Gary Cotton has coached Braden River Academy teams for the past 5 seasons (2008 Boys and 2011 Girls). Prior to that, he assisted with both his son and daughter's teams as an assistant coach. His first experience coaching soccer was as a 16-year-old coach at the Boy's Club in Wellington, Florida where he was asked to coach a team of 11 year-olds. H enjoyed that and years later enjoyed coaching many of the recreational teams that his three children played on prior to joining competitive teams.