PFC Boy's Coaching Staff

Jim Van Kirk
Coach Van Kirk, who has over 20 years of coaching experience, began his coaching career in 1997 at his alma mater, South Allegheny High School, coaching the girls' program. In 2000, he was hired at Keystone Oaks High School as an assistant for the boys' team and was later the head coach at West Mifflin Area High School for the boys' soccer team for three seasons. For 12 years Coach Van Kirk was the Penn State Beaver Men’s Head Coach where is was the recipient of the PSUAC (2018 and 2019) and USCAA Men's Soccer Coach of the year (2018). He is the former Director of the PFC Junior Academy. Prior to joining PFC, Coach Van Kirk was with 3 Rivers Soccer Club.

Rob Diluca
Coach Rob has been a youth coach for over 15 years and coaching soccer with PFC for the last five. Coach Rob and his wife Annie live in Scott Township and their two children Devin & Jake. They both play soccer in middle school, high school, Chartiers Valley Soccer Association & PFC. Coach Rob is currently the President of Chartiers Valley Soccer Association where he has been involved in many positions since 2004.
Coach Rob holds many coaching accreditations including NSCAA certificates that include a diploma in Attacking principles of Play & Defending principles of play. Coach Rob holds a USSF 'National D License, Youth modules 6-8 & 8-10 and due to the constantly changing world of soccer and evolution of today players, Coach Rob is a member of National Soccer Coaches Association of America where he has attended week-long NSCAA coaching conferences to continue to learn from professionals such as Tony DiCicco and Anson Dorrance.

Dave Sinclair
Coach Dave is currently the 2013 PFC Boys coach and has
been a youth soccer coach for 20 plus years. His soccer education began in the
PFC junior program, that experience led Coach Dave to form the 97/98 PFC Girls
at U11 and he was head coach until U18. Then Dave coached the 2003/04/05 PFC
Girls team from U12 to U19, finishing ranked #4 in PA West. Dave has spent
several seasons with the boy’s side of PFC, assisting with both the 2002 boys
and recently with the 2012 boys. Dave coached at the high school level for four
years as the Girls Head Coach at Trinity High School, where he led the program
to their only four playoff appearances in school history. He had 14 all section
players and 4 all WPIAL players during his tenure at Trinity. Coach Dave has
helped many of his players move on and play at the collegiate level.
Coach Dave is a member of the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America and holds a National D License, National Youth License,
State E License, NSCAA Level VI course, Goalkeeping Level II, Mental/Physical
Player Development Diploma, CDC, "Heads Up" Concussion Certificate
and a National Federation of High School/NSCAA Professional Development
Certificate. In an effort to "always keep learning" the game of
soccer, he has also attended 10+ NSCAA Coaching Conventions.

Alex Hilbert
Coach Alex has been coaching for 3 years. Before coaching his playing experiences included playing at Canon McMillan Youth Soccer Association(2007-2014),playing and captaining the PFC 2002 Boys Select team(2015-2020), 3 year lettermen goalkeeper at Canon McMillan High School(2017-2019), winning the 2019 4A W.P.I.A.L Championship, PA WEST Olympic Development 2002 boys, and playing at Chelsea F.C Academy in 2017.
Coach Alex's coaching experiences include coaching at Chartiers Valley Soccer Association, as well as being on the board as the Director of Referees and Goalkeeper Coordinator. He is a part of the United Goalkeeping Alliance, training goalkeepers from 7 years old to 18 years old as well as training the goalkeepers here at PFC. He coaches at Mt.Lebanon Middle School. He is the head coach of the PFC 2012 Boys Select team and the assistant coach on the PFC 2009 Boys Select team. He is the head coach of the PFC 2012/13 Boys Select team and the assistant coach on the PFC 2009 Boys Select team.
Coach Alex holds a U.S National D License, as well as U.S Grassroots 7vs7, 9vs9, and 11vs11 licenses. He has certifications for Concussion in Sports and Sudden Cardiac Arrest. He is a member of the United Soccer Coaches and plans to get a bachelor's degree in Information Technology and Cyber Security. Email Coach Alex