The Academy
at Camp Arrow Wood

Vinny is a favorite among our campers, inspiring quite a few to take up soccer who had never played before and helping to improve the skills of those that are already well entrenched. Vinny has 25 years of experience coaching and 40 years playing soccer. He is in his 16th season at Middle Georgia State University. Vinny currently coaches the women’s program, but he spent his first six years at MGSU as coach of both the men’s and women’s programs. He was the GCAA women’s Coach of the Year in 2007 and men’s Coach of the Year in 2010. Vinny was named the SSAC Coach of the Year for the 2020-2021 season and has led his team to back-to-back NAIA Opening Round selections in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. Originally from Ireland, Vinny has spent time coaching in the NAIA and NJCAA with different schools and spent one year coaching professionally with the Jacksonville Cyclones.

A newcomer to Arrow Wood, Tae Norwood is currently the Head Coach at Palm Beach State College in West Palm Beach, FL. Previously, Tae spent three seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at Cal Poly Humboldt where he led the team to their first conference tournament appearance in four years.

Tae earned his first head coaching job in 2019 at Keiser University. During the 2019-20 season, his fast-paced style of play led his team to a 23-8 record, a share of the conference regular season championship, and a spot in the NAIA Tournament.

Coach Norwood came to Keiser after spending the previous six years at Lynn University, including five as the Associate Head Coach, where he oversaw the development of student-athletes.

Tae has four years of assistant coaching experience at the Division 1 level including, Georgia Southern, Florida Gulf Coast, and Grambling State. He also has four years of assistant

coaching experience at the Division II level and was a four-year player at Green Mountain College.

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Dani Gil joined Arrow Wood in 2024 as the Director of Tennis bringing incredible passion, experience, professionalism, and integrity to the further development of our tennis program and curriculum. Dani transitioned to teaching nearly 25 years ago after playing tennis competitively. He has a unique way of instructing and motivating his players – and we’re excited to bring that to Arrow Wood.

Dani was previously the Tennis Director at Camp Towanda in Honesdale, PA where he worked for 10 years. In the off season, Dani is the owner and director of Focus Academy in Valencia, Spain. He is considered one of the most import tennis coaches in Spain and has worked with organizations such as the Santa Ana Sport Complex, Torrent Tennis Club, GMT Tennis Academy, and Tenis 92. He also has a Master’s Degree in Development, Innovation and Performance in Tennis from Universidad Isabel I.

Returning for his second summer, Jacob McNeice brings a diverse background in athletic performance and coaching. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Springfield College and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

While at Springfield College, Jacob helped develop the rugby program’s strength and conditioning system and competed as a member of the team. He gained additional experience through internships q6 Williston Preparatory School and Quinnipiac University. He also worked as an Assistant Strength Coach at the University of Cork with the rugby program.

Jacob is the founder of Rip City Strength and currently works with United Soccer Group. He is passionate about helping athletes build strength, confidence, and resilience in a positive training environment.