UYSA Hires Bobby Ginn as New Executive Director
Utah Youth Soccer Association is pleased to announce Bobby Ginn as the newest member of the UYSA office staff. Ginn has been hired as the Executive Director. His soccer knowledge and business experience will continue the growth of the Utah Youth Soccer Association. Originally form San Juan Capistrano, California , Bobby moved to Utah in 1989 to attend school at Southern Utah State College (currently Southern Utah University) in Cedar City . After a year at SUSC Ginn resided in Washington state for two years. When Ginn returned to Utah in 1992 he attended Utah Valley State College to further his academics. Ginn had family in the Utah Valley area and was asked to coach a city team in Provo. The passion for soccer he had as a kid was rekindled and soon he became a competitive coach. Due to his involvement he was soon recognized in the soccer community and became the assistant coach of UVSC's Women's club team and eventually became the head coach. Soon after marrying his wife Gina in 2000, Bobby was offered an assistant coaching job at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa where he also finished his degree in Business Management. Ginn spent two years as the assistant coach and in his third year he was awarded the head coach position.
Prior to becoming the Executive Director of UYSA, Bobby has been involved professionally in real estate as an investor and advisor. Bobby has also held other positions in upper management such as Director of Operations, General Manager of Customer Service, and Director of Marketing. During the 4 years he spent coaching at William Penn University his team accumulated a 62-17-5 record, he coached 6 Academic All-Americans, 2 All-American Player's and his teams were regional contender's all four years. He was named Regional Coach of the Year by the coaches in his region in 2005.
Bobby is married to Pleasant Grove Native, Gina Lemke and has three future soccer players of his own; Stacia (5) Landon (3) and Milena (1). Bobby is excited for the opportunity to be involved with the development of soccer for every kid in the state of Utah.
