John Reynolds- Co-Founder and Head of School
B.S- History and French- Ball State University
M.S- Education- Counseling- IUPUI
M. Ed- Educational Administration- Butler University
John leads Premier Soccer Academy as Head of School. John has a variety of experiences in educational settings that allow him to have a unique take on educating today’s young athlete. John has 10 years of experience in public schools where he has served as a School Counselor for 5 years and as an Assistant Principal for another 5. Having experience with the psychology of learning as well as the classroom side of learning, he is well equipped to lead Premier Soccer Academy.. Additionally, John has over 15 years experience as a coach who has helped developed many top players in the area that have gone to play professionally and in college.
One of John’s guiding beliefs centers on the idea that school should replicate the world the students will enter later in their life. Building a school culture where students are empowered to take ownership, solve problems, and work with others is something John has done exceptionally well at all of the schools he has worked at.
John lives in Zionsville, Indiana with his wife Julia and his 4 kids- Beatrice, Jovia, Oliver, and Winslow. You can find them on the beach on Lake Michigan in the summer or camping at a new National Park.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” - Mark Twain