Eckerd College

St. Petersburg, FL 33711

Florida Southeast

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Luke Skeekey

Luke Skeekey '10 joined his alma mater in August 2022 as the interim head women's soccer coach.

Sheekey has a wealth of coaching experience, including being the head coach of the Louisiana Olympic Development program and Holy Cross High School in New Orleans. He also served as an assistant coach and associate head coach of the Baton Rouge Capitals (Professional Development League) for two seasons, and assistant director of coaching of the Plantation Athletic Club for two years. He was the head coach at Archbishop Chapelle High School in New Orleans from 2011-12.

Sheekey returns to Eckerd after spending two seasons as an assistant women's soccer coach at UNC Charlotte, where he helped lead the 49ers to the Conference USA Championships Finals in 2020-21.

Prior to his time in Charlotte, he served as the head women's soccer coach at Delta State (Miss.) for four years. With the Statesmen, he posted 25 victories while guiding the program to its first appearance in the Gulf South Conference Tournament in 2019. He also led the team to a program record for conference wins in 2019. In his first season with the Statesmen, the team scored 32 goals, ranking third in program history.

At DSU, Sheekey's team excelled off the field as they were a yearly fixture in the department's community service competition and his team recorded the highest GPA in the department in 2018-19 and 2019-20.

He also served as a graduate assistant coach at Delta State in 2012.

Sheekey had a standout career at Eckerd, appearing in 49 games with 43 goals, 18 assists, and 104 points, all ranking second in program history. He dished out 10 assists in 2008, setting a single-season record. He earned All-SSC First Team honors in 2008 and 2009. He garnered First Team D2CCA/Daktronics All-Region accolades in 2008 and NSCAA All-Region honors in 2008 and 2009.

Sheekey graduated from Eckerd in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in communications and obtained his master's degree in sports management from Delta State in 2012.

Sheekey returns to Eckerd after spending two seasons as an assistant women's soccer coach at UNC Charlotte, where he helped lead the 49ers to the Conference USA Championships Finals in 2020-21.

Prior to his time in Charlotte, he served as the head women's soccer coach at Delta State (Miss.) for four years. With the Statesmen, he posted 25 victories while guiding the program to its first appearance in the Gulf South Conference Tournament in 2019. He also led the team to a program record for conference wins in 2019. In his first season with the Statesmen, the team scored 32 goals, ranking third in program history.

At DSU, Sheekey's team excelled off the field as they were a yearly fixture in the department's community service competition and his team recorded the highest GPA in the department in 2018-19 and 2019-20.

He also served as a graduate assistant coach at Delta State in 2012.

Sheekey had a standout career at Eckerd, appearing in 49 games with 43 goals, 18 assists, and 104 points, all ranking second in program history. He dished out 10 assists in 2008, setting a single-season record. He earned All-SSC First Team honors in 2008 and 2009. He garnered First Team D2CCA/Daktronics All-Region accolades in 2008 and NSCAA All-Region honors in 2008 and 2009.

Sheekey graduated from Eckerd in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in communications and obtained his master's degree in sports management from Delta State in 2012.

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Shauna Griffin

Shauna Griffin enters her second season as an assistant coach for the Tritons in 2023.

Prior to Eckerd, Griffin was a high school coach at The Villages High School. She also coached both the U10 and U12 boys teams at the Villages Soccer Club. While at the Villages, she ran the recreation department and ran game day operations for the USL2 men’s team at the Villages.

Griffin spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Delta State University.

She coached the Tallaght Community School high school soccer team from 2006-2011 and served as the physical education coach for the Tallaght Community School Summer Camp in 2012 and 2013. Griffin holds a license in coaching for ages 6-12 from FAI soccer and was the U4 soccer CYSA coach for the fall of 2014.

A native of Dublin, Ireland, Griffin brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience to Eckerd College women’s soccer.

Griffin began her collegiate soccer career in the United States playing two seasons for Coffeyville Community College in Kansas, where she garnered All-Region, All-Conference, and All-Academic Team honors.

She later transferred to Columbus State University for the 2014 season where she was a member of the Lady Cougars’ 2014 PBC Conference Champion, 2014 PBC Conference Tournament Champions and NCAA Southeast Region champions 2014, and made it to the 2014 NCAA Elite 8.

She transferred to Francis Marion University in 2015 to complete her final year of collegiate soccer and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology in the summer of 2016.

Griffin received her master’s degree in Sport and Human Performance from Delta State University, and another master’s degree in Kinesiology.

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Jason Navas

Assistant Women's Soccer Coach & Recruiting Camp Coordinator

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John Fletcher

John Fletcher, from London, England, was named head coach in the spring of 2020. He enters his third season at the helm entering the 2022-23 campaign.

In 2022, Fletcher guided Eckerd to an impressive start to the season, including a three straight draws over regional opponents to open the season, the first time Eckerd had three draws to open the season. The Tritons upset No. 8 Rollins 2-0. On October, 15 EC netted 12 goals in a 12-0 victory over Fort Lauderdale, the most goals in a single game in program history since at least 1998 and the most in a single-game at the time in Division II. Eckerd scored 37 goals on the season, marking the third most in program history since 1998. He guided Tommy Shepherd to All-American honors, just the second in program history.

Fletcher '09 returned to his alma mater to join the men's soccer coaching staff in the spring of 2019 as assistant coach to Ian Cameron, where he aided the team to a pair of draws against nationally-ranked opponents while having 16 players named to the SSC Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll. Additionally, the program produced an All-SSC First Team and all-region selection as well as an academic all-region recipient.

Before returning to Eckerd, Fletcher spent two seasons at SSC member Saint Leo University where he was the team's assistant coach.

Prior to his stint at Saint Leo, Fletcher worked for the LA Galaxy where he was the head coach for the 02 and 03 teams as well as the director of camps.

While in California working for the LA Galaxy, Fletcher was the Technical Director for a year at So Cal Academy in Pasadena. Prior to his two roles with the Galaxy and So Cal Academy, Fletcher was the founder and co-owner of FS Academy where he recognized a gap in the market for high-level coaching within a few parts of California. The FS Academy featured weekly clinics and Futsal leagues.

In 2015, Fletcher represented the Bahamian League Champions in the CONCACAF Champions League in Haiti and was a member of the National Cup finalists in 2014.

Fletcher has held coaching stints for the Real So Cal Soccer Club, 2010-15, and the Professional Development League Ocean City F.C. in New Jersey.

The London, England native played professionally with the Queens Park Rangers F.C. & A.F.C. in Bournemouth, U.K. from 2003-05 and 2009-10, where he also played for Ocean City F.C. from 2008-10 and 2011-12. In 2010, he was named National Defender of the Year while playing for the Ocean City F.C.

As a student-athlete at Eckerd, Fletcher was a four-time All-Sunshine State Conference player as a defender from 2005-09 and a three-year captain.

He graduated with a Business Management degree from Eckerd in 2009 with a minor in Business Leadership.

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Richard Ainscough

Richard Ainscough '16 joined the Tritons' staff in the summer of 2022 as the assistant men's soccer coach. He enters his second season as preperations beign for the 2023 campaign.

In his first year on the sidelines, he helped guide the Tritons to a 2-0 win over No. 8 Rollins, while sophomore Tommy Shepherd was selected as a D2CCA Third Team All-American.

Ainscough had a stellar collegiate career, playing his rookie season at the University of Buffalo, where he started 12 games for the Bulls. He transferred to Eckerd for his final three years, appearing in 44 games while making 36 starts for the Tritons. He scored 12 goals and dished out six assists while serving as a team captain his final two years. He was named to the All-SSC Second Team and D2CCA All-Region Second Team his senior year.

After Eckerd, Richard returned to Europe and played professional soccer.

Richard graduated from Eckerd in 2016 with a business management degree and a psychology minor. In 2022, he obtained his master's degree in Human Resources from Rollins.