DPSFC Coaching Staff

Izzy Zamora

Izzy Zamora was born in Houston TX, as a youth athlete he was involved in all sports. He attended South Houston High School where he competed in the Track and Cross Country program. As a freshman, Izzy showed high hopes for the SoHo Track and Cross Country team by setting and breaking records with his impressive performances. At only the age of 17, Izzy competed with the U.S. National Men’s Track and Cross Country team at the Down and Under Bowl Games in Queensland, Australia in 2006. Izzy holds a 5K personal best of 15:45 and has ran races from 400m to 3200m on the track.

Izzy then transformed his ability of running and combined it with soccer which enabled him to become an explosive forward. His capacity to outrun opponents and score goals earned him a scholarship to play soccer for the University of Houston Victoria. Experiencing Club, Collegiate, Pro Combines, Izzy is now focusing on coaching and expanding new opportunities for young kids to chase their dreams in the world of soccer.

As a Soccer coach, Izzy is focused to take young talent to the next level. Coach Izzy is now a US soccer license coach holder and a head coach for U17 championship team.

US Soccer Certifications:

D Courses

F Courses

Grass Routes Courses

4v4, 7v7, 9v9, 11v11

Other Certifications:

Level I Futsal

Jose Sanchez

I have played Futbol all my life.  I grew up in a soccer family and watched it growing up. 

I have coached in the Houston area for 13 years; some of those have come as a learning experience for myself and my family.

I am a licensed coach and love having the opportunity to provide the best of my knowledge and experience to develop players in our area.

All three of my children play and we have fun with it as a family. It is one of our favorite things to do.

My goal is to improve every player I cross paths with to help them reach their goal weather that is a short term or long-term goal in their developmental pathway.

Javier Alejandro Vazquez  

"Coach Javi" was born in Guadalajara Mexico, where his passion and love for soccer flourished. Between the ages of 4 to 14 years old, he was in the Atlas Academy. He then moved to Houston, Texas with his family to find additional soccer opportunities. He attended Pasadena Memorial High School, where he played all 4 years of varsity soccer. Coach Javier played club soccer with Texas Rush Academy. His skills and capacity earned him a soccer scholarship to play for San Jacinto College. With his success playing at San Jacinto College, he earned the opportunity to play in the Premier Development League (PDL) with the Houston Dutch Lions. Eventually earning promotion to play in the United Soccer League (USL) with the Ohio, Dayton Dutch Lions.

Coach Javi looks forward to giving back his knowledge of the game and is excited to be working with our youth footballers!

Martha Hernandez

Martha Hernandez was born in Tenancingo, Mexico, and was raised in Hickory, North Carolina. Martha started playing soccer at the age of 12 and since then she has been around the soccer legacy. Martha played soccer in high school, she attended the soccer camp at Wingate University, played for CVYSA Club back in North Carolina. After high school & club soccer, Martha played four years of college soccer. The first 2 years she played at Ranger College where she was captain of the team. Then, Martha transferred to Hawkins, Jarvis Christian College to finish her major which she has a bachelor's in Kinesiology. 

Martha enjoys being a part of our player development system. She looks forward to share her knowledge of the game and give back to the youth so our players may grow with the game. She is a mother of a 3 who is passionate about sharing her path of soccer.