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Published on: 12/16/2005
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Former Thunder player and fan favorite, Mark Abboud, is the founder of Footskills, Inc. and has been hired by the Thunder as the Director of Thunder-Footskills SuperSites.Abboud will oversee the programming at each of these SuperSites, programming that will feature the best aspects from both the Footskills and the Thunder camp systems.
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Abboud, who holds a USSF "A" License, was the Director of Youth Development for the Thunder from 1997-1999 helping to lead the camp program from 300 to 2000 participants in 1999.From 1994-2000, Abboud was a defender for the Thunder under former head coach Buzz Lagos.
"Everything that I have been able to do with youth development in the last decade has stemmed from of my experiences with the Thunder, both as a player and from working as its Director of Youth Development," said Abboud.