Haris Obic

Executive Director

Director of Coaching

Head Coach

2008/2009 Boys Regional

2010 Boys East

USC Premier Diploma 

USC Director of Coaching 

USC GK Level I & II Diploma 

NCSS PREPARE Level I & II 

Certified American Heart Association CPR and First Aid Certified

Education

Holy Names University - Bachelor of Arts | Business with emphasis in Management, Marketing and Sports Management

Clinics, Methodologies, Seminars

ACF Fiorentina Advanced Certification - Player Development Methodology  

World Football Academy, Raymond Verheijen FOOTBALL TACTICS Certified 

La Liga Methodology Levels 3, 2 & 1

US Soccer Federation “Coach and Player Development Plan”, Dutch Federation KNVB Player Development theory and practice, AFC Ajax of Netherlands methodology, AFC Fiorentina of Italy methodology, GNK Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia methodology, S.L. Benfica of Portugal methodology, Santos FC of Brazil and FC Barcelona theory and practice clinic.

Background

Haris Obic was born and raised in Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He moved to San Francisco in 1997 as a war refugee and today resides in Walnut Creek, CA. His soccer playing career began by playing in the pioneer (youth) ranks of N.K. Krajisnik. He used soccer as a coping mechanism to alleviate stress during the war. Upon arriving in the USA soccer was a tool he used to integrate into a new culture through advocating positive vision, values and relationship building. Haris attended Holy Names University in Oakland Hills on an athletic scholarship where as a part of the men’s soccer team they won four Cal Pac championships and earned four NAIA national tournament appearances.  

Haris is professionally driven to succeed as a coach and ambassador of the game both locally and worldwide. His passions include community building, teaching youngsters character building and the skills necessary to become dynamic leaders. He enjoys building teams who possess a lifelong passion for the game of soccer and who compete with a zest for excellence and peak performance on and off the field.  

Although he is committed to coaching modern possession (indirect build up soccer) as a part of a team strategy, he is equally committed to patient individual player development. At an individual level, Haris strives to promote the joy of playing with the ball (creativity and technical proficiency), player driven decision making (high game intelligence and perception) and play through principles of play rather than any one system (allowing players to adapt and play within any system they take part in).