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Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics
 Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ 07030
Division 3 New Jersey Northeast
Private Medium National competitor
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Stuart Dick

Coach Stuart Dick enters his first season as fifth head women’s soccer coach in program history after being named in May 2024. The Scotland native arrives in Hoboken after a four-year stint at the University of Mount Saint Vincent.


Prior to arriving on Castle Point, Coach Dick spent four years as both a coach and an administrator at the University of Mount Saint Vincent. First arriving in Riverdale, New York in February 2020 as the ninth head coach of the Dolphins’ program, the squad compiled 33 victories and a .636 winning percentage, under Coach Dick’s tutelage – the most of any prior regime (when the school was known as the College of Mount Saint Vincent). During his time as a Dolphin, the women’s soccer program collected 12 All-Skyline Conference accolades and secured the first conference championship in program history on Nov. 4, 2023. At the time of his hiring in 2020, Coach Dick was also appointed the athletic department’s compliance officer and concluded his tenure in Riverdale as an Associate Director of Athletics.


Prior to landing his first head coaching position, Coach Dick spent five years as an assistant coach spread across stops at Yale, Fairfield and St. John’s. He first entered the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at the University of Bridgeport.


The Ducks’ new head women’s soccer coach earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in sports promotion entertainment management from Northwood University in 2007, where he was a four-year member of the men’s soccer team and helped the NAIA school reach the national quarterfinals during his senior season. Coach Dick went on to complete his master’s degree from the University of Bridgeport in 2014.

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Haleigh Drake

Haleigh (Svede) Drake was named a women's soccer assistant coach in January 2024. She most recently served as the Director of Operations at Seton Hall University.


With Svede in the fold, the Pirates recorded their most points and goals in Big East conference play since 2011 and secured the program’s second-most wins since 2012 (6), Following the season, senior Natalie Tavana was named the 2023 Big East Offensive Player of the Year, the first for the program since 1999. Tavana would go on to earn All-Region accolades from the United Soccer Coaches, which was the first for the program in 10 years. Before her tenure at Seton Hall, Svede was on the coaching staff at Felician University.


Named to the United Soccer Coaches’ 30 Under 30 Class of 2021-22, while head coach at the Manhattan Soccer Cub, the Minisink, New York native also coached soccer at various public, private, and charter schools throughout the five boroughs. She remained at the Manhattan Soccer Club through the summer of 2022. She also spent one year on the staff at the Eastern New York Girls ODP South program. Additionally, Svede spends her summers as a master coach at the Berkshire (Mass.) Soccer Academy. Svede now patrols the sidelines at Morris Country’s STA program.


A four-year member of the Mercer University women’s soccer program, Svede appeared in over 3,500 for the Bears, scoring six goals with two assists across 63 games. Two of Svede’s six goals were game-winners. With Svede in the fold, Mercer captured the Southern Conference title in the program’s first season in the league after moving from the Atlantic Sun five months prior. The Bears advanced to the postseason in all four of Svede’s seasons in Macon, reaching the A-Sun semifinals in her debut season, then reaching consecutive SoCon finals in 2015 and 2016, while accumulating 43 victories and 10 ties.


Svede, who resides in Jersey City with her fiancé, turtle and two cats, earned her bachelor’s degree in communication and media studies from Mercer in 2017. She notes that her love for soccer blossomed on the fields in Orangeburg, N.Y. while playing for World Class Soccer Club and expresses an immense amount of gratitude towards her parents, Joe and Regina her two sisters, Lizzie and Nicki, and fiancé Casey for the never-ending support throughout her playing and coaching journey.

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