TEAM UPfield
Director of Coaching: Brad Mitchum
Phone Number: 678-228-8680
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 Southern 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!
Area Director: Lia Sheley
E-mail: lia@upfieldsoccer.com
Coach Lia lives in Cumming, Ga with her husband while her two kids attend GA colleges. Lia is a doggie mom of 3 and loves the outdoors, especially hiking in the North Georgia mountains and beaching it up any season on the year! Lia has been with Team UPfield since February 2020, where she coaches classes as well as an administrator for all of our Southern branches.
Lia has coached in the Atlanta Area for the last 13 years. Mainly coaching with United Futbol Academy for their Academy and Select programs, Girls and Boys. In college, Lia played for the University of Florida and won the NCAA Division 1 Championship 1998 as well as the SEC Championship 1998. Lia was also a member of the Jacksonville, FL Jade Premier Women’s Soccer team in 1998. Lia attended Chaminade College Preparatory and was a member of the varsity team 1994-1998.
Area Director: Tristan Gomez
E-mail: tristan@upfieldsoccer.com
Favorite Ice Cream: Chocolate
Favorite Soccer Team: Manchester City FC
Favorite UPfield Game: Ghost Game
Coach Tristan (AKA Coach G) has worked in youth sports for ten years and loves soccer! Tristan was born and raised in Orlando, Florida to an Argentine family. He went to the University of Central Florida and graduated with his Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Communications. He currently holds his USSF D license and is moving towards his C License. Tristan also coaches academy soccer with Inter Atlanta Football club. His hobbies involve walking his dog, going to the gym and reading a good book!
Executive Director: Kory Miles
Phone Number: 678-228-8680
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 son Graham while overseeing the day to day operations of the UPfield Baton Rouge program.
