Viking Soccer Camps
Camp Directors

Blair Reid

Blair Reid, entering his 27th season as men’s head soccer coach at Grand View University, has a record of 314-189-27. At Grand View he has coached the  Vikings to 12 Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships, nine MCC  Tournament Championships, seven NAIA District 15 Championships, one NAIA Region VII Championship and five National Tournament appearances. He has been named NAIA Region Coach of the Year three times, MCC Coach of the Year six times, and District Coach of the Year seven times. He has coached 35
All-Americans and 14 Academic All-American Scholars during his tenure. Reid coached USL member the Des Moines Menace from 1994-1997. In 1995 the  Menace qualified for the PDL’s prestigious National Tournament. At the time Reid was voted PDL National Coach of the Year. He was also head boys’ coach for Dowling High School in West Des Moines 1985-1993, amassing a 125-25-12 record. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Reid graduated from New York State University at Brockport in 1975. In 2001 he was inducted into the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame. Reid was instrumental establishing soccer as a state-sanctioned high school sport in Iowa.

Al Driscoll
Associate Camp Director

Al Driscoll is a former Grand View player and current assistant coach. As a player, Driscoll was a threetime captain and guided GV to four consecutive District 15 Championships. He was All-District First Team four times, and a two-time Region and All-American selection. His playing career includes stints with the USISL Indoor Professional League (Permian Basin) TX, USISL Outdoor Professional League with Austing Soccadillos, TX, player and captain for the Des Moines Menace 1994-1997, and player and coach for the 1998-99 Menace making consecutive trips to the USL Final Four. Driscoll was a player and coach for the USL Select Atlanta Silverbacks. He has coached many seasons of youth soccer in Central Iowa. With several State Championships and Region semi-finalists, he saw dozens of his players achieve NCAA and NAIA scholarships. Throughout his coaching and playing career, Driscoll stayed close to his alma mater and was instrumental in helping the Vikings qualify for the NAIA National Tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2010.

Ventsi Stoimirov  
Co-Camp Director of the Grand View University Soccer Camp

Head coach Ventsi Stoimirov enters his thirteenth season as head coach for the Vikings. He was a member of the Bulgarian Junior National Team, and started six seasons for the Des Moines Menace, leading the team to two final four appearances. Stoimirov has extensive playing and coaching experience, earning his International FIFA/UEFA Coaching License. He also held a 50-4-2 record as the coach for the Iowa United Soccer Club, leading the team to five State Championships. In addition, Stoimirov has helped youth teams in Iowa win championships at prestigious tournaments all around the country including championships at the Snickers National Youth Challenge, WAGS, Surf Cup and Cornhusker Classic.

The founder of the Grand View Women's Soccer Team in 1998, Stoimirov has built a program that is known for its successes on and off the field. In 2003, Vikings rocketed to the top of the Midwest Collegiate Conference, earning their first MCC title. The 2003 and 2004 MCC Coach of the Year and 2003 Region Coach of the Year has coached 69 MCC All-Conference athletes, 3 MCC Players of the Year, 77 MCC Academic All-Conference athletes, 11 NAIA Academic All-Region athletes, one Region Player of the Year, 19 NAIA All-Region athletes,  12 NAIA Academic All-Americans, and 12 NAIA All-Americans.

Stoimirov graduated from Graceland College in 1995, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in business. He received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Iowa State University in 1998.