Haverford College

Haverford, PA 19041

Pennsylvania Northeast

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Jamie Schneck

Jamie Schneck will enter her 17th season as the women's soccer coach at Haverford College in 2023. Schneck is just the fourth coach in the program’s 37 seasons.

The Fords made an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2019 and have made the postseason 11 times during her career at the helm. In addition to receiving at at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2019, Schneck first led Haverford to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Centennial Conference Championship in 2012. She followed that up with an at-large bid in 2013 for the program’s first-ever back-to-back appearances on the national stage.

Under Schneck’s leadership, the Fords have qualified for the Centennial Conference Tournament 11 times. That postseason success includes appearances during four of the last six seasons. To date, Schneck has compiled a 149-79-43 record. She recorded her 100th career victory during the 2016 season with a 2-1 overtime win against DeSales on Walton Field. The Fords have won 10 or matches eight times over the past 11 seasons.

In 2019, the Fords rewrote the record for most consecutive shutouts (7) and victories (8) in school history on their way to a 13-match unbeaten streak as they finished the season with a 12-5-2 record. Defense has always been a staple of Schneck’s teams as they have posted a combined 125 shutouts over her 16 years, including 10 or more in seven different years.

Beginning her run of NCAA Tournament appearances, Schneck led the Fords to their first Centennial Conference Championship since 1995 with a 2-1 victory over 24th-ranked Johns Hopkins. During that 2012 season, the Fords broke set the school’s single-season record with 14 wins. Haverford went 10-4-6 overall just one year later, including an unbeaten 7-0-3 mark in Centennial Conference play as the Fords advanced to their second straight Centennial Conference Championship game as the No. 2 seed in the conference.

Prior to joining Haverford, Schneck served as an assistant coach at Washington & Lee University. In 2006, Schneck helped lead the Generals to an NCAA Elite Eight appearance, a 19-1-3 overall record, and a season-ending ranking of 10th in Division III.

A 2003 graduate of Muhlenberg College, Schneck was a four-year letterwinner for the Mules playing on the 2000 and 2001 Centennial Conference Championship teams. Schneck went on to receive her master of science in sport management from East Stroudsburg University, where she also served as the women's soccer graduate assistant. After receiving her master's degree, Schneck spent two seasons at Washington College as the assistant soccer coach and administrative assistant to the athletic department.

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Teresa Hegarty

Teresa Hegarty joined the Haverford Women’s Soccer program as an assistant coach prior to the 2023 season.

Hegarty came to Haverford after an illustrious playing career with the University of Scranton, a tenure in which she was named the Landmark Conference NCAA Woman of the Year nominee at the conclusion of her senior season.

The Bryn Mawr, Pa. and Merion Mercy product started 56 of the 59 career games that she played in and tallied 33 points on 11 goals and 11 assists. During her career, the women's soccer program won five NCAA Tournament games, advanced to consecutive NCAA Sweet 16s (2021, 2022) and captured three Landmark Conference championships (2019, 2021, 2022).

She was named a 2021 United Soccer Coaches & D3soccer.com Third Team All-American, a two-time All-Region and two-time All-Landmark Conference First Team honoree. Hegarty served as a three-time team captain including as a solo captain during her senior season in 2022.

Hegarty graduated from Scranton in May of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a minor in data analytics. She was a member of the Business Leadership Honors program, a Catherine Manley Coffey Fellowship recipient and a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu, Beta Gamma Sigma and Omega Beta Sigma honor societies during her time with the Royals.

Hegarty currently works as an Audit Associate at KPMG and resides in Bryn Mawr.

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Kevin Brenner

Kevin Brenner arrived at Haverford College in March of 2023, originally named Interim Head Coach of the program before taking over as the permanent Head Men's Soccer Coach position in June of 2023.

Brenner brings a wealth of coaching experience to Haverford, with over 18 years of experience at all three division levels in college athletics. Prior to his time at Haverford, he served as an assistant coach at Division I La Salle University, where he contributed to the team's success, including an Atlantic 10 playoff berth in 2022.

Prior to La Salle, Brenner was the head coach right up the road at Eastern University, leading the Eagles to a 2-2 record in the COVID-shortened 2021 spring season before finishing 10-5-2 in the fall while increasing the roster to 50 players and instilling the program's first ever JV team.

In 2021, Eastern celebrated its second-best start in program history at 7-1-2 and earned a national ranking as high as 17th in the country during the fall campaign.

Prior to his stint at Eastern, Brenner turned around a struggling Elmira College (N.Y.) program in just three years. The Soaring Eagles won nine games in 2019, marking the fourth best season in school history, as the team advanced to the Empire 8 Semifinals for only the sixth time in school history, while a program-record eight players were All-Conference selection and 26 players made the Dean's list in his final season there.

Brenner came to Elmira after two successful years as a head coach at Division II Lake Erie College, and stints as an assistant at the University of Buffalo (Division I), Canisius College (Division I), and Buffalo State (Division III). He played collegiately at Buffalo State.

Brenner's playing career began at SUNY Cortland before transferring to Buffalo State, where he served as a two-year captain and helped the team achieve its best record in 20 seasons. After completing his collegiate career, Brenner played for Queen City Football Club of the National Premier Soccer League from 2006 to 2008.

A member of the United Soccer Coaches Association, Brenner holds two USSF Licenses, while completing his USC Advanced Regional, National Diploma, Advance National and Premier Diplomas. He holds a NSCAA (now United Soccer Coaches) Premier Diploma.

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Nick Jannelli

Nick Jannelli '20 returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach prior to the 2023 fall season.

One of the most decorated players in program history, Jannelli left his impact on the Haverford program, earning back-to-back Centennial Conference Player of the Year honors in 2018 and 2019, en-route to a second consecutive year of All-America honors from both United Soccer Coaches and D3Soccer.com

Jannelli, one of just two multi-time CC Players of the Year in conference history, led the Centennial Conference with 30 points through the regular season as he scored 11 goals and assisted on eight others in his senior season.

It marked the second straight season in which Jannelli led the conference in points. Jannelli capped his career as a four-time All-Centennial Conference selection, earning first-team All-CC accolades three times.

Jannelli is just the third player in program history to earn first-team All-Centennial Conference status during three different seasons, joining Frank Adamson '98 (all four years) and Rich Billings '00 (1996, 98, 99). Only 21 players in the history of the conference have accomplished that feat.

A native of nearby Springfield, Pa., Jannelli currently works as a Business Analyst for Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia. He earned his Masters of Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance, Analytics, and Strategic Management from Villanova in May of 2023. He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Haverford in May of 2020.

Nick Jannelli Career Honors

Two-time United Soccer Coaches Association All-American (2019 – second team; 2018 – third team)

Two-time D3Soccer third-team All-American (2018, 19)

Two-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year (2018, 19)

Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year (2016)

Two-time first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2018, 19)

Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (2017, 18, 19)

Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2016)

Six-time Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10/3/16, 9/25/17, 10/30/17, 10/22/18, 10/29/18, 11/5/19)

Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (2019)

Two-time Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2018, 19)

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Matt Heim

Matt Heim '23 returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for the Fords prior to the 2023 season.

Heim appeared in 44 games for the Fords over four seasons (2019-22), logging 19 starts.

The West Windsor, N.J. native previously served as Operations Coordinator for Safe-Hub Philadelphia, a global nonprofit that uses soccer-foucsed youth development programming and holistic familial support to provide underserviced populations in Philadelphia with with better outcomes, a more stable living environment, and a brighter future.

Heim graduated from Haverford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He resides in Philadelphia.