The Team

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 Chad Bridges is the founder of Bridges United and has a long history of soccer from his time as a player, coach, and club director. Bridges is the current Head Boys’ Soccer Coach of the nationally ranked Pennington Boys’ Soccer team and has earned numerous coaching accolades throughout his career at the club and high school levels. The Pennington School boys’ soccer program has been one of the most acclaimed programs in the country over the past decade, which includes a High School National Championship in 2023.   

Bridges' coaching career began after his playing career finished, and he now has over 25 years of youth and high school coaching experience. His program has been recognized as one of the top high school programs in the nation and he has sent numerous student-athletes to the collegiate and pro level during his time on the sidelines. Bridges has produced a Conference USA Player of the Year, Ivy League Player of the Year, All-ACC recipient, Multiple New England Small College Athletic Conference Players of the Year, and an NCAA Division I National Champion from his high school program. He has had dozens of players serve as captains of their collegiate programs, all-conference performers, rookies of the year, Scholar All-American, and All-American performers from his programs. He has also produced several players who are competing at the professional level. Bridges has had players play for him from countries worldwide, including the United States, Senegal, Brazil, Argentina, France, Spain, Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Finland, Japan, South Korea, and many more.  

Bridges has been honored as the Trentonian’s Sports Person of the Year in 2017, New Jersey Prep, Area, and State Coach of the Year numerous times, and was honored as the High School All-American Coach of the Year in 2016. Bridges was also inducted into his alma mater’s Halls of Fame for his achievements as a student-athlete.     

On the field at Drew University, Bridges was captain of the nationally-ranked men’s soccer program and earned numerous accolades during his time, including All-Conference and All-Region. Bridges also excelled on the basketball court, where he was a four-year letter winner and captained the team during his senior year. Bridges’ playing career saw his teams win two East Coast Athletic Championship titles, two conference titles, a Mid-Atlantic Conference Championship, and two trips to the Men’s NCAA tournament. His tenure at Drew was the start of a record-setting time in the program's history that saw seven consecutive berths to the NCAA tournament and a place in the National Championship in 2003.    

Bridges earned his B.A. in Political Science from Drew University and his M.S. Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned High Honors at both Drew University and UPENN upon graduating. Bridges has earned a multitude of badges and licenses through numerous coaching education programs. In addition, Bridges is the co-founder of Next Level Soccer Academy (NLSA) based in New Jersey which offers youth playing opportunities for boys and girls throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.   

During his time as a mentor to student-athletes, Bridges has worked with hundreds of student-athletes and their families in several sports to help identify and provide opportunities to pursue a successful academic and athletic career. He has worked with college and high school coaches, college counselors, agents, club directors, and consultants during his time. He has built strong connections through his passion and dedication to providing opportunities for all those interested in pursuing their sport at a new level. He also serves as Associate Head of School at The Pennington School.

Sean Miller has been tutoring SAT and ACT for nearly 13  years, getting his start at the beginning of the last decade when he was the head boys soccer coach at Trenton Catholic Academy. Since then, he has specialized in tutoring student-athletes all over the country, bringing a new dynamic to the undertaking. Miller has tapped into the learning processes that athletes use to make them elite on the fields (or wherever they compete), and translated them to the classroom with much success: the list of students that have improved their scores (and thinking process) is long.

Miller has also been a staple of the local soccer scene for two decades, coaching both club and high school teams around Mercer County. He now covers the teams for NJ.com and various other outlets.