Coaching
Ely began coaching in 1960, while attending the University of Maryland. In addition to playing professionally and attending classes, he served as an assistant coach at the university until he graduated in 1964. In 1972, he spent a single season coaching the Philadelphia Spartans of the American Soccer League. After the Spartans folded, he was hired by Monsignor Bonner High School where he coached the boys team from 1972 to 1976. In 1981, he became the boys soccer coach at Archbishop Carroll High School. In 1996, he was hired as the women’s coach at Swarthmore College. In his two seasons with the team, he compiled an 11-26-3 record.
In addition to coaching at the high school and collegiate levels, Ely also founded the America Kolping Soccer Club in 1975. He served as head coach for the club for twenty years. He continues to coach with the Jersey Shore Boca soccer club.
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