Laban Defriese

 

Laban DeFriese to Direct FC Alliance Chattanooga

 

 

FC Alliance is proud to announce that Chattanooga native Laban DeFriese will be the Director of
Coaching for FC Alliance-Chattanooga. Laban DeFriese is a graduate of Notre Dame High school (’85),
graduated from UT at Chattanooga, John Marshall School of Law, and currently lives in Chattanooga. He
has over 30 years successful experience balancing private business and as a Soccer Club Director/coach.
Education Business/Soccer:

• “USSF” B license and a Director of Coaching diploma.
• Law degree (JD) – John Marshal School of Law
• Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) – UT at Chattanooga.
• Private business, spanning over 30 years, include KRB Music Companies (Brentwood, TN),
Chattanooga Web Services, and Continental Caviar (Chattanooga, TN).

Director and Club Founder:

Laban was on the ground floor and instrumental as a director and founder in building several of
Tennessee’s biggest and most successful Recreation and Competitive clubs with Tennessee Futbol Club
(“TNFC” Brentwood, TN), Tennessee Soccer Club (“TSC” Brentwood, TN), and Nashville FC
Youth/Harpeth Futbol Club).

• Director of Coaching – Middle Valley Soccer – Chattanooga, TN (1996-97)
• Director of Coaching- Impact Soccer – Franklin, TN (2002-‘05)
• Technical Director- Tennesse Futbol Club – Brentwood/Franklin, TN (2005-‘10)
• Director Player Development- Tennessee Soccer Club – Brentwood/Franklin, TN (2010-‘13)
• Executive Director- Nashville FC Youth/Harpeth Futbol Club – Nashville, TN (2014-‘16)
• Director of Coaching – Chattanooga Red Wolves -Girl’s side – Chattanooga, TN (2018-’20)

Coaching:

As a coach, Laban is the winningest competitive coach in Tennessee State USYSA soccer history!
• Twenty Two (22) Tennessee Soccer (USYSA) State Championships
• One (1) National Championship USYSA finalist (’98 girls)
• One (1) Region 3 USYSA Championship (’98 girls)
• One (1) Region 3 USYSA Finalist (’88 girls)
• Laban has placed hundreds of players in College and multiple players on State, Regional, and
USYSA National Olympic Development Pool Teams (“ODP”).

Current Teams:

• The 865 Alliance Men’s team- National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in Knoxville, TN (2022-P)
• The 865 Alliance Women’s team- Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) (2020-2022)
• FC Alliance ECNL u13-U19 (Elite Club National League) boys’ and girl’s teams in Knoxville, TN.
• Both the NPSL and WPSL teams are owned and operated by FC Alliance out of Knoxville, TN.