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Florida Southern College

Florida Southern College Athletics
 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr Lakeland, FL 338015698
Division 2 Florida Southeast
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Ashley Holmes

Ashley Holmes became the Head Coach at Florida Southern in April 2020, after spending six seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater. After serving as an assistant under former head coach Ryan Sniegoski in 2013, and from 2015-16, Holmes remained on the staff when Jason Carlson arrived in 2017 and has now been a part of the men’s soccer program at Florida Southern for all but one of the last 12 years.


After the 2020 season was cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Holmes had his first year of competition in the 2021 season. Despite a full schedule of difficult competition in a powerhouse conference, the Mocs had six wins in Holmes' first year at the helm. An 8-0 rout of Eckerd on Senior Night highlighted the year as they Mocs nearly upset three nationally-ranked opponents during the regular season. Holmes and the Mocs finished fifth in the SSC to make it to the SSC Quarterfinals, where their season ended.


During the 2021 season, Holmes coached three that would make it to the All-SSC Team with James Meehan and Edu Capote selected to the second team and Christoph Gums an Honorable Mention. Meehan went on to be named to the MLS Superdraft 2022 Eligible Players List.


One of the most decorated players in team history, Holmes spent five seasons with the Moccasins as a student-athlete from 2008-12, which included a medical redshirt year in 2009. During that time, he started all 54 games in which he played and was a 3-time First Team All-Sunshine State Conference defender. He is one of only three players in team history to make the All-SSC Team three times, was an NSCAA All-South Region selection in 2010, and was twice selected as the Mocs' Most Valuable Player (2010 and 2012). Well-known for his abilities as a center-back, Holmes also ranks among the highest-scoring defenders to ever play for the Moccasins. He totaled 11 goals and 23 points in his career and was their second-leading scorer as a redshirt junior in 2011 with six goals.


Holmes has the distinction of being the only Moccasin to serve as a team captain for four years. He was elected to that role as a sophomore in 2009, the year in which he redshirted, and continued to hold that title throughout the remainder of his career. He was also a leader in the classroom at Florida Southern, winning two NCAA Academic Achievement Awards, earning Academic All-Region honors in 2011, and a spot on the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in all five years on the roster, including his final season when he played as a graduate student.


In addition to his duties at Florida Southern, Holmes is also a member of the Auburndale Scream coaching staff where he holds the title of Director of Coaching. He was the head coach for the U18 Boys team during the 2015-16 season.

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Pablo Gallo Arias

Joining the coaching staff in 2019 is recent Florida Southern graduate Pablo Gallo Arias, a four-year letterman for the Moccasins from 2015-18. As a midfielder and defender for the Mocs, Arias played in 49 games with 24 starts, and totaled three goals and six assists in his career.


Arias’ best season came as a senior in 2018 when he finished third on the team in scoring with 10 points while tying for second on the team with four assists. He started 12 of the Mocs’ 17 games during a 12-5 season that saw them nationally ranked for the first time in eight years and reach as high as number two in the regional rankings. The 12 wins were only one shy of the school record.


Arias originally came to Florida Southern from Redmond, Washington, but was born and raised in Colombia before moving to the United States. He graduated from Florida Southern in the spring of 2019 with a degree in sports management. He was the Florida Southern Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award winner for men’s soccer, an award he shared with Georg Michajlov.

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