MEET THE STAFF | City Lions SC

City Lion's Staff

IAN SCHELLER - CO-OWNER/ DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY/CAMPS

Ian Scheller is the Head Women’s Soccer Coach, at Penn College.

Scheller led the Wildcats to their second consecutive 15-win season as the Wildcats finished 15-3-2 overall (7-1-o in UEC matches). The Wildcats carried a 36-match regular season unbeaten streak. Scheller's Wildcats shut down opposing offense with just 10 goals allowed and posted the conference's best defensive marks Scheller guided seven Wildcats to United East All-Conference honors as well as the Conference Rookie of the Year.

In 2024, the Wildcats carried an undefeated, 15-0-4 mark into a United East Semifinal berth before suffering their only loss of the season. Penn College's 15 wins marked the most in the program history to earn the #2 seed in the UE playoffs where the Wildcats reached its second semifinal berth in the Coach Scheller era. Scheller's 2024 squad set six new single-season records including freshman Megan Kurian setting the new standard of 26 goals, 15 assists and 67 points in a season. Her 3.35 points per game ranked second in DIII. Kurian became the first in United East Conference team sport history to earn Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season as the Wildcats placed four on the UE All-Conference First-Team list and had four players with USC All-Region IV honors.

Scheller, in his second season guiding the Wildcats in 2023, led his team to an 11-2-7 record and reached the United East Conference Volt Division Semifinal. The Wildcat's 11 victories are the most since the 2018 season while their two losses are the least in the D-III era. Scheller guided five all-conference selections, as well as two United Soccer Coaches All-Region selections and the program's first Academic All-American honoree.

Prior to Penn College, Scheller acted as Fern’s Assistant Coach at Lycoming College for 4 seasons, helping the Warriors become the 3rd most improved DIII team in the country in 2019.

Scheller also spent time as the Loyalsock boy’s soccer coach, where he claimed 2 conference titles, 2 conference coach of the year awards, as well as Sun Gazette Coach of the Year.

KENNY FERN - CO-OWNER/DIRECTOR OF COACHING

Kenny Fern is the Head Coach of the Lycoming College Women's Soccer team.

Fern holds the record for most career wins as Lycoming’s women’s soccer coach as well as the record for the most wins in a single campaign. He also guided Lycoming College women’s soccer to their first ever playoff birth in 2022. This went on to be the highest conference finish in program history. Fern’s Warriors have been regionally ranked on multiple occasions, with them reaching as high as 5th in the region.

Prior to joining Lycoming's staff, Fern served as the assistant manager and head of the academy with the Kaya Football Club in Manila, Phillipines, where he helped the club win the Philippine Cup to qualify for the Asian Football Federation Cup in 2015.

Before moving to the Philippines, Fern served as a girls’ coach with Oxford Soccer League in Connecticut as part of the program’s connections with UK International Soccer. He also worked with the Arsenal Football Club U-18 women’s program for four years and the Brighton Hove Albion U-21 men’s program for four years.

Coaching Certifications:

UEFA B.
ASIAN D.
AMERICA D.
FA 1, 2 & 3.

JAKOB LEMAY - DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Jakob LeMay serves as Ian Scheller's assistant at Penn College.

LeMay primarily works with Penn College's goal keepers and defenders, taking responsibility for position specific training of both. Since joining the coaching staff, the Wildcats have gone on to keep 14 clean sheets in 39 matches, holding opponents to an average of 0.65 goals per game in the 2023 campaign. This also saw the Penn College goalkeepers set a program record for clean sheets in a season (9).

In assistance to Coach Scheller, LeMay has helped mentor multiple Wildcats to receive All-Conference and All-Region honors while breaking many individual and program records in the process. LeMay has also been a part of two conference semi-finalist appearing squads with the Wildcats and has helped guide them to a 20-11-8 record in two seasons.

Prior to Penn College, LeMay was involved in the North Union United club system, working with the 2008 Valor Girls. LeMay's guidance helped see Valor become PA State Champions and USYS Eastern Regional Champions on the way to reaching the USYS President's Cup National Final. In this time, the team reached as high as 3rd in Pennsylvania and 15th in the US in the GotSoccer team rankings.

Coaching Certifications:

US Soccer Grassroots Coaching Diploma

JON STEESE - COACHING STAFF

Jon Steese is going on 20 years as Head Coach of the Shikellamy High School and Middle School Boys Soccer program. Jon has used this experience to facilitate the growth of players and help place many student-athletes, at the collegiate level. Holding a number of coaching licenses and diplomas, Jon is a well-rounded coach, who specializes in player development

United Soccer Coaching Diplomas:

Goalkeeping Level 1 Diploma
USC Level 2 Diploma
Professional Development Certificate (National Federation of State High School
Associations)
Urban Soccer Diploma
Special Topics Diploma
Attacking Principles of Play
Technology and Player Monitoring
Systems of Play
Individual and Pairs Defending
Passing Patterns and Functional Training
Sports Psychology and Individual Mental Skills
Attacking Transitions and Counter Attacks

MARKUS RYBAK - COACHING STAFF

Markus Rybak serves as Kenny Fern's assistant at Lycoming College.

Markus has over 15 years of coaching experience at both the club and collegiate levels, while going into his 9th season with the Lycoming Warriors. In his time at Lycoming, Markus has mentored numerous players to All-Conference honors and has even served has the Interim Head Coach before becoming Coach Fern's assistant.

Before joining the Warriors, Markus served as the head coach of crosstown rival Penn College for four seasons, where he led the team to a 28-27-6 record and two berths in the USCAA Championships. He coached five USCAA All-Americans during his time with the Wildcats and led the team to an 11-7-2 record in his last year with the program in 2013.

Outside of his collegiate experience, Markus has also worked with STN NorthPenn Club for over a decade.