Chris Fresco is entering his first season as an assistant coach for Columbia College.  Originally from Seattle, WA, Fresco comes to Columbia by way of North Carolina where he played for and managed a number of teams in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, NC.  He was a member of the CASL, CHAC, NCASA, and Duke soccer leagues in North Carolina from 2007-11.  Prior to relocating to NC, Fresco graduated from the University of Washington and managed squads in the Greater Seattle Soccer League.  Also during that time, he played for Seattle Wolves FC in the Pacific Coast Soccer League (now merged with the Washington Crossfire of the USL PDL) and helped the club rise up the American soccer pyramid from 2003-07.  His youth playing career in the northwest includes captaining his club Mukilteo-MYSC in state, national, and international play, as well as playing for Kamiak High School as a four-year varsity letterman.  Fresco has received coaching diplomas from the NSCAA and is nationally-licensed with the USSF.  He also head coaches at Lexington County Soccer Club.