STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Daniel Scheck is coming home.
 
The Sayville native with several years of coaching experience is returning to Long Island to become an assistant coach with the Stony Brook men's soccer program.
 
"First, I would like to thank Ryan Anatol for granting me the opportunity to become a part of Stony Brook University," said Scheck. "I am really excited to return home to Long Island and start working with the coaching staff and student-athletes to continue the success here at Stony Brook. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the great coaches, staff members and student-athletes that I worked with at Penn for the special memories."
 
Anatol, who will be entering his 10th season at the helm in 2020, is looking forward to adding Scheck to the staff.
 
"We are very excited to have Dan join our staff and I am looking forward to the impact he will have in our program," he said. "He's a great young coach with a lot of energy. He has valuable experience at the Division I level and has ties to Long Island and the New York area. I think he is going to do a great job for us working specifically with our goalkeepers, but he will also be a tremendous asset in our recruitment efforts as well as in the development of our student-athletes."
 
Prior to arriving at Stony Brook, Scheck spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the University of Pennsylvania men's soccer program, focusing on the goalkeeping unit.
 
In 2019, he helped Penn to a 7-5-4 record, the first winning season for the program since 2011. With a second-place finish in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, the Quakers sat only behind Ivy champion Yale. In Scheck's second season with the Quakers, he coached the Ivy Defensive Player of the Year Alex Touche and four other All-Ivy honorees.
 
In the same season, goalkeeper Dane Jacomen was named a Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Star and landed on the Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Rookie Team.  Dane allowed only 12 goals, posted six shutouts and finished with a 0.80 goals against average and a .789 save percentage, which ranked second among Ivy League keepers in GAA.
 
In his first season at Penn, Scheck helped oversee two All-Ivy honorees while guiding the Quakers to their first .500 season since 2013.  Additionally, Scott Forbes tallied impressive numbers in between the pipes under Scheck's watch, ranking first in the Ivy League and 16th nationally with a save percentage of .821.
 
Before Penn, Scheck spent two years with the University of Connecticut, including in 2017 as director of soccer quality control. He assisted with ticket sales, match promotions and fan engagement. Scheck's efforts helped aid the Huskies to an average attendance of 3,502 that season, which ranked first nationally in average attendance.
 
He served as a goalkeeper for the Temple Owls from 2011 through '14. A three-year starter, Scheck appeared in 43 matches during his Owl career, tallying 16 clean sheets. As a senior in 2014, he started 16 matches en route to a second-team All-American Athletic Conference selection. Scheck enjoyed a breakout junior campaign in 2013, matching the program record with nine shutouts. The Sayville native was named the league's Keeper of the Week on two occasions and tallied an .859 save percentage in 18 starts.
 
Sheck replaces Dannie Merida, who relocated to his native South Florida as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Florida International University.
 
"I look forward to creating many great experiences here at Stony Brook," Scheck said.