Hugh Donald - Director of Coaching

Hugh Donald has several decades of experience coaching youth and adult teams.
Born in Glascow, Scottland, Hugh turned his successful youth soccer career into a professional one. In 1979 he was voted "Youth Player of the Year" in his debut with the adult pro team Airdrie in Glasgow. The following season he accepted a pro contract with the team. He played both pro and semipro soccer for the Santa Monica Waves and Hollywood Stars respectively.
It was in Santa Monica that Hugh began coaching girls at the High School level. From 1986-95 as varsity coach, he was influential in developing the Viking's program, guiding them to the CIF playoffs in all of his seasons but one. Since then, he has coached many youth teams during the past 12 years, and several of them to Cal South State Championships and Regional titles. During the 1992-1998 years, he was heavily involved with ODP system, coaching youth and adult teams. He has been recognized as one of Southern California's top youth coaches, placing a large number of his graduates on college rosters across the nation.