American University

After spending three seasons as a volunteer assistant, Patrick Mehlert was promoted to a full-time assistant coach in January 2022. He enters his seventh season at AU in the fall of 2025.
 
Primarily responsible for AU’s offense, Mehlert is in charge of the team’s player development video analysis and works closely with attacking players. In 2024, he directed an offense that finished tied for the most goals in the Patriot League with 25. He played a major role in Troy Elgersma’s historic season, which saw the junior midfielder win the first Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year award in the program’s history since 2016. Mehlert also guided Sam Hershey to a stellar senior season, complimenting Elgersma’s seven assists with a team-leading six goals. In the three seasons that Mehlert has been a full-time assistant coach, AU has finished in the top three in goals scored in the conference, and has put four attacking players on the All-Patriot League First Team. 

In the 2023 season, Mehlert helped American achieve a fourth-consecutive winning record. He guided the offense to a 30-goal season, and Zemi Rodriguez earned an All-Region selection under his leadership. 

Mehlert played an integral role in taking American to the Patriot League championship game in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The Eagles had 11 players receive All-Patriot League selections over that span, and Mehlert saw senior striker David Coly All-Atlantic Region by United Soccer Coaches.
 
A 2014 AU alum, Mehlert played in 72 career games with four goals and seven assists for the Eagles. Academically, he was a three-time PL Honor Roll member and received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from American.
 
Mehlert is an active member of the DMV soccer scene as he coaches the U15 MLS Next team at Bethesda Soccer Club while assisting the 17s and 19s MLS Next group. Additionally, Mehlert holds his USSF "B" License.
 
The Bethesda, Md., product is the son of legendary AU men's soccer head coach Pete Mehlert who was at the helm from 1972-91 and was the backbone of the 1985 National Championship runner-up team.