David Benning... enjoys spending time with family, golf, reading... favourites have included Pelé, Maradona, Cantonar, Platini, Maldini, Manchester United, Kaka, Cesc Fabregas, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi... earned his Canada Soccer Coaching B Diploma in 2000, his Canada Soccer Coaching A Diploma in 2003 and his Canada Soccer Coaching Youth Diploma in 2021...

served as Canada team staff at one FIFA youth tournament (U-17 at Azerbaijan 2012)…

For Country

finished third with Canada at the 1985 CONCACAF Men's Under-16 Tournament in Mexico... 

For Sport

was technical director of Glen Shields SC (1992-2003)... was coach of Seneca College women’s team... was coach of the University of Waterloo men’s team... was coach of the Vaughan Sun Devils (CSL)... was coach of the A. Carolei SC... served on Ontario’s coaching staff when the team finished second at the 1993 Canada Games Men’s Soccer Tournament... worked as Canadian Soocer Association’s director of national training centres... served on Canada’s coaching staff at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012...