Nick Flohre has been named the new Iowa soccer assistant coach, head coach Ron Rainey announced on Wednesday.

The previous assistant coach, Shane Meridith, has accepted a job as head coach at his alma mater, Earlham.

Flohre previously worked for the Ohio Elite Soccer Academy, where he held the position of Girls’ Assistant Director of Coaching for five years. Flohre was also the men’s assistant coach at Wesleyan from 2006-07 and the women’s assistant coach at Tulane from 2004-05.

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Flohre will represent the Hawkeyes’ soccer program in another region of the country.

"Nick will bring a ton of coaching experience and some great contacts from a recruiting standpoint," Rainey said in a release. "Nick will be loyal and hardworking and is a great fit with the Hawkeye ideals and values."

— by Molly Irene Olmstead