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Eckerd College

Eckerd College Athletics
 McArthur Center - 4200 54th Avenue S St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Division 2 Florida Southeast
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John Fletcher

John Fletcher, from London, England, was named head coach in the spring of 2020. He enters his third season at the helm entering the 2022-23 campaign.


In 2022, Fletcher guided Eckerd to an impressive start to the season, including a three straight draws over regional opponents to open the season, the first time Eckerd had three draws to open the season. The Tritons upset No. 8 Rollins 2-0. On October, 15 EC netted 12 goals in a 12-0 victory over Fort Lauderdale, the most goals in a single game in program history since at least 1998 and the most in a single-game at the time in Division II. Eckerd scored 37 goals on the season, marking the third most in program history since 1998. He guided Tommy Shepherd to All-American honors, just the second in program history.

Fletcher '09 returned to his alma mater to join the men's soccer coaching staff in the spring of 2019 as assistant coach to Ian Cameron, where he aided the team to a pair of draws against nationally-ranked opponents while having 16 players named to the SSC Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll. Additionally, the program produced an All-SSC First Team and all-region selection as well as an academic all-region recipient.


Before returning to Eckerd, Fletcher spent two seasons at SSC member Saint Leo University where he was the team's assistant coach.


Prior to his stint at Saint Leo, Fletcher worked for the LA Galaxy where he was the head coach for the 02 and 03 teams as well as the director of camps.


While in California working for the LA Galaxy, Fletcher was the Technical Director for a year at So Cal Academy in Pasadena. Prior to his two roles with the Galaxy and So Cal Academy, Fletcher was the founder and co-owner of FS Academy where he recognized a gap in the market for high-level coaching within a few parts of California. The FS Academy featured weekly clinics and Futsal leagues.


In 2015, Fletcher represented the Bahamian League Champions in the CONCACAF Champions League in Haiti and was a member of the National Cup finalists in 2014.


Fletcher has held coaching stints for the Real So Cal Soccer Club, 2010-15, and the Professional Development League Ocean City F.C. in New Jersey.

The London, England native played professionally with the Queens Park Rangers F.C. & A.F.C. in Bournemouth, U.K. from 2003-05 and 2009-10, where he also played for Ocean City F.C. from 2008-10 and 2011-12. In 2010, he was named National Defender of the Year while playing for the Ocean City F.C.


As a student-athlete at Eckerd, Fletcher was a four-time All-Sunshine State Conference player as a defender from 2005-09 and a three-year captain.


He graduated with a Business Management degree from Eckerd in 2009 with a minor in Business Leadership.

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Richard Ainscough

Richard Ainscough '16 joined the Tritons' staff in the summer of 2022 as the assistant men's soccer coach. He enters his second season as preperations beign for the 2023 campaign.


In his first year on the sidelines, he helped guide the Tritons to a 2-0 win over No. 8 Rollins, while sophomore Tommy Shepherd was selected as a D2CCA Third Team All-American.

Ainscough had a stellar collegiate career, playing his rookie season at the University of Buffalo, where he started 12 games for the Bulls. He transferred to Eckerd for his final three years, appearing in 44 games while making 36 starts for the Tritons. He scored 12 goals and dished out six assists while serving as a team captain his final two years. He was named to the All-SSC Second Team and D2CCA All-Region Second Team his senior year.


After Eckerd, Richard returned to Europe and played professional soccer.


Richard graduated from Eckerd in 2016 with a business management degree and a psychology minor. In 2022, he obtained his master's degree in Human Resources from Rollins.

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