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Moravian University

Moravian College Athletics
 1200 Main Street Bethlehem, PA 18018
Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast
Private Small National competitor
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Jeff Ykoruk

Jeff Ykoruk begins his 10th year as head coach at Moravian in 2023. Ykoruk has a career coaching record of 143-118-33 in 17 collegiate seasons with his 100th career win in 2017.


In 2017, Ykoruk led the Greyhounds to the Landmark Conference Championship match, and after the season, he was selected as the Landmark Conference Co-Coach of the Year and the ECAC Division III Metro Coach of the Year. He has a record of 46-45-9 while guiding the Hounds.


Ykoruk spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the women's program at Ursinus College, leading the Bears to an 85-62-15 mark from 2003 through 2012. He led the Bears to the Centennial Conference playoffs six times including a finals appearance in 2007 and the ECAC Division III Tournament in 2005. He holds the most wins in the regular season, conference and playoff games in Ursinus program history. Ykoruk has served as an assistant men's soccer coach at Eastern University for two seasons before arriving at Moravian.


Ykoruk, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior/applied psychology from Albright College, is also the founder and director of Right Path Soccer LLC, a company that works to develop individual players and club teams. He also served as Director of Coaching for multiple clubs in the Philadelphia area for the past 12 years.


Ykoruk and his wife Sarah reside in Coopersburg with their daughter Lilah, son Asher, and daughter Evelyn.

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Morgan Mercier

Morgan Mercier joined Moravian in June 2023 as Coordinator of Athletic Operations, and he is also serving as an assistant women's soccer coach for the 2023 season. He came to Moravian after two years as assistant of athletic administration and assistant women’s soccer coach at Regis (Mass.) College. Mercier also worked for a year as an athletics intern at Emmanuel (Mass.) College and an intern at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference in the fall of 2020. His duties at Moravian include overseeing the office management of the athletic department while also serving on the administration team and assisting the department and coaching staff with internal operations such as game day management, travel, scheduling, budgeting, and special events.


Mercier was a member of the men’s soccer and men’s lacrosse teams during his undergraduate days at Emmanuel, serving as a team captain in both sports as a senior. He earned GNAC Academic All-Conference six times, three years in each sport, and he was a finalist for the 2021 GNAC Men’s Lacrosse Man of the Year award. Mercier also spent three years as a member of Emmanuel’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was a national SAAC representative to the NCAA Division III SAAC in 2020-21. Mercier is a 2021 graduate of Emmanuel College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management while minoring in education. He recently completed his Master of Arts in Strategic Sports Communication at Regis College.

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