ALEX DURAN - LEOPARD HEAD COACH

I want to welcome everyone to the 2023 Lovejoy soccer season . The 2023 team welcomes back 14 players from last year’s playoff roster . Our team captains for the upcoming season will be seniors Caden Carlock, Hunter Reck and Noah Nguyen . The team is focused and ready to realize their potential and achieve the goals they have set I am proud to have these young men represent our program . At the beginning of each season I remind the team that I am simply a guide who wants to impart his soccer knowledge to build better players and, more importantly, young men who contribute to society . These young men demonstrate the hunger needed for success . They display this by their work ethic during practice sessions and willingness to grow as players Through our partnership as coach and player, we strive to model the fundamental qualities of communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride that we as a team hope to exemplify . This is the foundation of our program .

The team appreciates all of the support from our fans as well as our sponsors We look forward to achieving the goals we have set for the upcoming season .

Alejandro (Alex) Duran Boys Head Coach Lovejoy High School

Coach Duran has taught high school Spanish for 27 years and began his coaching career 21 years ago. He has coached club, high school, and Olympic Development soccer teams. Coach Duran played club soccer in North Texas. Following success at the club level, Duran played for the University of Tulsa men’s soccer team, where he met his wife Tracey. He joined the USISL Dallas Toros during the college offseason and continued playing as a semi-professional after graduating with a degree in Education and Spanish. He obtained a USSF national “D” coaching license and a NSCAA “national diploma”. He was the head soccer coach for John Horn High School and coached boys' freshman and varsity soccer with Allen ISD. Throughout his tenure as coach, he continues to be mentored by respected coaches who have molded him as a soccer player, coach, and individual. He continually seeks to grow the sport and exert a positive influence on the next generation of players. In 2011, Coach Duran was inducted into the University of Tulsa Hall of Fame.