DFW Tornados

All DFW Tornados Youth Academy Coaches.....

Shelly Robinson - Academy Director

Shelley joined our Club in July of 2000. She's been involved in soccer either as a player or coach since 1979. She played in various clubs in England, including Bristol Rovers F.C. Women's team and the Southwest of England Women's Team. She was capped four times while playing at the highest level for the English Women's National Team.

Shelley has held coaching positions with several professional clubs, including Bristol Rovers and Bristol City where her main role was to develop girls' and women's soccer. Most recently Shelley was working at Millwall F.C. as coach for the Southeast Youth Academy and as a youth goalkeeping coach. Shelley has coached extensively throughout the USA and is now the DFW Tornados Academy Director. Shelley is a UEFA "B" Qualified coach. She passed her F.A. license and then converted it to the UEFA "B" in 1999. Shelley also holds the English F.A. Goalkeeping Certificate and a Texas “D” State license.

Tina Bryan

Tracy Duren

Tracy has been involved in soccer as a player or coach for 15 years. As a youth, he played for South Garland High School and the Garland Strikers.

Tracy joined the DFW Tornados in July of 2004. As a 1992 Graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Economics, Tracy currently serves as the Men’s Head Soccer Coach for Trinity High School in Euless. He began at Trinity as the Woman’s Head Coach in 1994 where he helped guide the Lady Trojans to three consecutive playoff appearances and two district championships. After assuming the head coaching position of the Men’s program in 1997, Tracy went on to guide the Trojans to playoff appearances in ’99,’00,’01,’02,’03,’04. He also led the Trojans to their first district championship in 14 years, and their first ever back to back district championships. Tracy’s achievements include a four time selection by his peers as the District Coach of the Year. He was also selected by the Star Telegram as North East Tarrant County Coach of the Year in 1996 and 1994, and as Tarrant County Coach of the Year in 1994. In 2004 Tracy surpassed 100 Career wins as the Men’s Head Coach. Tracy remains the Men’s Head Coach at Trinity High School and also teaches Advance Placement Economics. He currently holds a North Texas State Soccer Association D license.

Brian Byrd

Brian joined our Club in July of 1996. He's been involved in soccer either as a player or coach since 1976. He came up through the local select soccer programs playing for various clubs, such as the Dallas Longhorns, Dallas Hornets and Dallas Titans. Brian played soccer for Mansfield High School and was voted First Team All-District and All-Region. He's played semipro for the Arlington Arrows and the Fort Worth Kicks.

Brian has coached for the Mansfield Mustangs, Sportif F.C. and has been a camp director for Techniques Soccer Camps. He was also an assistant coach at Fort Worth Country Day School and the Head Coach of the Grapevine High School varsity girls. Brian is currently the men’s assistant coach at the University of Dallas. He currently holds a Texas "D" State license and an NSCAA Regional Diploma.

Luis Rodenas

Luis joined our Club in July of 1996. He's been involved in soccer either as a player or coach since 1973. He came up through the Spanish youth program and worked his way on to the First Division Spanish B Team for Valencia before moving to the United States in 1979. Luis played for Colorado State University and led the league in scoring his first year. Luis' coaching experience includes junior high and middle schools, as well as recreational and select teams. He also coached youth and junior teams in Spain. Luis is an NTSSA Instructor and an ODP Staff Coach. He currently holds a Spanish "A", USSF "B" National, Texas "D" State and a National Youth license.

Victor Medina

Victor joined our Club in July of 2002. He brings a rich and varied international background in soccer as a player, coach and broadcaster since 1974. He came up through the Argentinean youth program in his hometown of Tucuman and turned professional by age 17. He played for eight years as a professional in Argentina, including a year with one of the country’s top 1st Division teams, River Plate. He later played for two years in Mexico for Toros Neza of the 1st Division and Club Acapulco of Division A. After moving to the United States in 1994, he played for the Houston Hotshots of the CISL, the Texas Toros of the USISL, the WISL champion Dallas Sidekicks and the D-League Texas Rattlers (the Dallas Burn’s reserve team). He was a member of the broadcast teams for Univision during the France ’98 and Japan-South Korea ’02 World Cups and speaks five languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian and French.

Victor began his coaching career as an assistant coach for the Mexico Under-14 junior national team in 1994. He subsequently coached for a number of Dallas-area clubs: Arsenal, Club America, Crusader, Dallas Inter, United, Storm and Soccer America. He was the director of coaching for the Crusader Soccer Club in Highland Park from 1998-2000 and the director of coaching/clinics and camps for Soccer America from 2001-2002. He is the men’s and women’s head coach at Brookhaven College. Currently he coaches soccer and teaches Spanish at Fulton Academy in Rockwall. Victor attended the University of San Miguel de Tucuman in Argentina, where he received a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine. He serves on the scouting and player/coach evaluation staffs for U.S. Soccer’s National Olympic Development program, and is a North Texas Soccer staff coach and staff instructor. Victor currently holds a USSF “C” National coaching license, an Argentina National Youth license and the Argentina “A” National license.