Coaches

Keenan Schaeffer

Keenan Schaeffer was named the Head Coach of the Maine Maritime Academy women's soccer team prior to the 2021 season. He brings a wealth of coaching experience guiding both men and women at the youth, high school, collegiate and semiprofessional levels.


Schaeffer served as the Head Coach and General Manager of Hershey FC of the Women's Premier Soccer League since 2017, while also serving as the First Assistant for Penn State- Harrisburg's men's program since 2018 prior to his appointment at Maine Maritime.


In his five full seasons on the college sidelines, Schaeffer's programs have won a dozen or more matches. At PSU-Harrisburg, Schaeffer helped guide the men's team to its first North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) championship and NCAA Division III tournament appearance in 2019. He coached the program's starting keeper to the top of the NCAA statistical heap in shutouts, producing 12 clean sheets.


Schaeffer had previously served as the goalkeeping coach for Millersville University's men's soccer team from 2015 to 2018, and helped mentor the Marauders to a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference finals appearance and NCAA Division II tournament bid in 2015. Under Schaeffer's tutelage, his goalkeepers allowed just 15 goals, a decrease of 18 from the 2014 campaign, and secured 10 shutouts, an increase of seven from the year prior.


Schaeffer holds a United Soccer Coaches (USC) Goalkeeping Level 3 Diploma, as well as the Advanced National diploma. He has also pursued U.S. Soccer licensing by getting his E.


The Wrightsville, Pa. product earned a B.S. in Information Systems at Elizabethtown College where he played soccer and was also a thrower for the track & field team. Most recently, he played two years for the Hershey FC men's team. He was also the head coach for his alma mater of Eastern York for three years.