Carlos Huerta

SDSC Surf Coach since 2023

Carlos Huerta has over 28 years youth coaching experience. He played for San Diego Mesa CC of California, San Diego in and then post-college with San Diego Surf Soccer Club. He has coached in the past for La Jolla Nomads, San Diego Surf Soccer and Utah Surf. Carlos's coaching philosophy is "Development over Winning.” Winning is never the focus. Winning is the end result of good training, teamwork and intensity. In coaching I want to improve the quality of play at every level and develop well rounded, technically competent players who learn to play and enjoy the game as a lifetime sport.

My favorite soccer moment ever was working with a team for about six years and seeing how they progressed and eventually became the team they wanted to be. When they got to high school age, they became state champs. Later, many went on to play division 1 colleges and three went on to play professionally in Europe.