Manfred "Manny" Schellscheidt (born January 17, 1941) is a German-American soccer coach and former player.
He won two National Challenge Cup and one American Soccer League title as a player as well as two professional championships as a coach.
When he arrived in the United States, he immediately rejoined Elizabeth S.C. of the German American Soccer League.
However, Schellscheidt was replaced four months before the start of the tournament, with a record of nine wins, 14 losses and 11 ties, by Alketas Panagoulias.
The departure was contentious, with Schellscheidt saying of Gene Edwards, the USSF president at the time, "[he] told me they couldn't afford two coaches.
[6] The Pirates initially experienced success under Schellscheidt,[7] winning two Big East championships, eight NCAA tournament berths, seven conference title game appearances and a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2001 while having had only one losing season during his first eighteen seasons at the helm.