JV Head Coach: Tanner Mendelson

Coach Tanner Mendelson is entering his second year as the JV-Boys Head Coach.  Coach Mendelson played goal keeper at Lakeside High School where he received the Most Valuable Player Award and All County Awards in DeKalb County.  He holds a National “D” Coaching License and has coached for over seven years at the U-14 level at NASA.  His coaching philosophy is “to help facilitate a soccer playing environment where players utilize the game of soccer to solve problems, to develop a strong sense of teamwork, and to sustain a life-long love of the game.” 

Coach Mendelson graduated from Kennesaw State University with a degree in Business Administration.  Later, he continued his education at Georgia State University where he received a Master of Arts in Teaching with a concentration in Language Arts and Social Studies.  He currently teaches 7th grade language arts at Crabapple Middle School where he is also the department head of language arts and coaches the CMS Co-ed soccer team.  He enjoys helping his students and players succeed academically.  When Coach Mendelson is not at school, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Denise, and his two sons, Corbett (20) and Connor (16).  He enjoys sports (especially soccer), hiking, cooking, and taking trips to the beach.

He looks forward to coaching and developing the JV soccer players to become successful within the program.  He is extremely excited to be coaching another season as the JV Boys Soccer Coach, and he looks forward to helping his players become successful on and off the field.