Boys Soccer 13 - 14

Head Coach Gordon Wetmore
Coach Wetmore is beginning his 28th season as Head Boys Soccer Coach. He teaches 10^th Grade World History and 11^th grade US History. He referees high school basketball and umpires baseball. He celebrated his 24th wedding anniversary with his wife, Amy. Their family has one son, Gordie and one daughter, Kate.

Coach Wetmore finished High School in Columbus, Ohio and holds a BA in History from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA, a Master’s Degree in Movement Education from Boston University and holds a Kansas Administrative License through a graduate program at Baker University. He is a life-long Boston sports fan who even watched the old NASL Boston Minutemen play at BU.

Coach Quote for 2013: “On track with the VIKING EXPRESS”! We thank all of the Viking community for their support. Go Vikings!”

Coach Anthony Dallen (JV Team/ Varsity Assistant Coach)
Coach Dallen is in his 5th year of coaching soccer for SMW.  He works as a warehouse coordinator for a local company called Collector's Cache. Coach Dallen graduated from SMW in 2004 and played his senior year on the varsity soccer team.  He then went on to Washburn University where he developed and played for the men's club soccer program. Coach Dallen has been playing soccer his entire life and enjoys teaching students to play the wonderful game!

Coach Dallen graduated from Washburn University in the Fall of 2008 with a BBA in Finance and Marketing.  He is an entrepreneur and plans to be running his own business in the automotive industry in the near future.

Coach Michael Rhoades (C Team/ Varsity Assistant)
Coach Rhoades grew up in the St. Louis area and starting playing soccer at the age of 8. He played at St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florissant) and came to Kansas City to play at Rockhurst College. After a stint in the Army, he came back to play in men's leagues in the old Heart of America Soccer League, comprised of a majority of immigrant players from all over the world including a team of mostly Hungarians. He also played in indoor men's and coed leagues at various venues.

Rhoades started coaching in earnest in 1983. He coached both boys and girls team from 1983-98. He was a Missouri ODP boys staff coach in 1995 and '96. He was the girls ODP coach/administrator for all the Missouri districts outside of St. Louis in 1996 and '97. He was the boys assistant/technical coach at J.C. Harmon High School from 2003-11, winning 108 games (75 percent). He joined the SM West girls program in the spring of 2012 as an assistant coach and the boys program in the fall of 2012.

Rhoades has a USSF 'D' license and a NSCAA Goalkeeping Level I diploma. He has attended many clinics and seminars in various parts of the country.