David Brandt is an American

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coach who is currently the head coach of the

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Playing career

Brandt played

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for

Messiah College Messiah University is a private interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. History The school was founded as Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home in 1909 by the Brethren in Christ Church. O ...

between 1981 and 1984.

Coaching career

Collegiate

Brandt coached his alma mater Messiah College from 1997 to 2008. During that time, the team compiled a 246-25-14 record for a .888 win percentage. The team won six

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National Championships. His win percentage and 52 postseason wins are both Division III records. In 2005, his team compiled a 24-0-0 record, becoming one of only five teams to have an undefeated season at any level of the NCAA since 1976. Previously Brandt was an assistant coach of the team from 1988 to 1996. Brandt left Messiah College in 2009 to coach the

Navy Midshipmen The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams that represent the United States Naval Academy. The academy sponsors 33 varsity sports teams and 12 club sport teams.Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...

Coach of the Year and

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Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. In December 2021 Brandt was announced as the head coach of the

Professional

Brandt was named head coach of the

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999 and beginning play in 1999, the club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American so ...

of the

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on May 22, 2016, replacing recently released

Mark Steffens Mark Luther Steffens (born June 9, 1953 in Huntington, New York, United States) is an American soccer coach. Playing career A native of Huntington, New York and also raised in Syosset, New York, Steffens attended The King's College in New York ...

Personal

Brandt's hometown is

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The borough is eight miles (13 km) west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 8,981. ...

. He is an alumnus of

and

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

. He is married with two children.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandt, Dave Living people American soccer coaches Sportspeople from Pennsylvania Messiah Falcons men's soccer players Temple University alumni Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC coaches Year of birth missing (living people) Navy Midshipmen men's soccer coaches Bucknell Bison men's soccer coaches Hope Flying Dutchmen Men's association football players not categorized by position American men's soccer players