Coach Patrick Clemens, who came to Stritch in 1996, has more than three and half decades of coaching experience. He has been involved in all aspects of soccer -- coaching, playing, serving as a referee and in administration -- at the youth and adult levels. He stresses flexibility in team play and looks for players who can play any position. His teams are attack oriented.

Clemens was the state coach and Olympic development administrator for the New Hampshire Soccer Association and also worked with Olympic development programs in California and South Carolina.

He is president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Soccer Coaches’ Association, an NAIA Award of Merit recipient and a member of the NAIA National Tournament Games Committee. He has attended the National Soccer Coaches Association of America clinics and holds a United States Soccer Federation license.