Our Directors have decades of combined experience in using sports to bring hope. Find out more about our story.
David Irby
USSF ‘A’ Coaching License; Master’s Degree in Teaching (University of La Verne); B.A. in Social Science and Physical Education (Azusa Pacific University)
location
CEO, Surge International • U.S. Soccer ‘A’ Coaching License; M.A.T. (Teaching), University of La Verne (California) A native of Southern California, Dave played soccer on the first team at Azusa Pacific University. At the age of twenty-three, he became the Cougars Head Coach, twice being named Coach of the Year, while at the same time playing with the Athletes-in-Action soccer team. A pioneer of soccer ministry he has literally crisscrossed the global as a soccer coach, player, and speaker. He was the first coach for the Sports Life team (WA) and the original full-time staff member, and founder of the Seahorse soccer team for MAI (CA); before going on to found Surge International, commonly known as Surge Soccer. Dave and the soccer teams he has led, have traveled to thirty-five countries of the world, bringing hope to those they meet. His teams have helped with reconciliation in Uganda, after the civil war and peace in Sudan during their civil war. More recently he and his colleagues used soccer for “civil war “prevention” in Burundi. He spent three years developing soccer projects to help refugees integrate into Austria after they fled tragic circumstances in their own countries. He recently coached the Southern California Seahorses in the National Under-23 League (PDL); and a youth team for the LA Galaxy; and was a Head Coach with the Capital FC Timbers Academy, a branch of the Portland Timbers. Currently, Dave resides in Salem, Oregon with his wife Susan. He splits his time mostly, between Oreg
Allen Lotz
B.A. in Liberal Studies & M.S. in Christian Education
location
Al represents Surge International from Rome, Georgia. He has been a career missionary in MK education in the context of cross cultural church planting. He played soccer at Azusa Pacific University (CA) and also with one of the first soccer ministry teams before entering the world of MK education overseas. As teacher, coach and administrator in three different countries on two continents, he brings expertise in organizational leadership, multicultural settings and member care. Using soccer as a tool for outreach has been a common thread in these endeavors. After returning to the US from overseas, he travelled extensively as a consultant for MK education providing a broad range of international experience and networking that has proven beneficial to expanding the impact of Surge International. More recently he has focused on teaching Bible in several countries and is now working on developing courses that can be viewed online.
Key Leaders
Aubrey Coultas
Development Director
Castle Rock
Surge Soccer welcomes Aubrey Coultas as our new Development Director. She graduated from Colorado College in 2005 with a B.A. in Creative Writing, and moved into the Human Resources field shortly after graduation. She played volleyball for CC, and then club volleyball post graduation, as well as coaching 16s and 17s. Sports have always been a big part of her life, and she loves to write. She lives in Castle Rock with her husband, two children, and a dog named Hercules.