Kings' Men Add new Assistant Coach

The Kings' Blue Devil's men's soccer team has added Mike Ayyash as an assistant coach for this season.

Ayyash has experience in the Nova Scotia provincial soccer program, where he was an assistant with the under-15 age group, as well as with Bedford and Halifax County soccer clubs.

Ayyash joins Matt Fegan (who plays for Halifax City against Kings' tonight) in head coach C.J. Young's coaching staff.

Ayyash, Young, and Fegan all played for Kings' in the 2001-2002 season, which ended in an extra-time defeat to UNB Saint John's in the ACAA finals.

"[I] had a great time playing for the college and C.J. asked me to come on board as an assistant," said Ayyash.

He's still learning the ropes with Kings', as he's not familiar with the more recent ACAA. He admits that he's still learning who the players are. Given it's his second day on the job, that's understandable.

He has yet to really set expectations, but has a competitive philosophy:

"Any time you go into any season, you want to be competitive and win every game you play."

Kings' first home game is September 19th as St. Thomas University comes to visit.