TEAM UPfield

Area Director: Chris Vaughn

E-mail: chris@upfieldsoccer.com

Favorite Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip

Favorite Soccer Team: The Arsenal

Favorite UPfield Game: Ghost Game

Coach Chris has lived in Alabama most of his life and is an Auburn graduate. Soccer has been a part of his life since he was 5 years old! He watches his favorite team, Arsenal, every chance he gets, and even his car rides are to the sound of Arsenal podcasts (he’s only a little obsessed.) Chris and his wife and love soccer, music, and playing with their cats!

Director of Coaching: Brad Mitchum
Phone Number: 205-578-1698
E-mail: brad@upfieldsoccer.com

Coach Brad was raised in Snellville, GA and attended Shiloh High School. As a senior, he captained the Class 5A State Championship and was named Player of the Year by the Gwinnett Post. After graduation, Brad played collegiate soccer at Georgia State University, captaining the team for 3 years while earning his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration.

As a Graduate Assistant coach Brad earned his Masters in Science with an Emphasis in Coaching Education and Spent a year as the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach at Georgia Southern.

Account Support: Dawn Krivutza
Phone Number: 678-228-8680
E-mail: billing@upfieldsoccer.com

Favorite Ice Cream: Coffee Oreo

Favorite Team: Atlanta Braves

Dawn is an integral part of Team UPfield as the smiling voice you hear on the other side of the phone for the parents of all the little ones in our program!

Dawn spent most her time as a player and coach on the softball field, but loves the benefits the sport of soccer provides the little ones.

Originally from Rochester NY, Dawn has made her home in Atlanta for the past 17 years. Dawn is a huge Atlanta Braves and Buffalo Bills fan. She loves to bake and spoil her family with the baked goods they love!

Executive Director: Kory Miles
Phone Number: 205-578-1698
E-mail: kory@upfieldsoccer.com

Kory was raised in Kansas City, playing high school soccer at Shawnee Mission NW and helping the Cougars earn a #3 Umbro/NSCAA High School National Ranking. Kory played collegiate soccer at Auburn University Montgomery, where he helped the Senators earn National Recognition by winning 4 conference championships, 2 NAIA regional championships, and 3 trips to the NAIA national tournament that resulted in a Final Four appearance and two trips to the NAIA National Championship game!

After starting the UPfield program in Atlanta 9 years ago, Kory is living in Covington, LA with his wife Laura and his two sons while overseeing the day to day operations of the UPfield Baton Rouge program.