Gerardo Flores will begin his 1st season as assistant men's soccer coach at UMobile in 2014. No stranger to the Rams, Flores played for Mobile from 2006-09 and served as a volunteer assistant during the 2010 season.
During his time with the Rams, Flores appeared in 66 games, notching four goals and eight assists. The Rams advanced to the NAIA National Tournament his final three years as a player, including a trip to the Round of 8 in 2008. The Rams also won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, when he served on the coaching staff, UMobile won the Southern States Athletic Conference Championship and advanced to the Round of 4 at the NAIA National Tournament.
Flores graduated from UMobile in 2010, earning his bachelor's degree in HPES with a concentration in coaching and a minor in psychology. He has his USSF "C" license and USSF Youth license, along with his NSCAA National Diploma and NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma.
After leaving UMobile, Flores coached men's soccer at Fairhope and Murphy HS, and is in his second year as director of coaching for the Daphne Strike Soccer Club.
He and his wife Cheryl live in Daphne, Ala. Cheryl, a former women's soccer player at the University of Mobile, is currently coaching women's soccer at UMS-Wright.
