Saint Francis University Men's Soccer

Shelby Edwards begins his first season at the Saint Francis men's soccer head coach in 2026. He became the 11th head coach in program history in March 2026. Edwards brings six years of assistant coaching experience from three Division III schools in Ohio: Oberlin (2025), Mount Union (2024), and his alma mater, Hiram (2022-23).  Edwards coached two North Coast Athletic Conference third-team performers in his one season with Oberlin before arriving at Saint Francis.  Edwards spent the 2024 season at Mount Union, where the Purple Raiders men's soccer team went 15-5-1 overall and 8-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), including winning the conference regular season and advancing to the OAC championship game. Seven Mount Union players were named to the All-OAC, including two first-team selections. He also coached a two-time All-American, the OAC Defender of the Year, the OAC Forward of the Year, and the Purple Raiders coaching staff was named the OAC Coaching Staff of the Year for that campaign. He also assisted the women's soccer team that season and coached one all-conference selection. Edwards began his coaching career at his alma mater, Hiram, for two seasons. He also served as the interim head coach during the spring of 2022, helping retain returning players and bring in five recruits, including two international players.  He also served as a goalkeeper coach with Quicksand's Goalkeeping (2018-21), as the head coach of Cleveland Force SC (2022-present), and as the Director of Coaching with the Force (2025-present). Edwards was a four-year letterwinner at Hiram from 2018 to 2021. He ranks seventh in program history in games played by a goalkeeper (37), ninth in saves (175), ninth in saves per game (4.73), and 10th in goals against average (2.18). He also excelled in the classroom, earning Dean's List honors three times. Edwards earned his bachelor's degree in marketing and sports management at Hiram in 2022. 

Connor Oechslin begins his first season as an assistant coach on Shelby Edwards staff in 2026. Oechslin, a Johnstown, Pa.,  native, got his start in coaching with a youth club during his sophomore year at Gardner-Webb, and has been coaching the U18’s Team for an up-and-coming club, Johnstown United, for the last year. Oechslin spent his first two seasons playing collegiately at Gardner-Webb before transferring to Saint Francis for the 2024 season. He appeared in four games with one start with the Red Flash.  A three-time letterwinner at Westmont Hilltop High School in Johnstown, Pa., Oeschslin was selected to the 2021 Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association all-state team and was a two-time all-Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference selection. He also played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Academy. Oeschslin graduated with a criminal justice degree in 2025 from Saint Francis and earned his Master's Degree in Business Administration in 2026