LeVesque joins Arsenal staff
He comes to Rome after 13 seasons as the women’s coach at the University of Maine-Fort Kent.
He comes to Rome after 13 years coaching at the university level.
The YMCA Rome Arsenal soccer program has always held itself to a standard of not only winning matches, but having a profound relationship within the community.
And when it came time to select a new director of coaching, the program was willing to go all the way to Maine to find the right person.
Lucas LeVesque was named the new director earlier this month, giving him management control of Arsenal’s 18 different Academy teams. And while this is his first introduction to soccer
in Georgia and the South, the program believes he’s up to the challenge.
“At the YMCA we have this idea about youth development,
social responsibility and being a caring and kind-minded individual,” Arsenal Director Chase Watterson said. “We try and carry all of those things to the soccer club too. And Lucas spoke to all of those things.”
LeVesque comes to Rome not only from Maine, but from one of the northernmost parts of the state in Fort Kent. It was there he turned the University of Maine-Fort Kent women’s soccer team into a powerhouse in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association.
Taking a chance and trying something completely new is exactly what LeVesque wanted when he moved on from Fort Kent. More importantly, it’s happening at a place that believes in more than just winning matches.
“I was at a point where I wanted to try something different and take on a new challenge,” LeVesque said. “Once I starting learning about Arsenal and the Rome community, I thought it was a tremendous fit.”