Bucknell University Athletics
Cam Ormsby Named Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Bucknell
3/8/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
March 8, 2006
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell head men's soccer coach Brendan Nash on Wednesday announced the addition of assistant coach Cam Ormsby, a former player and coach at Appalachian State University, to the Bison staff.
Ormsby, who graduated from Appalachian State in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in physical education, was a member of the Mountaineers men's soccer team from 1999-2002 and served as team captain as a senior. He followed that with a two-year stint as an assistant coach where he had a host of duties, including supervising team academics, planning team travel, scouting, and planning and implementing team training. Ormsby also served as the liaison between the coaching staff and the athletic trainers and strength coaches.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Ormsby has also coached soccer at the high school level. In the spring of 2004 he was the head junior varsity girl's soccer coach at Watauga High School in Boone, N.C., and also served as the assistant coach of the varsity team. Since 2004 Ormsby has been the head boy's and girl's soccer coach at Alexander Central High School, where he was also a physical education and health teacher. While at Alexander he was recognized as the 2004 North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association (NCSCA) Region 11 Coach of the Year and served as the NCSCA Region 11 girl's soccer chairman.
Ormsby has coached a number of club soccer teams in addition to serving as a staff counselor at numerous summer camps, including Bucknell, Appalachian State, Clemson, Davidson and South Carolina.
A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association and the High Country Soccer Association, Ormsby's soccer career started at Swansboro High School in Swansboro, N.C., where he led the team to back-to-back state championships and served as team captain.
Ormsby, who was the president of the Appalachian State Student-Athlete Advisory Board while there, is engaged to be married to Jenny Pearce, who is a former member of the North Carolina State women's soccer team.
"I am very excited about hiring Cam," said Nash. "Over the past four years I have had the pleasure of getting to know him as a teacher and a coach. During that time I have always felt he would be a great fit for the Bucknell athletic department. I know he is enthusiastic about joining us this spring and our student-athletes are going to benefit greatly with the addition of Cam."
Bucknell finished the 2005 season with an 8-6-4 overall record and a 3-3-1 mark in Patriot League play.
