2013 NAVY MEN’S SOCCER
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men’s soccer coaches in the country at any level to have won six national titles. Brandt has won four National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coach of the Year awards (2000, 2002, 2004 and 2008) and was the fastest coach in NCAA men’s soccer history to reach the 200-win mark. “Dave Brandt is clearly among the very top coaches in the country at any level,” said Jeff Tipping, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Director of Coaching. A renowned recruiter, Brandt won at Messiah with a mix of highly regarded superstars and unheralded players that flew under the radar. He was able to land several players that drew major Division I interest, including high school All-American and Ohio’s High School Player of the Year, Kai Kaisguran, who he landed away from national power Akron in 2004. Kaisguran was a four-time All-American at Messiah and currently plays for Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire. In addition, he recruited Hayden Woodworth, who selected Messiah over Penn State in 1999, and Patrick Lenehan, who opted to attend Messiah over Notre Dame in 2004. To date, Brandt has had eight players play in the professional ranks. Under Brandt, Messiah had 18 All-America selections and five National Player of the Year recipients in just 12 years. However, Brandt’s greatest success comes in the way he develops players. Several players who were not highly regarded at any level have gone on to stardom. David McClellan became the National Player of the Year in 2005 and has been the United Soccer League’s Player of the Week with the Harrisburg City Islanders six times, after drawing no interest from any Division I school. Chris Boyles became a first-team All-American at Messiah after receiving no interest from any school at any level, and would go on to play professionally for the USL’s Charlotte Eagles. A fantastic athlete,
Miscellaneous
Winningest Coaches in NCAA History Rk. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Coach Gus Donoghue (San Francisco) Gene Kenney (Michigan State) Jock Stewart (UCLA) Tim O’Donohue (Stevens) *Paul McGinlay (Trinity [Texas]) Jerry Yeagley (Indiana) Matt Smith (Johns Hopkins) *Jay Martin (Ohio Wesleyan) Sigi Schmid (UCLA) *Dave Brandt (Messiah / Navy)
Record 121-12-14 120-13-13 194-29-12 165-21-23 369-62-30 544-101-45 240-45-19 621-118-54 322-63-33 275-55-26
Pct. .871 .866 .851 .844 .833 .821 .821 .817 .810 .809
} By winning percentage / minimum 10 years as a head coach. * - denotes active coach.
Undefeated National Champions Year Team 1961 West Chester 1964 Navy 1965 Saint Louis 1969 Saint Louis 1974 Howard 1980 Lock Haven 1999 Southern Connecticut St. 1999 St. Lawrence 2003 Trinity (Texas) 2005 Messiah
Division Record I 12-0-0 I 15-0-0 I 14-0-0 I 13-0-0 I 19-0-0 II 21-0-0 II 20-0-0 III 22-0-0 III 24-0-0 III 24-0-0
} The 2005 Messiah team is last team to go unbeaten and untied. } The NCAA went to three divisions in 1974.
Year-by-Year Under Brandt 2009
Overall: 8-11-0 | PL: 2-5-0 (7th) S4 Saint Joseph’s S6 Delaware S10 vs. Mount St. Mary’s S12 vs. Saint Francis, Pa. S18 at Temple S20 at Penn S23 at La Salle S26 Army S30 at George Washington O3 Bucknell O6 at Loyola O10 at Lehigh O14 Howard O17 American O20 at [19] Duke O25 Holy Cross O30 at Colgate N3 at [6] Maryland N7 at Lafayette
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Boyles was the 11th-ranked decathlete in the world. Former Messiah player, J.D. Binger, received very little recruiting interest in high school, but ended his careers two years ago as a two-time firstteam All-American and had several MLS clubs interested in drafting him. Messiah stepped up to battle several Division I teams in the last four years and the results were impressive. During the last four years, Messiah defeated Delaware twice and tied Penn and Maryland in preseason exhibitions. Brandt stated a goal when he arrived for Messiah to be the “best place in the country to play college soccer”. He developed the program to get players to play for four years, to graduate and become family for life. At Messiah, there was massive alumni involvement and tradition. His influence was found at the ticket gate as well, as the Falcons averaged a Division III-best 1,678 fans per game at home in 2008, a total that would have ranked Messiah 15th in Division I. Brandt’s soccer teachings are based on a compelling vision for teamwork, principled thought and action and an expected outcome of making the whole greater than the sum of the parts. His playing style emphasizes “possession emphasizing penetration” that requires positional discipline and high technical requirement. His Messiah teams led the nation in attendance regularly, thanks in large part to the fact he plays a style that is fast, athletic, skillful, exciting and fun to watch. Brandt’s knowledge of the game has been met with high regard, as 1,000 coaches at the NSCAA national convention in 2007 attended his presentation on “Technical Precision in Training for Championship Performance in the Match,” and he has his NSCAA Advanced National Diploma. In addition, he has had 10 years of club coaching experience and currently coaches the LDC United Boys Under-14 team. During the summer, he ran three weeks of camps on campus for approximately 1,100 campers per summer. Every session has been filled by the beginning of May since 2002. “Coach Brandt’s session at the 2007 national convention was met with rave reviews,” said Tipping. “He is a special coach and ought to be at the top level.” Most NCAA Titles / Coaches Coach Teams Titles Brandt received his Bachelors of Science degree in Business AdBob Guelker Saint Louis, SIU-Edwardsville 7 ministration from Messiah College in 1985. He received his masters Dave Brandt Messiah 6 of education degree in athletic administration from Temple UniverJerry Yeagley Indiana 6 sity in 1990. Michael Parker Lock Haven, UNC Greensboro 6 Brandt and his wife, Diane, have a daughter, Alexandria (21) and Bruce Arena Virginia 5 son, Danny (18). The family resides in Annapolis. Alexandria was Harry Keough Saint Louis 5 named the 2012 NSCAA National Player of the Year after leading Cliff McCrath Seattle Pacific 5 Messiah to the NCAA title, while Danny will be a freshman soccer player at Messiah in 2013.
NSCAA Coach of The Year Awards Coach Jerry Yeagley Dave Brandt Ray Reid Michael Russo
Teams Awards Indiana 6 Messiah 4 Connecticut, Southern Conn. St. 4 Williams 4
Three Straight NCAA Titles / Coaches Coach Michael Parker Bruce Arena Dave Brandt
Team UNC Greensboro Virginia Messiah
Other Coaching Notes
• Four-time NSCAA Coach of the Year • Quickest coach in NCAA history to 200 wins • Five NSCAA Players of the Year • 12 conference Players of the Year • 18 All-Americans
2010 3-1 0-2 3-1 2-0 3-2 0-2 0-4 1-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-3
No. Years 3 1985-87 4 1991-94 3 2004-06
Overall: 7-5-4 | PL: 2-2-3 (6th) S2 Wofford S4 VMI S11 UMBC S15 at Delaware S18 at UNC Greensboro S25 at Army S29 George Washington O2 at Bucknell O5 at Howard O9 Lehigh O16 at American O19 at Longwood O23 at Holy Cross O26 at North Carolina State O30 Colgate N6 Lafayette
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Overall: 7-7-5 | PL: 3-2-2 (4th) A26 at VCU S1 Fairleigh Dickinson S3 St. Francis, N.Y. S7 Loyola S10 at UMBC S14 Delaware S17 UNC Greensboro S21 at Richmond S24 at Lafayette S27 Longwood O1 Army O8 Bucknell O11 at [18] Virginia O15 at Lehigh O22 American O25 Howard O30 Holy Cross N5 at Colgate N11 at American
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1-4 0-1 2-1 3-3 1-1 3-5 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 2-3 0-2 0-2 2-1 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0
Overall: 7-7-3 | PL: 1-4-2 (8th) A25 at [13] Old Dominion A30 Robert Morris S8 High Point S12 at Delaware S15 Richmond S19 at [20] George Mason S22 Lafayette S25 at Pittsburgh S30 vs. Army O6 at Bucknell O13 Lehigh O16 UMBC O20 at American O23 Longwood O27 at Holy Cross O31 Howard N3 Colgate
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