Coaches & Team Staff

Coaches

Hewerton Moreira

Head Coach

Hewerton coached the Cedar Rapids Rampage United outdoor team two seasons and the indoor Rampage for the 2016-17 season. The Rampage United went to the championship semifinals both seasons, while the arena Rampage improved from five wins in 2015-16 to 12 in 2016-17 under Hewerton’s guidance. The 2018-19 season is Hewerton's second with the Ambush.

As a player, he won three championships during his seven seasons with the Wave, where he played for Keith Tozer, the winningest indoor soccer coach of all time.

Per MASL rules regarding player/coaches, on days that Hewerton plays, Jamie Swanner is Head Coach on the bench.

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Jamie Swanner

Head Coach

Jamie Swanner has played for the St. Louis Ambush, Canton Invaders, Buffalo Blizzard and Kansas City Attack in a career that spanned 16 seasons. He was instrumental in the Ambush capturing the 1994-95 NPSL Championship. Jamie was Head Coach of the Ambush for the 1999-2000 season. Swanner was owner and Head Coach of the St. Louis Illusion (PASL-Pro) from 2008 to 2010. In 1997, Swanner became an assistant coach with both the Duchesne High School and Lewis and Clark Community College teams.

Prior to turning pro, Swanner was a member of the 1984 US Olympic Team and the 1984 US National Team. Swanner attended Southwest High School in St. Louis. After graduating from high school, he was a goalkeeper on Clemson University’s men’s soccer team. In 1983, his senior season, he earned first team All American honors and was named the ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year. He also lettered in baseball at Clemson in 1983.

Swanner became Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Coach of the Ambush in December 2015. Per MASL rules regarding player/coaches, on days that Hewerton plays, Jamie Swanner is Head Coach on the bench.

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Mark Litton

Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach

Mark Litton joined the Ambush for the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach and goalkeeper coach. He is considered one of the top goalkeeper coaches in the world and brings a wealth of experience at the amateur, collegiate, semi-pro and professional levels.

He has been an Assistant Coach/ Goalkeeper Coach for the U.S. Futsal National Team since 2008, and has coached in 2 CONCACAF championships and 1 World Cup. Mark was Assistant Coach with the Cedar Rapids Rampage of the MASL the past two seasons, as well as the Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach for the Milwaukee Torrent Professional outdoor soccer team of the NPSL. Litton is Head Coach of the WPSL Milwaukee Torrent women’s team. Mark spent 10 years with the Milwaukee Wave as their Goalkeeper Coach, winning MISL championships in 2005, 2011, and 2012 and helping develop such notable stars as Nick Vorberg and Marcel Feenstra. Litton was the goalkeeper coach for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Men’s team from 2011 to 2017.

Litton is a former goalkeeper with the Milwaukee Wave, having played for the team from 1989 through 1994. He was the starting goalkeeper at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside from 1986-88 and was named NAIA All-American as a goalkeeper in 1988.

Mark is a member of the Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2015. Litton has an undergraduate degree in communications from Parkside. Mark, his wife Catherine, and their son Nico, live in Milwaukee.

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Tony Shelby

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach Tony Shelby played with the Atlanta Silverbacks (USL A-League) and Milwaukee Rampage (USL A-League), where he won a championship in 2002. Shelby has coached at both the collegiate and professional levels. He served as Assistant Coach with the Milwaukee Wave United indoor development team, where he won the Presidents Cup in 2008. Tony was Assistant Coach for the Cedar Rapids Rampage (MASL) and Rampage United (UPSL and PLA) outdoor team for two seasons, helping the team capture the 2017 central division crown with a 9-1 record and making it to the playoffs both seasons. Shelby is also the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach at Milwaukee Area Technical College. The 2018-19 season is Tony’s second with the Ambush.

Aurinei “Chico” Parisotto

Assistant Coach

Aurinei “Chico” Parisotto joins the Ambush as an Assistant Coach for the 2018-19 season. He filled the same role with the Cedar Rapids Rampage the past two seasons (2016-17 and 2017-18) and with the Omaha Vipers (MISL, 2010-11).

Parisotto hails from Chapeco, Brazil. He played youth soccer from the age of seven until he was 16. He began playing a pro at age 17 and has played for numerous professional Futsal and outdoor soccer teams in Brazil and Portugal.

Parisotto played professional indoor soccer in the U.S. for the Milwaukee Wave, the Vipers, the Chicago Mustangs and was under contract as a player/assistant coach with Cedar Rapids.

Parisotto holds a USSF National D license and has a wealth of coaching experience at both the youth and professional levels.

Shae McNamara

Mindset Coach

Shae McNamara was a two sport professional athlete. He played basketball for the Dachau Spurs' 2008-09 season in Munich, Germany. After having six offers to continue playing in Europe, Shae decided to challenge himself to become the first American, born and raised, to play in the Australian Football League. He then played for the biggest club in not only the AFL, but in all of Australia, Collingwood FC, from 2009 to 2012.

Shae is now the founder and CEO of Diamond State Of Mind©. Diamond State Of Mind© specializes in performance and mindset coaching and training. They empower individuals to perform their best under pressure, so that they can have an unbreakable mindset, while on their path to brilliance. You can learn more by visiting www.DiamondStateOfMind.com.

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