Coaches & Team Staff

Coaches

Hewerton Moreira

Head Coach

Hewerton Moreira is a native of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He found success in Brazil in both professional outdoor soccer and futsal. In 2004, he was recruited to play for the San Diego Sockers by then-head coach Brian Quinn. Hewerton has also participated in international championships in Asia and Brazil, finished in second place in CONCACAF Futsal and also participated in FIFA Futsal World Cups.

Hewerton enjoyed a professional indoor soccer career that spanned 15 seasons. He played for the Milwaukee Wave (MISL), San Diego Sockers (MISL), Detroit Ignition (MISL), Philadelphia KiXX (NISL), Chicago Mustangs (MASL), Cedar Rapids Rampage (MASL) and the Ambush (MASL). 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. Hewerton also won numerous individual awards and was a three-time all-star. He appeared in 296 regular season games, posting 196 goals and 170 assists.

Hewerton began his coaching career with 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 twelve in 2016-17 under Hewerton’s guidance. Hewerton made the move to the St Louis Ambush during the 2017-18 season as a player/coach. The 2019-20 season is Hewerton’s third with the Ambush, and marks the first time he won’t be a player and coach as he retired as a player at the end of the 2018-19 season. Since taking over the Ambush, he improved the team’s record from 3-19 for the 2017-18 season to 10-14 in 2018-19.

Hewerton splits his time between St. Louis, Chicago, Illinois where he and his fiancée, Kim, own Red June coffee shop, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they have two more Red June locations and where his children, Gabe (9) and Bella (7) reside.

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Jamie Swanner

Assistant 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. The 2019-20 season marks his fifth as Assistant Coach for the team.

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Donnie Alberty

Assistant Coach

Donnie Alberty joined the Ambush as an Assistant Coach in November, 2020. Alberty is also Head Coach of Men’s Soccer at Fontbonne University.

Alberty brings over 25 years of coaching experience to the Ambush, including four years at Fontbonne. In his time at Fontbonne, the program has produced one Defensive Player of the Year, two All-Region, three SLIAC First Team All-Conference, five Second Team All-Conference, and four Third Team All-Conference selectees.

In 2017, his first season at Fontbonne, Alberty guided the Griffins to a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Regular Season Championship, its first since the 2013 season. The team finished with 13 wins that season which gave Alberty the SLIAC Coach of the Year and his win total is second most in program history for a first-year head coach at Fontbonne.

Prior to joining the Griffins, Alberty spent two seasons as head men’s soccer coach at St. Charles Community College. There, he helped develop one All-Region, four Second Team All-Region, three First Team All-Conference, and four other players that were named to the All-Conference Second Team.

In addition to his coaching role, Coach Alberty serves as the SLIAC representative on the NCAA Central Region Rankings Committee, is a member of the Fontbonne University Mental Health Awareness Committee and this past summer was promoted to Director of Compliance.

Coach Alberty has coached with numerous clubs in the St. Louis area and holds a USSF License.

Coach Alberty earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Missouri Baptist University. He resides in St. Peters with his wife Tammy and children, Bryce and Abby.

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