Bulldog Soccer Academy

Coaching Staff

Trevor Banks
Assistant Coach

Trevor Banks, who served as Chicago State’s first Division I head coach and has previous experience as the associate head coach at Brown, joined Kylie Stannard’s staff as an assistant coach in February of 2023.

Banks, who holds his United States Soccer Federation A-Senior, comes to Yale from the Michigan Stars Football Club, where he served as head coach and sporting director. During his tenure, he helped guide the club to a record for overall wins in a season and the 2022 NISA Cup playoffs, the first playoff berth in club history. In addition, MSFC captured the 2022 Independent Cup championship, the first trophy earned in club history.

Previously, Banks was the first Division I soccer head coach at Chicago State where he built the program to compete in the Western Athletic Conference. During his tenure, the team posted a GPA of 3.33.

While in Chicago, Banks also assisted in the inaugural season for Chicago House Athletic Club assisting current Chicago Fire assistant and hall of famer CJ Brown.

Prior to CSU, Banks coached at Brown, joining the staff in July of 2016 as an assistant coach before being elevated to associate head coach in February 2017. Banks was a part of all aspects of the program and helped develop multiple award winners on and off the field, including three players selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Team, 19 All-Ivy selections, one named to the All-New England Freshman team, multiple Academic All-Ivy selections and one United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America honoree. In addition to his duties at Brown, Banks was also the technical director and coach of the 2002 Elite National Premier League team with Bruno United FC. In 2019, Banks and his 2002 Bruno team won the US Club Soccer Rhode Island State Championship and went on to the national finals of the US Club Soccer National Cup that same year.

Banks also has coaching stints at Villanova University, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the Long Island Rough Riders, and Barry University. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at William Woods University.

A native of Carencro, Louisiana, Banks earned a degree in Communications Arts from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 2009 and added a master's degree in Athletic Administration from William Woods University in 2010.

Drew Crawford
Assistant Coach

Drew Crawford, who helped Missouri State to one of the most successful seasons in school history, joined the Yale men’s soccer staff in August of 2022 as an assistant coach.

Crawford, who comes to Yale after serving as an assistant coach at Stetson in the spring, spent the 2021 season as an assistant coach at Missouri State University where he was the goalkeeping coach, while also leading the set pieces and throw ins. At MSU, he mentored goalkeeper Michael Creek, who was a second team All-West selection and posted the fourth-best goals against average in the nation. Missouri State finished 17-2 overall, including 10-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Prior to MSU, Crawford spent four years at the University of Akron where he held multiple titles including graduate assistant, Director of Operations, and volunteer assistant coach. He was part of a staff that reached back-to-back NCAA Division I College Cups in 2017 and 2018 with a Mid-American Conference championship in 2019 and MAC tournament championships in both 2017 and 2018.

At the youth level, he has served as the Goalkeeping Director for the Internationals Soccer Club out of Cleveland, Ohio for the past 3 years and a staff coach for the Internationals boys MLS Next Academy.

A native of North Canton, Ohio, Crawford earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Akron in 2012 and completed his master’s degree in coaching at UA in 2020. He holds a US Soccer “D” License in addition to a Goalkeeper III diploma from United Soccer Coaches.

Ken Krolicki
Assistant Coach

Ken Krolicki, who played professionally in both Major League Soccer and the United Soccer League, has joined Kylie Stannard’s staff as an assistant coach. Krolicki played collegiately at Michigan State, including one season when Stannard was serving as the associate head coach prior to taking the helm at Yale.

At Michigan State, Krolicki appeared in 81 of 82 games. He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and captained the 2017 team that reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. In addition, he earned Academic All-America honors in 2017 and was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.

He graduated Michigan State in 2018 with a B.S.E. in applied engineering sciences with a concentration in supply chain management.

Krolicki then went on to play professional soccer for C.F. Montreal in the MLS. In two seasons with Montreal, he appeared in 38 games. He also was active in the Montreal community, including helping to launch a new soccer field in a local park and speaking to elementary school students on resilience and perseverance.

In 2020, Krolicki played for the USL’s Portland Timbers, serving as the team captain.

He also spent one season playing professionally in Australia for the Bentleigh Greens in the NPL.

Aaron Slusher
Director of Operations

Aaron Slusher, PhD, CSCS, who has played and coached in collegiate soccer and is currently an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of Medicine, joined the Yale men’s soccer staff as Director of Operations. in August of 2022.

Slusher has considerable soccer experience. He served as an assistant coach at Florida Gulf Coast University from 2009 to 2011 where he mentored goalkeepers Adam Glick, the 2010 Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Year, and Matt Smith, who earned all-conference honors. During his tenure, FGCU captured the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference regular season title with a 9-0 record.

Slusher also was a sports consultant for Fundacion Educando a un Salvadoreno in El Salvador in 2010 and spent five years as a goalkeeping coach for GK1 Academy in Ohio.

At the Yale School of Medicine, Slusher coordinates numerous NIH funded translational research projects aiming to better treat type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents. For his work, he is a Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust Mentored Research awardee.

Prior to Yale, he spent three years as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan.

Slusher is a 2009 graduate of Wilmington College and was a three-year captain of the men’s soccer team. He earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors three times as a goalkeeper, was a two-time all-conference academic team selection and selected as the team’s most valuable player.

Slusher earned his undergraduate degree in sports management – wellness. He received a master’s degree in exercise science and health promotion from Florida Atlantic University in 2014 and a Ph.D in rehabilitation and movement science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018.

He has also published over 30 exercise and stress physiology scientific research articles, is a certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and holds a Goalkeeper III diploma from United Soccer Coaches.

Slusher is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.