Senior Coach and Advisor

Kenneth Perkinson

Coaching Experience:

  • 2021 - Present: Head Goalkeeper Coach at Carolina Velocity FC.
  • 2021 - 2023: Methodist University Goalkeeper Coach for women and men. 2021 and 2022 Women's regular season champions, a conference tournament championship (2022), and a second place finish in 2023. For the men's team, assisted in securing a third-place finish in 2022 with the goalkeeper winning second-team all-conference, and winning the conference regular season championship in 2023. In 2023, both the women’s and men’s goalkeepers awarded conference goalkeeper of the year.

Playing Experience:

Club/Professional:

  • Myrtle Beach Mutiny (2014-2018), multiple regular season conference championships and national quarter-final appearances;
  • Kingborough Lions United FC (2019) in National Premier League Tasmania (Australia's Professional Second Division)
  • Fayetteville Fury (2021-2022), winning the NISL championship and receiving the NISL Men’s Golden Glove
  • Raleigh Rebels - The Soccer Tournament "TST" (2023, 2024) Round of 16, 2023 TST Goalkeeper Wars Champion
  • Copa Mariachi (2023) Champion and Goalkeeper of the Tournament (Largest Amateur tournament in the US)

College:

  • Winthrop University (2016-2017), named Team MVP (2016) and Male Scholar Athlete of the Year (2017).
  • University of North Carolina at Pembroke (2014-2015), earning Peach Belt Conference All-Conference 2nd team both years and academic honors.

High School

  • Captain at Garner Magnet High School; led the team to its first men’s soccer conference championship in 2012; awarded Greater Neuse River Conference 2012 Defensive Player of the Year, all-conference, all-academic, and team MVP.