Coach Hales is from Youngsville, North Carolina and attended Friendship Christian School in Raleigh, NC. There he played 3 years of varsity basketball, baseball, and soccer. He had the pleasure of being part of 3 state baseball championship teams, was 2nd team all-state in basketball, and was named most-improved in basketball and soccer. He went on to play 4 years of basketball at Piedmont Bible College. From 1993 to 1996, he coached basketball at Sheets Memorial Christian School as the head JV coach and varsity assistant. He began his career at Calvary with the varsity boy’s soccer team in 2011 as assistant to his brother-in-law, Jeremy Pattisall. He continued from 2012 to the present, assisting Coach Kerth with both varsity boys and varsity girls. He has also been the head coach of JV boys soccer and middle school teams during this time. In 2014, he earned his E license. In 2021, along with Coach Kerth, Coach Hales shared the excitement of winning their first State Championship! They are excited about the future of Calvary soccer. He married his wife, Joy, in 1995 and proceeded to have a daughter, Corban, and a son, Lucas. Corban was born medically fragile and passed away at the age of 14. The Calvary soccer players and families honored her by placing a memorial bench at the field that the players touch before each game. Coach Hales’s first soccer coaching experience was with his 3 year old son at the YMCA. Lucas later played for NC Fusion Development Academy where Coach Hales was team manager for many years. In 2021, he was the game day announcer for the NC Fusion U23 USL team that Lucas played with. The only time Coach Hales is willing to miss a Calvary soccer game is when he is watching Lucas play at Coastal Carolina University. The primary goal of Coach Hales at Calvary is to train godly young men and help them understand their identity is in Christ.

Coach Reed grew up with a soccer ball at his feet, developing a love for the game at an early age while competing against his two older brothers and learning from his father, who coached varsity soccer for more than 30 years.

Reed attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and later a Master’s in Accountancy. A four-year starting center midfielder for the Rhodes College Lynx, he earned All-SCAC honors three times and was named NSCAA All-Region and NSCAA Scholar All-Region in 2001. In 1999, Reed ranked 13th nationally in NCAA Division III with 0.61 assists per game and finished his collegiate career with 29 assists.

Following his playing career, Reed served as an assistant coach at Rhodes for two seasons. He is excited to return to coaching and share his passion for the game with young athletes. His coaching philosophy emphasizes teaching strong fundamentals, hard work, and creating an environment where players can grow both on and off the field. Grounded in his Christian faith, Reed is committed to helping athletes develop not only as soccer players, but also in character, confidence, and faith.

Outside of coaching, Reed enjoys spending time with his family, traveling—often taking in a soccer match along the way—and playing golf.