Coach Briggs was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He made the transition from his local high school to the U.S. in 2010, where his playing career culminated at Saint Louis University and Loyola University Chicago respectively.

After returning to St. Louis on completion of his Master’s at Loyola Chicago in 2014, he successfully transitioned into the professional and coaching world. First starting as a volunteer coach at Marquette High School in the fall of 2014, and then as a club coach with St. Louis Scott Gallagher as a boys youth and player development coach from 2015 to 2017.

Most recently from 2017 to the present, he served as an assistant coach in the St. Louis FC Academy with the U17 and U19 teams. Christian brings his knowledge, love and passion for the game to Clayton and aims to continue serving and giving back to the next generation of players, developing them both on and off the field.

Identified as a “young Pele” by the age of 6, Coach Dorsey was recruited by and
signed with FC Barcelona in 1977, where he trained for the next 8 years ;)
Actually, played CYC soccer at St. Jerome in North County. As a kindergartner, once
substituted himself off the field when the coach wasn’t looking . . . presumably for a
snack.

Coach Dorsey was introduced to the game by his dad, who was his first coach. He
was cut in high school which, while painful at the time, was a great learning
experience. Former Greyhound Head Coach Tom Redmond took a chance on him as
a walk-on at UMSL, where Coach Dorsey was voted the Most Improved Player during
his freshman season. He began coaching JV boys and Freshman girls in 1998 at
Lindbergh, where he coached a variety of levels for both programs for 20 years. He
joined the CHS boys’ program in the fall of 2020 and the CHS girls’ program in the
spring of 2021, each as an assistant. Coach Dorsey has been a mathematics teacher
at CHS since the fall of 2019.

Coach Dorsey is very grateful to all of his teachers and coaches from grade school
through college, as well as the men and women he had the pleasure to coach
alongside at Lindbergh and now at CHS. He is also grateful for the many students who
tried out and joined the high school teams he’s been lucky enough to coach. He is
extremely grateful and blessed to have the love and support of his wife Angie, and their
children.

Dr. Hoelscher is very excited to return to the soccer program after a ten year break.  He was formerly the varsity coach of the boys and girls programs.  During the ten year hiatus, he spent time with his family, coached his daughters' teams and completed his educational goals including a doctorate in geography and a post-doc fellowship in Russian Studies at Harvard.  Along with his partner Shannon, Paul is the proud parent of two strong young women, Abby (CHS class of 2023, studying education at Vanderbilt and Gen (CHS 2021, studying theater in NYC).  Entering his 23rd year as a teacher in Clayton, his previous professional experiences includes coaching and teaching in Tanzania, the Navajo Reservation and with SLU legend Al Trost in Parkway.  When not helping with soccer, Dr. Hoelscher can be found reading a book, traveling, playing bogey golf or mentoring with Big-Brothers / Big-Sisters of St. Louis.