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 Lucas is in his 3rd season as an assistant coach at Calvary. He brings a vast amount of soccer IQ and personal playing experience. He attended Calvary his seventh grade year, played on the Varsity team, and scored a goal vs Davidson Day under the coaching of Ben Kerth. Lucas then chose to play in the US Soccer Development Academy rather than school soccer. After high school, he initially committed to play for Appalachian State but when the soccer gy. In August, he married the love of his life, Julianna, a talented graphic artist.