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Clayton Zelin

Associate Head Coach | Fourth Season

Clayton Zelin joins North Florida men’s soccer as the associate head coach in March 2019. Zelin brings more than 10 years of experience to the Ospreys.

With Zelin on the sidelines, the Ospreys have picked up a Top 25 road victory, posted the top goals-against average in the ASUN in back-to-back seasons and saw Cormac Begley and Jovoney Brown earn ASUN All-Conference second team honors in spring 2021. He also assisted in helping Joaquin Acuña earn ASUN All-Freshman honors after he led the team with five goals in 2022.

In his first year on the sidelines, Zelin helped North Florida to its first ASUN semifinal appearance since 2015. One of the ASUN’s top defensive teams, the Ospreys surrendered a league-low five goals in conference play. Zelin helped UNF to a win against a top-50 opponent and more shutouts than 2017 & 2018 combined.

Before coming to Jacksonville, Zelin’s talents helped Denver earn its first ever No. 1 ranking in the Top Drawer Soccer Top 25. While with the Pioneers, Zelin saw the team make its eighth NCAA tournament appearance and win two Summit League regular season titles under the guidance of head coach Jamie Franks.

While with the Pioneers, Zelin oversaw the development of more than 10 Summit League All-Conference selections, four all-region honorees and an all-American. In 2017, he was part of the Summit League Staff of the Year and propelled Denver to a No. 3 national ranking.

While on the field his impact was felt, Zelin also assisted off the field as well as Denver had a CoSIDA Academic All-American, a Senior CLASS award winner and the top GPA in Division I men’s soccer in 2018.

Prior to his time with Denver, Zelin was a coach with Real Colorado, Real Salt Lake (AZ) and with 2017 National Champion Phoenix Rising FC, where he won league, state, regional and national championships. Zelin has a proven record of development, including players that have gone on to US national training centers, regional teams, collegiate programs and professional organizations. He currently holds his NSCAA Premier and UEFA B coaching license.

Zelin has a proven record of development with his previous clubs, including players that have gone on to receive invites to the United States national training center and regional teams. His former players have also received collegiate scholarships and opportunities to play at the professional level.

During his playing days, he played NCAA Division I soccer at Georgia Southern, where he was captain and an all-tournament team selection. Following his college career, Zelin played in the MLS Reserves (Colorado Rapids), PDL (New Orleans, Salt Lake & Colorado Foxes) and MASL (Colorado Lightning and Denver Dynamite) before ending his career in USL (Phoenix).

Assistant Coach | Fifth Season

Jacob Weinshank joined the North Florida men’s soccer staff as a volunteer coach in the summer of 2018 and was promoted to Assistant Coach in August 2019.

Since being promoted to assistant coach, Weinshank has helped in producing a top-25 victory on the road, as well as the ASUN’s top goals-against average in back-to-back seasons. He also saw Cormac Begley and Jovoney Brown earn All-ASUN second team honors in spring 2021, as well as Joaquin Acuña take ASUN All-Freshman honors in 2022.

Weinshank comes to UNF after serving as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Maine Maritime Academy in 2017-18. He also worked as a head coach and director of leagues and camps for Seacoast United Maine North 00-02 Premier Boy’s team. Additionally, Weinshank was the head coach of the University of Maine Men’s Club Soccer team (2016-17) and as the director of the soccer program for Camp Skylemar in Naples, Maine from 2013-15. He began his coaching career as an assistant

Jacob Weinshank

boy’s junior varsity coach at Brewer (Maine) High School in 2015.

A 2015 graduate of Salve Regina University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology, Weinshank was a four-year starter on the men’s soccer team. He garnered the Commonwealth Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award (2014) and was named the Offensive Player of the Tournament at the 2012 Commonwealth Coast Conference playoffs. He helped lead SRU to the 2012 NCAA DIII Tournament and was selected a NSCAA All-East Region Scholar.

Weinshank played one season at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, while studying abroad in the Spring of 2014. He played for Triangle United Soccer Club in Chapel Hill, N.C., and represented his club in the USL Super 20 league in 2015.