop our team and make us stronger and better is a great stroke of luck for us.”

Mann, who holds a United States Soccer Federation ‘A’ coaching license, was the coach of the Des Moines Menace for five seasons and was named as the 2008 recipient of the Iowa Soccer Association Coach of the Year award.  He has worked the last three campaigns mentoring the goalkeepers at Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa, while previously serving in the collegiate ranks as an assistant coach at the University of Arizona from 2001-03.

Vorster, also owns a United States Soccer Federation ‘A’ coaching license, and has been actively involved in the Iowa Olympic Development Soccer Program since 1999.  He helped manage the youth developmental program for the Ankeny Soccer Program from 2005-2008.

Mann, Vorster and the rest of the Bulldog coaching staff will guide Drake against Marquette on Sunday (Sept. 6) at the Cownie Soccer Complex.  Game time against the Golden Eagles is slated for 7:00 p.m.