Gryphon Athletics
New Covenant Schools
Boys Varsity Soccer
Staff Bios.
Willissem WillissemHJ
Head Coach
Boys Varsity Soccer
Coach Jeremiah Sampson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and attended Maury High School where he was a stand-out baseball and basketball player. He moved to Bedford, Virginia in 2006 after spending 6 years on active duty in the U.S. Army with two combat tours in Iraq.
Jeremiah has coached at the high school level for Liberty High School in Bedford for the last 5 years as the JV head coach, and the varsity assistant coach. He has coached local recreation league, travel and indoor soccer since 2009. Jeremiah holds a USSF soccer coaching license.
When he is not coaching soccer he enjoys hanging out with his wife Reagan, going to the gym, scuba diving, snowboarding, traveling and watching the mighty Arsenal play. Jeremiah and his wife have also hosted foreign exchange students for the last 5 years from Slovakia, Mexico, Germany (2) and Spain. His favorite teams are Arsenal, the Washington Redskins and Virginia Tech football.