Bio

Coach Grubesky is currently in his second year as the head women’s soccer coach at Central Penn College. He has been coaching at the college level for eleven years, most recently as an assistant coach at Penn State University-Harrisburg for the women's soccer team. He was also a head coach at another local D-III college. He has been involved in coaching soccer at the youth, high school, and college levels for over twenty-six years. He has also served as the head coach for the Capital Area Region’s girls’ soccer teams that participated in the Keystone State Games.

Coach Grubesky was named the Girl's East Region Coach of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches organization, formerly the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and was presented with this prestigious award on January 12, 2017 at the NSCAA annual convention in Los Angeles.

Coach Grubesky has a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from the University of Pittsburgh. He received a diploma from South Park High School in the Pittsburgh area.

Coach Grubesky retired from the Pennsylvania State Police after 25 years of service. He was promoted several times and retired as the Director of the Training and Curriculum Development for the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission. He has been a professional in the criminal justice field for 35 years and was a police officer and law enforcement trainer in both Pennsylvania and Texas.

His coaching philosophy is:

“Since I have a law enforcement and teaching background, I have always used sports to teach life lessons as well as soccer. I think it is important to emphasize teamwork, decision-making, discipline, respect for others, overcoming adversity, how to handle mistakes, striving for excellence, community service, and sportsmanship.

I believe that it is also important to develop leadership skills, so we have a ‘team of captains.’ Training sessions and soccer matches need to be safe, competitive, hard work, and fun. Players learn more when they are enjoying soccer. We will continue to develop their love of the game, so our players will have great memories about playing soccer while earning their degree at Central Penn College.”