Soccer Staff

Head Soccer Coach: Jay Callahan 

Other Positions: Sports Information Director, Director of Athletic Recruiting, Student-Athlete Advisory Council Advisor, Track and Field Coach

Office Phone: (336) 721-2648

Email: jay.callahan@salem.edu  

Overall Record: 61-39-5 (6 seasons) 

Jay Callahan is in his sixth year as the Head Soccer Coach of Salem College, a NCAA Division III program. He has led the Salem soccer program to 3 straight seasons with at least 10 wins, and 4 of the last 5 seasons. He was selected as the 2008 NCAA Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) Coach of the Year.

After his first team went 1-15, Callahan has led the Spirits to a 60-24-5 record in the past five seasons for a winning percentage of 71%. Along with his head coaching position, Callahan is also Salem's Sports Information Director, Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) Advisor, and a P.E. instructor.

Under Callahan’s guidance, Salem College won the 2007 AD3I Atlantic Region Championship 2-0 versus Green Mountain College (Vermont). He has had 12 players receive All-AD3I awards and three players receive Great South Athletic Conference end of the season awards. He led the 2009 team to the Great South semifinals in their first year in the conference. In 2010, Callahan led the Spirits to a regular season school record of 15 wins and to a second place regular season finish in the Great South. He also had five players selected to the Great South All-Conference team, and four to the All-Freshmen team in 2010.

During the 2011 season, the team once again made it to the Great South Semifinals. Salem had four players earn Great South All-Conference honors, two All-Freshman winners, and 12 All-Academic team winners.

He holds his NSCAA National Diploma. During the summer of 2009, Callahan coached an under-19 women's team at the Gothia Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Callahan was an All-Region Soccer Player and track runner, while attending Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem. 

Callahan graduated from the University of West Virginia in 2002 with a B.S. in Journalism. He also has his Master's Degree in Education.

For his first five years out of college, he worked in local autistic programs and as a teacher.

He enjoys spending time with his wife, Katie, and their newborn daughter, McKinley. The two were married in October of 2008. They have a Yellow Labrador and Golden Retriever, Molly and Owen.

Education: B.S. West Virginia University, M.A.T. Salem College 

Coaching Experience: Salem College, Mt. Tabor High School (Winston-Salem, NC), North Forsyth High School (Winston-Salem, NC), Twin City Youth Soccer Association (Winston-Salem, NC), Carolina Dynamo (Team consisting of Autistic Players only), Counselor at North Carolina Girls Soccer Camp (UNC), Head Coach USA Atlantic Fury Women's U19 Team at Gothia Cup in Sweden

Coaching Credentials: NSCAA National Coaching Diploma 

336-721-2648

Assistant Coach: Sara McCormack
sara.mccormack@salem.edu

Sara McCormack just finished an excellent career at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina for the NCAA Division II program as a four year letterer and 2010 team captain. McCormack was selected to the North Carolina All-State Team in 2010, and to the All-South Region Team in 2009 as a defender. She was All-Conference Carolinas First-Team for the past two years, and helped lead Pfeiffer to the NCAA DII Tournament twice.

McCormack was on the Dean's List, Presidential Honor Roll, and a Scholar Athlete for all four years at Pfeiffer. She was the 2008 and 2009 Women's Soccer Representive for the Student Athlete Advisory Council at Pfeiffer, and was selected as a 2011 Pfeiffer University Who's Who Among American College and University Nominee.

Over the past several years, McCormack has also collected coaching experience in several areas. She recently was the UNC Charlotte Women's Soccer Intern for this past spring. She worked in the Sports Information Office for two years at Pfeiffer, and has coached at two middle schools and two high schools while playing at Pfeiffer.

She graduated with a Sports Management Major, and with a minor in Business Administration and Athletic Coaching. McCormack is originally from Concord, NC.

Assistant Coach: John Stubblefield
john.stubblefield@salem.edu

John Stubblefield comes to Salem with a wealth of coaching experience on the high school, club, and Olympic Development Program (ODP) levels. He has been the head coach for the varsity team at Calvary Baptist High School in Winston-Salem for ten years, where he has a 125-42-12 record. He also led his team to back to back NCISAA 2A State Championships in 2009 and 2010, and the team has just earned their tenth consecutive state tournament appearance.

Stubblefield is a three-time Triad Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. He has also served as the Assistant Athletic Director from 2002 to 2009 at Calvary, and he teaches Social Studies.

Stubblefield has also worked with the Twin City Youth Soccer Association for the past five years. He currently coaches the 93 Lady Twins Blue and 94 Lady Twins Silver, and he is a NC Soccer Fusion staff coach. He also is a NC ODP staff coach and Stubblefield has worked at the Wake Forest University Soccer Camp for the past several summers.

He graduated from High Point University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and from UNC-Greensboro with a Masters of Art in History in 2008. He lives in Winston-Salem with his wife (Sara) and their one-year-old daughter (Darby).

Assistant Coach: Mike Hollman

Hollman joins the soccer staff after serving as the assistant tennis coach at Salem in the spring of 2008. He is married to Salem's head tennis coach, Mariana Hollman.