Fairfield Prep is excited to announce that Brian Neumeyer has been named the next Head Coach of the Varsity Soccer team.
Prior to joining Prep, Neumeyer served as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart University from 2017-2019. He also spent 19 seasons as the head coach of the Newtown High School soccer team from 1997-2016. At Newtown, Neumeyer led the program to a CIAC Class LL State Championship in 2004 and runner up finishes in 1998 and 2002. Newtown won SWC Championships in 2001, 2002 and 2004 his teams finished the season nationally ranked in 2002 and 2004.
In addition to coaching at the high school level, Neumeyer has extensive experience at the club level. Neumeyer was a Connecticut Olympic Development Program (ODP) Coach for boys ages 15-18 from 1998-2005 and was the Director of Coaching at the Newtown Soccer Club from 1999-2010. Currently, Neumeyer is still involved at the club level with Connecticut Football Club.
Neumeyer has also been involved in semi-professional soccer, serving as the General Manager of the Elm City Express in 2017 and 2018 and helped build the team that won the National Premier Soccer League Championship in 2017.
As a player, Neumeyer starred for Patchogue-Medford High School on Long Island and was a member of the 1990 Southern Connecticut State University Division II National Championship team. Neumeyer and his wife Jennifer have two sons; Andrew (FP '19) is a current member of the Gettysburg College soccer team and Gavin (FP '20) will play soccer next year at Sacred Heart University.
