Club headquarters
200 Sixth Street
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Phone: (609) 525-9999
Fax: (609) 399-4784
Giancarlo Granese
Club President
Email: jgranese@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Montella, Italy
Favorite team: Inter Milan
Neil Holloway
General Manager and Head Coach
Email: nholloway@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Reading, England
Coaching highlight: In 2009, he guided the Ocean City Nor’easters PDL team to a pair of upsets of professional clubs in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, eventually falling in the Third Round to Major League Soccer’s DC United. The club also qualified for the PDL playoffs where they advanced to the quarterfinals.
Dan Ortiz
PDL Assistant Coach
Hometown: Galloway, NJ
Coaching highlight: Along with head coach Neil Holloway, he guided the Ocean City Nor’easters PDL team to a pair of upsets of professional clubs in the 2009 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, eventually falling in the Third Round to Major League Soccer’s DC United. The club also qualified for the PDL playoffs where they advanced to the quarterfinals.
Leon Brown
Director of Coaching
Email: lbrown@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Siparia, Trinidad & Tobago
Coaching highlight: Coaching the Ocean City FC Under-17 Boys to a spot in the semifinals of the 2009 Super Y-League National Finals.
Carl Dickson
Assistant Director of Coaching
Email: cdickson@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Newry, Ireland
Coaching highlight: Coached in the Blackburn Rovers FC (England) youth academy.
Stephen Thurlby
Director of PDL Operations
Email: sthurlby@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Fleet, England
Coaching highlight: Coached Sindri youth teams in Icelandic National Championships.
Dan Ash
Director of Club Development and Public Relations
Email: dash@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Milton Keynes, England
Coaching highlight: Having five players represent MK Dons FC (England) academy in a variety of age groups.
Scott Powell
Director of Community Programs
Email: spowell@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Slough, England
Coaching highlight: Coaching for Reading FC (England) in the Community
John Fletcher
Camp Director / PDL team captain
Email: jfletcher@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Uxbridge, England
Playing highlight: In his third year with the Ocean City FC PDL squad, he was named team captain and after breaking the single-season scoring record for defenders (with four goals) and leading the team in minutes played, Fletcher was named the 2010 Team MVP. He was also a 2010 PDL All-Conference selection.
Josh Hakala
Director of Communications
Email: jhakala@oceancityfc.com
Hometown: Edwardsburg, Michigan / East Lansing, Michigan
Highlight: Out of the more than 65 teams in the league, he helped Ocean City FC win the 2007 PDL Communications award and the 2008 PDL Organization of the Year award.
