Savon Braithwaite joined the Johnson & Wales Charlotte men's soccer coaching staff in August, 2025
Braithwaite has been a youth coach at Charlotte Soccer Academy since September, 2023. During his time with CSA, he has coached teams at the U-10 and U-12 levels, facilitating practices and managing games in addition to offering feedback and instruction to individual players on areas for growth and development. He holds United States Soccer Federation Grassroots licenses in both 11 v 11 and 9 v 9 disciplines.
He is also an International Sports Sciences Association certified personal trainer. He currently works as a personal trainer at Crunch Fitness in Charlotte, and has previously worked at the Childress Klein YMCA and at the UNC-Charlotte student recreation center.
Burns graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in December, 2022 with a Bachelor of Science degree in health systems management.
