Brandon
Brandon has been with the Soccer House since 1993. He received his bachelor's degree in business with a minor in physical education from William Penn University.
At William Penn Brandon was Captain of the men's varsity soccer team for four years. He set records in goals and points as well as being selected to First Team
All-MCC in 2004.
Brandon currently holds the USSF National C Coaching License and is a member of both USSF and NSCAA. He is the Head Men's Soccer coach for Ottumwa High School and holds youth soccer camps in several cities throughout Iowa.
In the summer months Brandon is the director of the soccer program at Camp Cobbossee, a prestigious sports camp located in Winthrop, Maine. In just two years at Camp Cobbossee Brandon has transformed their soccer program into the most successful program in the CMCL.
Brandon is currently a member of the AAU Jr. Olympics National Indoor Soccer Committee. Regionals will be held here at the Soccer House and in four years the Soccer House will be hosting the National Championships.
Mike
Eventually he was coaxed out of retirement to play occasional gigs with his friends. He fronted a quartet featuring guitarist Jim Hall
for two weeks at the "Half Note" in New York City, and broke their attendance record. At the New Orleans Jazz Festival he played a soaring
set with Gerry Mulligan. As guest soloist he ventured out with the Modern Jazz Quartet for a 1971 Christmas concert. 
He blew on a couple of albums with his old friend Chet Baker. He appeared with Dave Brubeck in a series of concerts called "Two Generations of Brubeck" in which Dave
played with his musical sons, and in 1976, the Quartet reunited for the Silver Anniversary Tour. They were greeted with enthusiasm wherever they
played until the deteriorating eyesight of drummer Joe Morello cut short the tour. But his best work of the period was a happy collaboration with
three Toronto musicians. Jim Hall talked him into coming to Toronto to play with Canada's premier jazz guitarist Ed Bickert. So thrilled was he with
his first two weeks at Toronto's "Bourbon Street", that Desmond rushed back to New York and talked record producer Creed Taylor into flying Bickert
in so that he could record an album with him. Desmond appeared only half a dozen times with his "Canadian Quartet" -- Ed Bickert on guitar, Don Thompson
on bass, and Jerry Fuller on drums. Fortunately Don Thompson also doubles as a recording engineer, and a number of the club dates were recorded and
released. The group also appeared on CBC-TV's Take 30 , and were recorded at the Edmonton Jazz Festival.