Nick Webster
| Nick Webster | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1964 |
| Occupation | announcer, producer, director, coach |
Nick Webster (born October 7, 1964) is a former soccer broadcaster, senior producer, director, and writer for Fox Soccer Channel and foxsoccer.com.[1] He also is the the Head Boy’s Soccer Coach at Windward School in Los Angeles, California. In May 2012 he became the Director of Content and Development for football.com. Webster now runs his own consulting business advising coaches, players and talent in the TV industry as well as developing his own unique blog realfootytalk.com
Broadcasting
Webster began his broadcast career with Fox Soccer Channel (then Fox Sports World) in May 2000. His first assignment of note was writing the copy for Lionel Bienvenu and the highly popular Premier League Review Show.[2] By 2004, Webster was the voice of the English Premier League as he provided the majority of the wraparounds for the world’s most popular league.
In addition to calling matches from the Premier League, Webster also commentated on the Italian Serie A, Spain’s La Liga, the German Bundesliga, France’s Ligue 1, the Dutch Eredivisie, Chile’s Primera Division, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Argentina’s Apertura. Additionally, he has called matches from the UEFA Cup including the finals in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the UEFA Super Cup, World Cup Qualifying, and the Toulon Tournament.
Webster has also covered in person the following tournaments: FIFA World Cup 2002, 2006 and 2010; where he has given video summaries of the matches from South Africa; UEFA European Championship 2004 and 2008; FIFA Confederations Cup 2003; ICC 2003 Cricket World Cup; and CONCACAF Gold Cup 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, providing daily articles and news stories for foxsoccer.com and foxsports.com.[3]
Webster is also the host of Fox Football Fone-In, a popular call-in show for soccer fans.[4]
Fox Football Fone-In has been canceled as of 8/2010.
Webster was the director and senior producer for the following shows at Fox Soccer. Uefa Champions League Pre & Post games, Super Sunday+, Match Day, Passport to Germany & South Africa, Fox Football Fone-In. He has also won multiple Telly Awards.
Coaching
Webster grew up in São Paulo, Brazil and North London, England, attending some of the biggest club soccer matches in the world. In 1987 Webster immigrated to the United States and shortly thereafter began his soccer-coaching career at Occidental College, Los Angeles as the men's assistant coach to Lowell Thomas. In his one season with the Tigers, Webster helped the team to 2nd place in The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
In 1989, Webster began a two-year stint as Head Boy's Coach at Bishop Alemany High School, Mission Hills. In 1994, Webster earned his United States Soccer Federation 'A' license and the following year was named Head Girl's Coach at Beverly Hills High School, Los Angeles.
In 1997 he moved to Windward High School, Los Angeles to become the Head Coach of Boy’s Varsity team. In his first season, the Wildcats won the first of eight League Championships under his coaching. In 2004 as an unseeded school, the Wildcats won their first ever boy's CIF Southern Section title defeating Carpentaria High School 2-1. Webster was named CIF Southern Section Division VI Coach of the Year.[2]
In May of 2012, Webster was appointed 31st team coach for Cal FC under the management of Eric Wynalda. The team from Thousand Oaks embarked on an historic run in the US Open Cup, beating the Kitsap Pumas, the Wilmington Hammerheads and the Portland Timbers, the first time an amateur team had ever beaten an MLS team in the US Open Cup. The run was finally ended by the three-time defending champions, Seattle Sounders.
References
- ↑ Nick Webster on FoxSoccer.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7108116/Nick-Webster
- ↑ http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/9947050/Make-hay-while-the-sun-shines
- ↑ http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/soccer/archives/2009/07/fsc_replaces_st.html