Football - Men - Coaches
AIS/U20 Head Coach Jan Versleijen has an extensive record in football in the Netherlands, Asia and the Middle East having coached at senior and youth levels in clubs such as Venlo, Roda and Go Ahead Eagles in the Netherlands, JEF United in Japan, as well as clubs in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. He has also held the position of Coach of the Dutch U17 and U23 teams.
Jan is assisted by Ray Junna, who was an AIS scholarship holder in 1982 and 1983. Ray went on to become a National League player and played NSW State League and ACT Premier League. He was the AIS Scholarship Coach in 1995 and 1996 and between 1998 and 1999 Ray was Head Coach of the ACT Academy of Sport. He took up his appointment as AIS Assistant Coach in 2000.
Paul Foster, Assistant Coach since 2007 joined the AIS Football Program as a scholarship coach for 2005. Paul is a previous AIS Scholarship Holder.
Goalkeeping Coach Ron Corry played for the National team from 1967 to 1974. Ron was also the Goalkeeping Coach for the National Team from 1993 through to 1999. He has coached in the Australian National League for 10 years. Ron joined the AIS/National U20 program in 2007.
John Gibson the current AIS Scholarship Coach for 2007-08 is a former AIS Scholarship holder who has played over 330 games in the National Football League and has represented Australia in U20 and U23 levels as well as the Barcelona Olympics.
Angie Bainbridge