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OUR STAFF

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Head Coach, Varsity

SHELLEY BLUMENTHAL

The 2022 season is Coach B's 29th as head coach at Blacksburg High School. He is a retired school counselor and is married to the former Jan Shuler, retired choral director at Blacksburg High School. Outside of Blacksburg soccer coaching, Coach B spent 3 seasons as an assistant coach with the Roanoke College Women's program, assistant coach with the 2007 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Champion Roanoke College Men's team, assistant and goalkeepers coach for the 1995 Roanoke Riverdawgs USL Pro team, and a season as Co-Coach of the Virginia Tech Women's Club team which finished third nationally. He holds a B.A. and M.Ed. from Lynchburg College and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. Coach B's coaching licenses include the Advanced National, National and Level I and II Goalkeeping from United Soccer Coaches. 

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Coach B played collegiate soccer as a goalkeeper for legendary coach and his mentor Bill Shellenberger at Lynchburg College from 1975-1978. These teams reached three NCAA Tournament rounds of 16, won four conference championships, the Virginia State Championship, and the Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association Championship. As a player, Coach B was All Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) twice, ODAC Player of the Year, All-State and All-South. During Coach B's senior season (1978) at Lynchburg College, Coach was selected as Team Captain and the Team MVP. Coach B was inducted into the Lynchburg Sports Hall of Fame in 1989. In addition to the Lynchburg Sports Hall of Fame, Coach B was inducted into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame in 2008. 

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