COACHING STAFF

JUSTIN MAKAR

Title: Assistant Coach

Justin Makar will begin his first season as University of Delaware men's soccer assistant coach during the 2022 season.

Makar served alongside McMenemy on the University of Michigan men’s soccer staff since 2014 as the program’s director of operations and video coordinator. He was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program including opponent scouting, postgame and training film analysis, individual player analysis, equipment, team travel, camp organization and promotion, training plans, match preparation and budget management.

During his time in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round in 2017 and 2018 before earning a spot in the Sweet Sixteen in 2019. Michigan won the 2017 Big Ten regular season title, advanced to the conerence tournament semifinals four times, and competed in the Big Ten Tournament championship match in 2018 and 2019.

Prior to his stint at Michigan, Makar spent four years on the Lafayette coaching staff, the first three as assistant coach/goalkeeping coach and the final year as first assistant and recruiting coordinator. The Leopards posted 27 shutouts during his four seasons in Easton and won the 2012 Patriot League championship.

Makar began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Susquehanna University from 2007-10, helping lead the River Hawks to the 2008 Landmark Conference title.Makar was a four-year letterwinner at Susquehanna from 2003-06, earning second team All-Mid-Atlantic Conference honors in 2004 and 2005 before being named to the first team in 2006. He served as team captain as a senior and was a three-time All-Mid-Atlantic Conference Academic Team honoree. Makar graduated from Susquehanna in May, 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in economics.

JAMIE CLELAND

Title: Assistant Coach

Jamie Cleland will begin his first season as an assistant coach on the Delaware men's soccer staff during the 2022 season.

Cleland will serve as the Blue Hens’ goalkeepers coach after spending the last three seasons in the same role at Monmouth University.

Cleland helped guide Monmouth to one of the best seasons in program history in the spring of 2021. The Hawks won the MAAC Championship as the No. 6 seed, and defeated Bowling Green in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. By the end of the season, Monmouth was receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and had an RPI as high as nine. The team won four straight road games en route to the conference championship, including a victory at No. 1 Quinnipiac. Under Cleland's guidance, Sean Murray was tabbed the MAAC Co-Goalkeeper of the Year.

Monmouth won eight matches last fall, and advanced to the MAAC Tournament Semifinals. Murray led the conference with a 1.06 goals against average while earning Second Team All-MAAC recognition.

Cleland has also been the director of goalkeeping at TSF Academy in Lincoln Park, N.J. during the last two years. Additionally, he previously served as head goalkeeper coach at Cedar Stars Academy and Arsenal Soccer Schools USA.

Cleland was a two-year starter at St. Peter’s University, where he earned his degree in sports management in May, 2017.

YAWO BAAH

Title: Assistant Coach

Yawo Baah enters his first season as an assistant coach with the Blue Hens men’s soccer program.

Baah previously spent four years as an assistant coach at Albright College with the men's and women's programs. He helped coach the women's team to a 13-8-1 overall record and the program's first ever MAC Commonwealth playoff win during the 2019 season, while the team also made its fourth straight ECAC Tournament appearance. Baah also assisted head coach Pat Stanco in coaching two All-Conference players that year.

Baah began his first year as an assistant coach for the Albright men's soccer program in 2019. He assisted Stanco in his second stint as the men's soccer head coach towards the squad's most wins since 2014. In 2018, Baah also helped in guiding the women’s soccer team to a program-record 14 wins while also advancing to the ECAC Tournament championship game for the first time in program history. The team finished third in the MAC Commonwealth, qualifying for the conference tournament for a fifth straight year.  Additionally, Baah assisted Stanco in coaching four All-Conference players.

A graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, Baah was a member of the men’s soccer team which won the Colonial Athletic Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament all four years he attended.