IFAF World Team coaches meet at the AFCA Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

The coaching staff of the IFAF World Team opened their meetings at the 89th annual AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Convention in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday.

International American football coaches from 11 countries make up the IFAF World Team staff and will spend three days meeting to finalize their game plan ahead of the third annual International Bowl when they face USA Football's under-19 national team at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, February 1.

Click here to hear Australian offensive line coach talk about the World Team and 'Gridiron' American football in Australia.

Canadian head coach GREG MARSHALL of the University of Western Ontario welcomed coaches from American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Sweden to the meetings along with coaches from the IFAF Development Team from Canada, Great Britain, Mexico and Spain.

The Team USA coaching staff, under head coach STEVE SPECHT of St Xavier High School in Cincinnati, are also meeting in San Antonio. The International Bowl is not classified as an all-star game because Team USA, organized by USA Football, has national team status, but such a gathering of all coaches from two teams three weeks in advance of a bowl game is unprecedented outside of this event.

IFAF World Team Coaching Staff attending the AFCA Convention:

Coach Country Position Club / Team

Greg Marshall Canada Head Coach Univ. Western Ontario

Edgar Zapata Mexico Offensive Coordinator UNAM

Warren Craney Canada Defensive Coordinator York University

Shinzo Yamada Japan Special Teams Coordinator IBM Big Blue

Masato Itai Japan Quarterbacks Kansai University

Max Von Garnier Germany Running Backs Hamburg Blue Devils

Jakob Dieplinger Austria Wide Receivers Swarco Raiders

Paul Manera Australia Offensive Line Bondi Raiders

Stefan Bjorkman Sweden Offensive Line Stockholm MeanMachines

Sause Pooch Ta’ase Am Samoa Linebackers Faga'itua High School

Tuomas Heikkinen Finland Defensive Backs Finland national team

John Leijten Australia Defensive Line Australia national team

Giorgio Longhi Italy Defensive Assistant Warriors Bologna

Tim Enger Canada Dev. Team Coordinator Football Alberta

Wayne Hill Great Britain Dev. Team Linebackers Birmingham University

Aitor Trabado Spain Dev. Team Defensive Backs Spain national team