Brookland-Cayce’s Kyle Heise On January 13, Kyle Heise, an assistant boys’ soccer coach at Brookland- Cayce High School, was named the National High School Assistant Coach of the Year for 2011. Heise was honored at the 2012 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri. In late December, Heise was named the NSCAA High School South Region Assistant Coach of the Year.

Heise is a B-C alumnus, Class of 1989, and a former Bearcat soccer letterman. He has remained involved with Bearcat Soccer for the last 23 years as an assistant coach on the B-C staff.

In addition to his role with Bearcat soccer, Heise is the founder and director of SCSoccer.com—the official website of the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association (SCHSSCA). He is an active member of the SCHSSCA and serves on several prep soccer committees and assists with state championship and all-star game functions. He also is a coordinator for the NSCAA Girls’ Coach of the Year committee and assists with the state, region, and national Spring rankings.

In 2010, Heise established an annual scholarship in the memory of his infant daughter, Kylie Marie, who passed away due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The scholarship is awarded to a BCHS boy and girl soccer player each year who demonstrate excellence on and off the field for the Bearcats and the Congaree Rapids Soccer Association (CRSA).

Outside the prep game, Heise serves as secretary for the CRSA, online play-by-play announcer for the University of South Carolina’s men’s and women’s soccer teams, and is an ardent supporter of the Arsenal F.C.