Jeff Stauring and his daughter Caitlin coached a U10 Girls Team for the Optimist Club of Naples for the Spring 2013 Optimist Soccer Season. The father-daughter duo had a great season and realized early on that the real challenge for coaches is to help these players work with each other and motivate the whole team to continuously improve. They both encouraged the team to build upon each other’s strengths and work together towards a common objective, so they can achieve much more.

Jeff says it takes time to come together as a team especially when some players are beginners, some have experience, and some have played on competitive teams. That is where the leadership skills come into play. Jeff says it is about motivating the team to challenge the status quo and press for continuous improvement.

Jeff says that for the team to realize continuous improvement it is about knowing the definition of TEAM “Together Each Achieves More” and placing the experienced with the inexperienced and the competitive with the noncompetitive. Jeff says it is also about having patience acknowledging that the experienced and competitive players by nature get it and rise to the occasion quickly and it takes time for the entire team to get to this point and enjoy playing as a team.

Jeff Stauring always gets results on and off the field and says every one of the members shares something with the team, whether it is the players, trainer, assistant coach or coach. Jeff says he and the team really enjoyed the training sessions with Stephanie Powers, an FGCU graduate who also played on FGCU women’s soccer team and is now an assistant coach. Jeff says she is an awesome role model for all of the team to realize that they too can earn a bachelor’s degree and most importantly share their talents as a volunteer.

Jeff Stauring resides in Naples, Florida. He also volunteers for Freedom Waters and The American Cancer Society Relay for Life. He shares his passion for challenging the status quo. He exhibits strong leadership skills obtained from Rochester Institute of Technology College of Business and Xerox Corporation. Jeff Stauring was featured in the 1996 Xerox Annual Report as Supervisor of a team which “… practices empowerment to continually improve quality, cost, delivery, and service; their efforts improved material flow in the manufacturing process, reducing assembly costs”. In 2008 he was recognized by Superintendent Ray Baker with a STAR Award – “Someone To Admire and Respect” and in 2010, Superintendent Dennis Thompson recognized him for reducing student transportation expenses by several millions of dollars.

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