meet the coaches
For tryouts, contact the coaches below directly using the numbers provided.
Director of Coaching
Alex Walsh
2012 (grey) & 2014 (pink) Boys
To try out, contact alex directly at (916) 627-0012
Alex was born in England before moving to Northern California at 10 years old. He played club soccer for Placer United on the ‘97 team that would graduate as national champions and the #1 ranked team in the country. Alex has been coaching since graduating from Academy of Art University and playing four years at the NCAA DII level. Since then he has coached youth, high school, and collegiate players across Northern and Southern California.
Alex joined the One Ivy coaching staff in February 2023, and was recently brought on to the Claremont McKenna University coaching staff as an Assistant Coach. Additionally, he coaches at Crossroads High School in Santa Monica and works camps and clinics for LA Galaxy.
Coach Laurent
B2015 Grey & B2014 Grey
To try out, contact Laurent directly at (213) 374-4596
Laurent was born in Montpellier, France. He was selected at age 11 to play at the National Institute of Football (INF Vichy) by Erick Monbaerts, who coached the French National U18, U21 teams as well as Ligue1 side Paris Saint Germain.
His parents decided otherwise. Laurent still continued to play club soccer until the age of 16 where he last trained with the CAVIGAL (Nice U16 National level). He moved to Los Angeles in 1993 and played competitive soccer all over the city in multiple leagues including the semi-pro league Golden West.
He is the parent of an 18 year old daughter, and he has been coaching soccer for the past 5 years across Los Angeles. Laurent joined One Ivy in 2023, and coaches both the B2014 and B2015 Grey teams. His knowledge of the game, his experience at the highest youth level and his pedagogy give him great confidence in his approach of teaching the beautiful game.
