American Soccer League club AFC Lancaster Lions has appointed Thomas Tamale, a Ugandan as their head coach.
The Ephrata, Pennsylvania based outfit announced the development via their official website.
AFC Lancaster Lions is proud to announce the signing of our new head coach, Thomas Tamale. Thomas joins us after a lengthy playing career spanning 17 years and will be continuing his coaching career with the Lions.
AFC Lancaster Lions statement
AFC Lancaster Lions features in the American Soccer League and hosts their home matches at the 500 seater Ephrata War Memorial Field.
Tamale previously played in the Uganda top tier league, served as a Sports Outreach Institute missionary for 10 years in Uganda (played for Good News Football Club and Mutundwe Lions), and, for the past four years, played with the Myrtle Beach Mutiny FC (USA).
He previously coached for Coast FA. Tamale is a co-founder and coach of Kickoff Soccer Academy (KOSA) and Kickoff Elite Academy, which technically develops players for high level competition and spiritually equips players for life on and off the field.
He is married with two children. He has travelled to many different countries in the world as Costa Rica, England, Kenya and Rwanda using sports and his influence from the game to reach out and transform communities.
He joins the Lancaster Lions with a wealth of knowledge, experience and professionalism.
Thomas’ drive for youth development aligns with
Brian Ombiji, director, AFC Lancaster Lionsthe the philosophy of the club to create a perfect synergy. His content knowledge and pedagogy is what makes him a perfect coach for our club and our mission at this time
Every coach has a different philosophy and will condense mine in order of preference: Training (practice), discipline and talent. Most people would choose Talent first but it’s different
Thomas Tamale, Head coach AFC Lancaster Lions, as quoted by the club website.with me. Good appropriate Training and disciple beats Talent. Soccer is aGod given gift if used well that takes you places and meet big names in the world. I havetraveled to different countries of the world and met a lot of important people and government officials, But will always remember shaking hands with the King of Buganda twice in one year on the field of play in different matches.
