Director of Player Devlopment Callum Pritchatt and Volunteer Assistant Coach Owen Griffith

CALLUM PRITCHATT DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SECOND SEASON PENN STATE ‘20

After a successful playing career as a Nittany Lion midfielder, Callum Pritchatt joined the Penn State men’s soccer staff in August 2021 as Volunteer Assistant and was promoted to Director of Player Development in June 2022 .

Pritchatt helps with all aspects of the program including: session planning, individual player development, opposition scouting, video analysis and breakdown, recruiting, camp planning and team logistics . He also assists in selecting and purchasing team apparel and equipment, budget operations, scholarship planning, and overall management and organization of the team’s email inbox .

In his first season on the staff in 2021, Pritchatt assisted the team to both the 2021 Big Ten regular season and tournament titles . Penn State also advanced to its thirdstraight NCAA Tournament for the first time since 199395 . The staff was named the United Soccer Coaches North Region Staff of the Year for the historic season .

Alongside his coaching commitments with the Nittany Lions, Pritchatt is also the Technical Director of Celtic Soccer Club based in State College . Pritchatt is responsible for all aspects of the club’s logistics, philosophy, and teams and players development .

Prior to Penn State, Pritchatt competed for West Bromwich Albion in England from 2012-2017 . During his time, Pritchatt appeared for every age group in the academy before making several appearances for the reserve team, and two first team appearances in the EFL cup .

As a student-athlete, Pritchatt played in 59 career games for the Nittany Lions in midfield from 2017-20 . He scored four goals and added seven assists, including leading the team in back-to-back seasons (2017-18) in assists .

Pritchatt graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management from Penn State with a minor in Sports Studies in December 2020 and graduated with a master’s in Higher Education with an Emphasis on Coaching in December 2021 . Former player and coaching staff member Owen Griffith returned to Happy Valley as the volunteer assistant Coach in summer of 2022 .

Griffith graduated from Penn State in 2014 as a threetime captain who appeared in 77 career matches . He led the Nittany Lions to two consecutive Big Ten titles in 2012 and 2013, two NCAA tournament appearances and a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013 . The Lewisburg, Pa . native was a three-time All-Big Ten honoree while also earning Academic All-Big Ten honors . In his senior season, Griffith was named a 2014 Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch and earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors .

In 2015 Griffith signed with Eastern Suburbs AFC of New Zealand’s Northern Premier League, helping them win both the Northern Premier League and the Chatham Cup during his stint .

Griffith joined then-head coach Bob Warming’s coaching staff as the volunteer assistant coach upon graduating and in his fourth season, was promoted to director of operations . After leaving Penn State, he spent a year as an assistant coach at the University of Denver in 2019 .

In the spring of 2020 Griffith returned to Happy Valley to begin his research and obtain his master’s degree by December of 2021 . He will continue his research into concussion and athletic performance during is PhD studies while working on Coach Cook’s staff .

OWEN GRIFFITH VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT FIRST SEASON PENN STATE ‘14