EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BIO

Coach Tim Goodwin is the Director of Rivers Edge Sports Club and Head Varsity Girls’ Soccer Coach for Rivendell Academy.  

Goodwin began his coaching career in 1985 as the boy’s junior high soccer coach for the Lebanon New Hampshire Recreation Department. The following year Goodwin was hired by Hanover High School (NH) as the girls’ junior varsity coach and remained in that role until 1992. From 1992-2007, Goodwin served Hanover High School as the varsity girls’ team assistant/goalies coach. As a varsity assistant, Goodwin helped the team win the NHIAA State Title an astonishing 5-times.  

In 2008, Goodwin was hired as the junior varsity coach at Rivendell Academy in Orford, NH. As a JV coach and varsity assistant, he helped Rivendell Academy win its first ever Vermont State Championship in 2010. Goodwin was promoted to the varsity position in 2011, a position he currently holds. As head coach, Goodwin’s Rivendell Lady Raptors have advanced to the state quarterfinals seven times and was the 2019 State Runner-Up. In 2014, Goodwin was named the Vermont State Coach of the Year. In 2016 he was the head coach for the Twin State Lyons Cup Vermont team and an assistant in 2015 and 2017. Under Goodwin’s leadership, Rivendell Academy has won numerous team academic awards and several players have been named as all-conference and all-state. Three of his players have been named to the Twin State Lyons Cup Game.   

Coach Goodwin began the NH/VT Invitational in 2018 which is now held annually at Rivendell Academy each August. The Invitational pairs some of the top high school teams in Vermont against some of the top in New Hampshire. The annual Rivendell Academy Jamboree has grown under his direction from four teams to now eight. This jamboree features division II, III and IV Vermont programs from across the state.

Goodwin holds an E-License through the US Soccer Federation, is a Level-I Accredited Interscholastic Coach through the National Federation of High Schools and received his National Diploma from the United Soccer Coaches Association. In the spring of 2020, he completed a 6-week virtual coach mentor-ship program through the Change the Game Project.  

In addition to coaching soccer, Goodwin is also an experienced youth basketball coach. He spent three seasons as the Lebanon High School (NH) freshman girls’ coach, five years as the Plainfield Elementary (NH) girls’ coach and is currently the middle school girls’ coach at Rivendell Academy.  

Coach Goodwin is a partner with 4 Legs & a Tail Magazine and Pet Product Delivery Service located in Lebanon New Hampshire. 4 Legs & a Tail is a magazine for pet and animal lovers. They also deliver high quality dog and cat food.  

Why Rivers Edge Sports Club?

“I have observed over the past several years - the Rivendell Academy community and the surrounding towns, have a group of athletes that, given the opportunity, would welcome a spring club soccer team. Luckily a great group of local people came together and put their support and energy behind it. We took the leap of faith and created Rivers Edge SC. 

After our first year, it became apparent that we could do more for young athletes by expanding and becoming a sports club as opposed to only a soccer club.”