Brian Clarhaut of the University of Connecticut has been hired as the new assistant coach for the men’s soccer team, a press release indicated Monday.

Clarhaut will assist coach David MacWilliams’ with all aspects of the program after spending last season as the Director of Soccer Quality Control at UConn. Temple has been in search of a new assistant coach since Trevor Singer left for George Mason.

Clarhaut helped lead UConn to the Big East Championship game and the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 2011.

Prior to spending last season at UConn, Clarhaut spent 2009 and 2010 alongside associate head coach Tim O’Donohue at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Clarhaut, a Medford, N.J. native, played Division-I soccer at St. Peter’s College from 2004-06.