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the process that he believes contributed to his nomination. He started coaching this team in 2016 and last year was their first year as a club team.

“I think it’s just how I am with the players. I’ve been coaching a long time and I just took on this club team a couple years ago, and the kids that I grabbed were kids that got cut from other coaches, other club teams and they just wanted to play competitive,” said Madick. “We kind of made an agreement to work hard and all their work ethics kind of led to other coaches seeing what our team was doing.”

Madick worked not only with his own team but also started helping others out after the coaches saw the work ethic that he instilled in his team.

“They came out and started asking if I could work with their teams, and I think everybody just followed chains of how I associate myself with the players,” said Madick. “I just do a lot of community service work, volunteer my time and go out and support our players and our other coaches. I know a lot of coaches would call me during the year, talk to me about their games and I’ve built a lot of relationships.”

Madick played with AYSO as a kid and loved what the organization was all about. Their philosophy was a major part in his decision to coach for them.

“For me, this philosophy that AYSO has is a good philosophy and it works for me. It’s something that I grew up with,” said Madick. “I grew up playing AYSO as a kid and I don’t have any kids so when I started coaching AYSO, it was one of those things that I just saw that it was by volunteering and not anything else but developing our player, which is one of the most important things. It doesn’t matter how much money you have or how good you are, it’s about development.”

Being able to coach is a major part of Madick’s life, whether it’s coaching his AYSO team or coaching for Saugus High School, and it is moments like these that make it all worthwhile and all the more memorable.