Varsity Head Coach: Amira Ponne
Amira Ponne is embarking on her 8th year of coaching; this will be her 5th season at Rockford, her second consecutive season as Head Varsity Coach. Her previous coaching positions include one season at FHN as the head JV coach and two seasons at Catholic Central where she was an Assistant Varsity Coach. Coach Ponne grew up playing soccer and continued to play at the college level for Aquinas from 1996-2000 where she was a 4 year starter and 3 year captain. Last season as her first year at the varsity level, she led Rockford to its 3rd District Championship and was also the recipient of the Coach of the Year Award for Rockford’s district as well. Coach Ponne is excited to share her love, passion, and knowledge of the game with the program’s athletes and is looking forward to a challenging and fun season filled with growth, friendship, and team unity.

Assistant Varsity Coach: Katie Schmuck

Assistant Varsity Coach: Michael Garbaty
Mike Garbaty has been involved with various levels of soccer for the past twenty some years.   As a player, he played high school soccer in Ann Arbor, Michigan and continued on at the collegiate level playing for Indiana University's club team.  His coaching career started at the high school level in Pennsylvania continuing on at the college level with a year as the assistant men's soccer coach at Bucknell University.  Moving back to Michigan, Mike coached the boy's and girl's Varsity soccer teams for four years at Lakewood High School and was the boy's Junior Varsity coach at Rockford for seven years and the Rockford boys Varsity coach for two years and leading them to a OK Red Championship and District Championship in 2008.  After a couple of years off from coaching, Mike is excited to be back as an assistant coach for the Rockford Girl's Varsity soccer team.

Keeper Coach: Scott Hazel
    I grew up playing this sport in the Flint and Detroit areas.  I played several years in the Canada-U.S.A. games between Flint and Hamilton, Ontario.  I played my college soccer at Northern Michigan University from 1977 until 1981.
    After moving to Texas in 1982, I played two years for the Amarillo Challengers, a farm club for the old Dallas Tornado of the NASL (North American Soccer League) and was an assistant varsity coach for Amarillo High School.
    On returning to Michigan I settled in Rockford and was an assistant coach for the first Rockford High School boys’ team.  From 1985 until 1996 I was Rockford’s varsity boys coach.  We achieved our first District win in 1995.  I also coached Rockford girls’ from it’s beginning until 1996.
    I was hired as a teacher at Cedar Springs High School in 1994 and was the first Varsity boys coach from 1998 until 2003.  Also during this time, I was the Cedar Springs J.V. girls’ coach.
    As my children grew, I coached many Community Education soccer teams in Rockford, and assisted with several SCOR teams. In the Fall of 2009 I coached a CASSA select team in Cedar Springs.  In 2006, I returned as a volunteer assistant coach for Rockford, more specifically as a goalkeepers coach for the J.V.  Presently I am an assistant coach for Rockford Varsity and goalkeeper coach for the program.

JV Coach: Steve Thomas

Freshman Coach: Alejandro Ramos