CAMDEN, N.J. (May 8, 2021) – Rutgers University-Camden Men's Assistant Soccer Coach Don Norton, Jr. has a wealth of international experience and contacts from which to draw his vast knowledge. He used one of his friendships to write another article for the United Soccer Coaches' USC Soccer Journal.
 
Norton, who has penned numerous articles for various soccer publications over the years, has his 33rd published piece appear in the May/June issue of the USC Soccer Journal. It is entitled "Interview: Larry Mahony – Irish Coach, Educator and Author."
 
 "Larry was one of my Football Association of Ireland national coaching school instructors for the FA Ireland B and A courses which I took in Dublin," notes Norton, who received his FA Ireland A License /UEFA A license. "Larry has coached at the highest levels of Irish professional soccer, college soccer and held various youth positions. Larry just recently published a book entitled Let the Players Play - A Guide to Grassroots Coaches to Coaching in Small-sided Games.
 
"I've always kept in contact with many of the candidates and instructors, in both the Irish and Scottish coaching schools that I attended. Larry Mahony is an outstanding person, coach, educator and author. I always enjoyed his training sessions and learned much from them."
 
Norton has penned articles for many soccer publications over the years, mostly for the USC Soccer Journal and its predecessor, the NSCAA Journal. He also has written numerous training articles for publication in Success in Soccer, Soccer New England, Southern Soccer Scene and Soccer America. His first published article was called "Coaching A Youth Soccer Team When The Match Begins" and appeared in the February 2004 issue of the Southern Soccer Scene. 
 
Norton will enter his ninth season as an assistant coach at Rutgers-Camden this fall. He is a long-time youth and collegiate coach who has earned the prestigious United States Soccer Federation National "A" Coaching License, National Soccer Coaches Association of America Premier Diploma, Football Association of Ireland National "A" License (UEFA National "A" License), USSF National Youth License, Scottish Football Association National "A" Certificate, and NSCAA Regional GK Diploma. While earning his Scottish and Irish badges, his instructors and classmates consisted of many of Europe's leading coaches and players from across the continent, including former Scottish national team head coaches Craig Brown and Craig Levein, former Manchester United manager David Moyes and Irish senior national team head coach Brian Kerr.
 
During the summer of 2019, Norton passed the intense US Soccer Grassroots Instructors course.
 
Norton was a speaker at the US Youth Soccer/NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia in January 2014. He also serves as a youth talent scout for Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union.  
 
Prior to his time coaching at Rutgers-Camden, Norton served on the staff of New Jersey Athletic Conference rivals Rowan University and Stockton University. In his first season at Rutgers-Camden in 2013, he helped the Scarlet Raptors post a program-record 23-1-2 record and advance to the NCAA Division III championship game. He also coached at Haverford College, Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania during his 27-year career.
 
Don Norton's Published Articles

• Coaching A Youth Soccer Team When The Match Begins | Southern Soccer Scene | February 2004
• Midfield Possession to Attack | Success in Soccer | July 2005
• Coaching A Youth Soccer Team When The Match Begins | Soccer New England | January 2006
• It's All About The Players! | Success in Soccer | November 2008
• Planning Your 12-month Season | NSCAA Journal | May 2011
• Are Your Players Doing Their Soccer Homework? | NSCAA Journal | May 2012
•  Choose Words Wisely When Coaching Kids | Soccer America.com | December 2012
•  Assisting A College Soccer Professor | NSCAA Journal | January 2013
• 10 Tips For The Well-Organized Coach: presentation matters | Soccer America.com | March 5, 2013
• Movement Off The Ball: The Key To Success | Success in Soccer | September 1, 2013
• Evaluating Our Training Session | NSCAA Journal | November 1, 2013
• Starting Your First Training Session | NSCAA Journal | February 2014
• The Coachable Moment: Positive - Information - Positive | NSCAA Journal | December 2014
• The Youth Soccer Parents' Meeting | NSCAA Journal | January 2015
• Small-Sided Games: A Key to More Technical Players | Soccer America.com | April 24, 2015
• Building Your Attack From the Back | NSCAA Journal | March/April 2015
• Training Two Strikers | NSCAA Journal | July/August 2015
• Soccer On The Spectrum | NSCAA Journal | May/June 2016
• Are Your Players Learning to Steal Real Estate? | NSCAA Journal | September/October 2016
• Yelling At The Player With The Ball | NSCAA Journal | January/February 2017
• Defending While Your Team Has The Ball | NSCAA Journal | March/April 2017
• Training Players On The Spectrum | USC Soccer Journal | July/August 2017
• Diversity in Attack: Attacking from the Flanks | USC Soccer Journal | September/October 2017
• Defending For Younger Players | USC Soccer Journal | January/February 2018
• Movement Off The Ball: The Key To Possession | USC Soccer Journal | March/April 2018
• Rick Meana Director of Coaching for New Jersey Youth Soccer | USC Soccer Journal | March/April 2018
• Dr. Terry Eguaoje Director of Coaching for Pennsylvania West Youth Soccer | USC Soccer Journal | Sept./Oct. 2018
• Coaching in the Game: Individual and Team Tactical Decisions | USC Soccer Journal | March/April 2019
• Interview with Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association Technical Director Mike Barr | USC Soccer Journal | May/June 2019
• Interview with Kevin McCarthy, the Director of Youth Development for the Downtown United Soccer Club (NY) | USC Soccer Journal | September/October 2019
• Interview with Giovanni Pacini, a United Soccer Coaches Academy staff member| USC Soccer Journal | January/February 2020
• Interview with Tim Bradbury, the Director of Coaching Instruction for the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association | USC Soccer Journal | May/June 2020
• Interview with Larry Mahony – Irish Coach, Educator and Author | USC Soccer Journal | May/June 2021