Brian Clarhaut (born April 11, 1986) is an American

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coach who currently coaches

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in the USL Championship.

Career

Playing career

Clarhaut played high school soccer for

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from his freshman to junior year, and played for Shawnee High School his senior year, leading the team to the Group IV state championship. In 2002, he set a state season assists record with 27. Clarhaut played college soccer at Saint Peter's University from 2004 until 2006. He was a member of the All- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Academic team.

Coaching career

On August 13, 2012, Clarhaut was named as an assistant coach to Temple University's men's soccer team. Afterwards, he moved to Sweden where he coached Nyköpings BIS from 2017 to 2019 after being assistant coach for the club from 2016 to 2017. Clarhaut was named new head coach of Umeå FC on November 28, 2019, signing a two-year contract with an option for an additional year. In 2021, he became assistant coach to

Henrik Åhnstrand Henrik Åhnstrand (born 29 July 1979) is a Swedish professional football manager who is assistant manager for Allsvenskan club IK Sirius. Playing career As a player, Åhnstrand was a member of GIF Sundsvall and Söderhamns FF, before suffering ...

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club

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. After Åhnstrand was sacked in July 2022, Clarhaut took over as head coach. GIF Sundsvall announced on November 11, Clarhaut will leave his position when the contract ends on December 31. On December 15, 2022, it was announced that Clarhaut would take over as manager at

in the USL Championship ahead of the 2023 season.

References

1986 births Living people American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden American expatriate soccer coaches American soccer coaches American soccer players Association football midfielders Expatriate football managers in Sweden Soccer players from New Jersey Bishop Eustace Preparatory School alumni Saint Peter's Peacocks soccer players UConn Huskies men's soccer coaches Temple Owls men's soccer coaches GIF Sundsvall managers People from Medford, New Jersey Shawnee High School (New Jersey) alumni Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey El Paso Locomotive FC coaches USL Championship coaches {{US-footy-midfielder-stub