Marcia McDermott

Marcia McDermott
Marcia McDermott in 2013

Marcia McDermott is a U.S.-based Women's Soccer Coach most recently working at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. McDermott left the team in 2017 after five seasons. [1]

Biography

McDermott has spent 30 years coaching women's soccer, including positions with the North Carolina-Greensboro, the University of Maryland, the University of Arkansas, Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, the Carolina Courage, the Chicago Red Stars, the U. S. Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT), and the United States Military Academy. She has also served as a scout for Illinois and the USWNT.

She coached teams that won gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games as an assistant coach with the USWNT.

McDermott is active in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), having served as president in 2010.

Awards

She was inducted into the Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009.[2] In 2016, the NSCAA announced that they would honor McDermott with the Women's Soccer Award of Excellence.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.recordonline.com/collegevarsity/20171030/army-womens-soccer-coach-mutually-part-ways
  2. ↑ "Army West Point Athletics - 2015 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". Goarmywestpoint.com. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  3. ↑ "NSCAA honors Bill Steffen and Marcia McDermott with awards". Nscaa.com. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
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