BOY’S VARSITY HEAD COACH: ANDRE LO

Personal: Married, 27 years with Dawn; two children: Jessica, TCU Junior & Nathan, Vanderbilt Freshman

Experience: 4 seasons at Pine Tree

Email: alo@ptisd.org

Head coach André Lo continues Pine Tree’s winning tradition by capturing his second consecutive District Title in three years. With 11-0-1 in the district, 16-7-2 last year, he was named Coach of the Year for District 17-4A.

There is much anticipation for the 2008 season as Coach Lo enters his fourth season with Pine Tree. He graduated 14 seniors from the 2007 squad that went deep into the play-offs. The 2007 season, which ended in a dramatic double-overtime shootout loss against Brenham in the Quarter Regional Final, marked the team's strongest performance since the trip to state in 2004.

“Last season was a great experience for our junior & sophomore players as they received assistance from many seasoned senior players,” said coach Lo. “It served to whet their appetite towards continuing Pine Tree soccer traditions deep into post-season play.”

Coach Lo has made great forward strides over the past three seasons. Since his start with the Muddogs in 2004-05, he has brought the team steadily closer to becoming an elite high school team that has already risen from competing in the District Final of 2006 to competing at the Quarter Regional Final in 2007. He also takes great pride in developing the all-round student athlete; many graduates are currently continuing their soccer careers with various universities in Texas.

Prior to arriving at Pine Tree in 2004, Coach Lo, a national “A” licensed coach, held head coaching positions at Hallsville High School & Trinity School of Texas. He has been actively involved as a coach in the Olympic Development Program, a national identification and development program for the country's top players. In 2007 he brought the’89 girls North Texas State Soccer team to the ODP National Championship; he has coached the Region III team for the past five years. Coach Lo has also spent time working with local youth through the Elite Soccer Club as a Director of Coaching and mentoring many of today's up-and-coming soccer coaches as a District coach for the North Texas State Soccer Association.