2nd Season
Pickard joined Eddie Soto's staff as the goalkeeper coach prior to the 2015 campaign.
Pickard has been coaching locally in the South Bay, East Bay and Peninsula for the last 16 years. Most recently, Pickard spent seven years coaching in the Mountain View/Los Altos Soccer Club and during that time also worked with their sister club, Sunnyvale Alliance SC, for 2 1/2 years.
From 2007-12, Pickard worked as a staff coach with the Cal-North Olympic Development Program. In his final year, he led the '98 boys state team to the final of the ODP Region IV Championships in Arizona.
Prior to joining the Dons, Pickard coached high school soccer for 11 years, with his final position being head coach of the boys varsity team at Menlo-Atherton High School from 2006-2015. In his nine years at Menlo-Atherton, Pickard amassed a 103-53-27 record and received coach of the year honors from the San Jose Mercury News and Palo Alto Daily News.
Pickard has also served as a technical director with the Milpitas Youth Soccer Club and president of the North Valley Youth Soccer League. He is currently the goalkeeping director of the San Carlos United Soccer Club as well as an assistant coach with the women’s team at Cañada College in Redwood City.
