Croft brings a resume with a background that directly reflects the new NWAACC creed of “Character-Competition-Community”. Croft has a strong community involvement, as he is the founder and president of PlayUp, a non-profit organization which offers soccer-based life-skills, training, and mentor programs, all based on a curriculum designed to improve chances for success throughout life for urban youth around the world. Croft’s vision, not only with PlayUp, but with his philosophy towards the Bellevue College soccer program, is to be a coach who is not just a purveyor of certain skills, but a mentor as well to help develop a one’s ability to make powerful, positive, and intentional life choices. Croft recently returned from Uganda this past year.
