Sport(s) Soccer 1999 Binghamton University 2005–06 Sewanee (Asst.) Role Coach | Title Technical Advisor 2000-2002 SUNY Geneseo Name Scott Donnelly | |
2003–05 Washington College (Asst.) Team coached SIU Edwardsville Cougars men\'s soccer (Coach, since 2013) | ||
Scott Donnelly is the former Head Coach of the men's soccer team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He was promoted from the position of Associate Head Coach in December 2013. On August 10, 2014 it was announced that coach Scott Donnelly had suddenly and unexpectedly resigned after being recruited to be the new Technical Advisor for the Northeast region with the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer). He also currently serves as the assistant coach for the US Soccer U-18 Men's National Team.
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Youth & education
Donnelly attended Binghamton University for his freshman year, then transferred to the State University of New York at Geneseo, where he played for three years. He graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2002 with dual bachelor's degrees in English Literature and Spanish Language. He earned a master's degree in European History from Washington College in 2005.
Coaching
Donnelly began his coaching as an assistant for three seasons at Division III Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. That was followed by two seasons as an assistant (and interim head coach) at Sewanee:The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, another Division III school.
In 2007, Donnelly moved up to Division II when he was named head coach at Mars Hill College (now University) of Mars Hill, North Carolina. His two seasons at Mars Hill turned the program from a perennial loser into a winner, prompting his early hiring away from that job.
In 2009, Donnelly was hired as an assistant at Division I Northern Illinois University, and in 2010, he was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach. After three years at NIU, he was lured away to the higher profile program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he was hired as Associate Head Coach in 2012. When, at the conclusion of the 2013 season, Kevin Kalish resigned for a job that would allow him more time with his family, Donnelly was named as his successor, becoming only the fourth head coach in the program's distinguished history.
Donnelly's credentials include a USSF "A" License and the NSCAA Premier Diploma.