Brent Conley will be entering his first season with the Lakers in 2012 as head coach. Conley is an experienced men's soccer coach, having coached the sport for 35 years at several different levels (with local school teams, collegiately, and at various camps). He has spent the last 30 years coaching the sport in the Rochester & District Soccer League. Conley is currently the head coach of the Rochester Futbol Club’s U-20 men’s team. His club recently tied for the league’s Premier Division Championship and was a finalist in the USASA National U-20 Cup.

Prior to playing in the U-20 final, Conley’s Western New York Select Team was also a finalist in the Donnelly Cup. He has coached the Select Team since 2001 and was a regional finalist in 2005, ’06, ’07, and ’08. Conley’s team captured the Region I title in 2006. Two of his players from the Select Team made the (USASA) United States Adult Soccer Association National team in 2004 while three of them were selected for the national team in 2007 (the year that the team traveled to Ireland). As part of his Select Team training process, he schedules games against major college and professional teams.

Conley has been a member of the Rochester & District Soccer League Board since 2002. He was recently elected president of the board in 2009. He just added an O-50 division to his 105 team league and is nearing completion of new U-20 and U-23 divisions. Conley is also a current member of the USASA Facilities committee and is involved in an effort to enhance the Donnelly Cup and Select Team program.

David Garcia will be entering his first season in 2012 with the Lakers as assistant coach. Garcia, bringing with him sixteen years of coaching experience to the Lakers sidelines, will work individually with players by assessing their skill sets while striving to develop the team's roster into a winning product on the field. His goal is to improve each player’s technical abilities through assisting in team drills at practices while incorporating programs that will aid in sustaining a consistent training regimen.

Garcia’s coaching resume consists of an array of experiences at several different levels. He has coached a range of age groups from ages 8 to 18 years old at the recreational and elite youth soccer levels in Region 1. His current coaching stint with the New York West Premier Soccer (U10-U18) team accounts for his longest tenure (16 years) position of his career at any level. During his time with the New York West, he eclipsed a pair of New York West State Championship titles. Prior to his New York West coaching days, Garcia endured an eleven year stretch of coaching the Rochester Futbol Club (U6-U18) Premier Soccer team. In addition, he led the Harley Allendale Columbia High School men’s soccer team to a championship victory in his only season at the institution.

Garcia has also spent time directing coaching and player development. He has delivered three years of directing coaching and player development for the Brockport Soccer club team (U6-U18) as well as two years directing player development at the Calloway United Soccer Academy.

Aside from coaching and working as a director in soccer, Garcia is an active participant of the sport, having played it since the age of 5. Growing up in Mexico, he consistently played for premier youth teams. After his youth playing career, Garcia played collegiately at ITESM College in Mexico. He was a member of the 1985 Cruz Azul football club (a member of the Premier Division in Mexico).  In addition, Garcia has played semi-professional soccer at the first, second, and third divisional levels. He currently plays in the Rochester Adult District Soccer League.

Garcia is a 1986 graduate of ITESM College in Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He currently resides in Henrietta, New York. Garcia has two sons, ages 20 and 22.

James Hewlett has been a part of Finger Lakes soccer program since 1997. After graduating from Webster High School in New York (NY) state, he went on to play Division I soccer at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Aside from being involved with the soccer program at Finger Lakes, Hewlett is currently a lead instructor for the YM, E, and D coaching courses for the NY State West Youth Soccer Association and is also a head coach within the NY State West Olympic Development Program. In 2006, he joined the United States (U.S.) Soccer Region I staff.

Hewlett holds state (NY) coaching certifications at the National level (E, D, and C) from the U.S. Soccer Federation as well as his Level 1 and 2 Psychology certifications from the English Football Association.

Hewlett is employed at Finger Lakes Community College as a Professor of Biology. He also serves as the college’s Director of the Biotechnology program. Hewlett currently resides in Webster, NY with his wife and two daughters.