Director of Men's Football Operations Bob Dean

Since 2020, Bob Dean has served as the Director of Men’s Football Operations for Ambassadors FC Ohio. During the 2021 season, Dean acted as the program’s first head coach, winning the Northern Ohio Soccer League title in the process.

In 2024, Dean increased his role within the wider ministry, becoming the full-time Director of Global Development for the worldwide mission.

Prior to joining Ambassadors as a youth coach in 2016, Dean served in various soccer-related roles, including as an assistant men’s coach at Malone University, Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Hiram College, and the Head Girl’s Soccer Coach at Hudson High School where he won the 2000 OHSAA DI State Championship, and coached in five Ohio DI “Final Fours.” He is in his 44th year of professional coaching, has been a member of United Soccer Coaches since 1989, holds multiple national coaching certifications and licenses, and has been married to his “true” assistant coach Sally for 38 years.