PITTSBURGH – Dave Brandt, a four-time NSCAA Coach of the Year who was the winningest active coach in Division I men’s soccer, has been named head coach of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, team owner Tuffy Shallenberger announced Sunday.

Brandt will be formally introduced at a club press conference on Monday at 3 p.m. ET at Highmark Stadium.

Brandt spent the past seven years at the United States Naval Academy. In his 19 years of coaching experience, Brandt has coached his squads to over 300 wins and holds a .786 career winning percentage (310-72-34) and is the fastest coach in NCAA men's soccer history to reach the 200-win mark.

"I could not be more excited about the opportunity to join the Riverhounds organization," said Brandt. "The Naval Academy is an extremely special institution, and one that I will always hold close to my heart. My time there was a truly life-impacting experience, but the opportunity to coach professionally in a great sports city like Pittsburgh is one that I couldn't turn down. I am now looking forward to my time with the Riverhounds organization, one which without question has great potential."

Along with his seven years at Navy, Brandt spent 12 seasons as head coach of Messiah College in his hometown of Mechanicsburg, Pa., where he compiled a remarkable 246-25-14 (.888) record. His teams won six NCAA Division III National Championships, including the 2008 crown, and notched 52 postseason wins - both top marks in Division III history.

"We are extremely excited to welcome Dave, Diane and the entire Brandt family to our Riverhounds organization family," Shallenberger said. "Coach Brandt is exactly the type of person we were looking for in our next coach. I look forward to the Riverhounds fans having the opportunity to get to know him and his family. You can just see by Dave's past success that he is someone who can come in here and make an immediate difference. His incredible win total at the collegiate level is something I believe will translate extremely well to the United Soccer League. We set out to find the best coach for this club and I think we have it with Dave."

Brandt led Navy to a combined 27 wins from 2013-14, tying for the highest two-year win total in the program’s history.

In 2013, Brandt led the team on a 15-game winning streak after starting the season 1-3-2, eventually reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament and national ranking of No. 25 in the country. The 16 victories were a program record, the nine conference wins were a Patriot League single-season record, and the program's NCAA appearance was the first since 1988 and victory in the tournament the first since 1971. Brandt was named Patriot League Coach of the Year, NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for the club's accomplishments.

The 2014 season followed a similar path, with the team finishing 11-4-5 and spending three weeks ranked in the NSCAA Top-25 Poll. Navy had considerable success against nationally ranked opponents, compiling a 2-0-1 record, which included a home victory over No. 10 Maryland. They finished the season on an 11-game unbeaten streak (7-0-4) to earn the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament and conference-leading marks in both scoring offense and goals-against average.

At Messiah, Brandt's 2005 squad was perhaps his most notable, as they were one of only five schools since the NCAA went to three divisions in 1974 to go through an entire season undefeated (24-0-0). The 24 wins were also the most of any of those five schools and tied for the second-most overall in NCAA history.

In all, between his time at Navy and Messiah, Brandt has coached five NSCAA Player of the Year recipients, 19 NSCAA All-Americans, 46 NSCAA All-Region selections, 14 Conference Players of the Year and 87 All-Conference performers.

Brandt will coach his first game with the Hounds this Saturday, May 28, as Pittsburgh faces the New York Red Bulls II.