Marcia McDermott

Marcia Ann McDermott (born August 16, 1965) is an American soccer executive, coach, and former player, who is currently a technical advisor for Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League.[5] She most recently coached the Army Black Knights women's soccer team for five seasons until 2017.[6]

Marcia McDermott

McDermott in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Marcia Ann McDermott[1]
Date of birth	(1965-08-16) August 16, 1965[2]
Place of birth	Virginia, United States
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Playing position(s)	Defender,[4] midfielder[3]
Club information
Current team	Sky Blue FC (technical advisor)
Youth career
Team
	WAGSL
	VYSA ODP
1979–1983	McLean Highlanders
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	North Carolina Tar Heels	89	(26)
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1988	United States	7	(4)
Teams managed
Years	Team
1988	UNC Greensboro Spartans (assistant)
1989	Maryland Terrapins
1990–1992	Arkansas Razorbacks
1994–2000	Northwestern Wildcats
2001–2002	Carolina Courage
2006	Illinois Fighting Illini (assistant)
2007	Illinois Fighting Illini (associate HC)
2011	United States (assistant)
2013–2017	Army Black Knights
2015–2016	United States U23

Playing career

In her youth, McDermott played in the Washington Area Girls Soccer League and Virginia Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program.[7] She played for the McLean Highlanders in high school, where she was selected in the all-metropolitan team. She also participated in basketball and field hockey at McLean, and was chosen as the team's most valuable player in both sports. In college, she played for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1983 to 1986. The team won the national championship in three of the seasons (1983, 1984, and 1986). During her career with the Tar Heels, she scored 26 goals and recorded 46 assists in 89 matches.[8][9][10][11] She was an NSCAA First-Team All-American in 1986, and was included in the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 1983, 1985, and 1986.[4]

Coaching career

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 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics as an assistant coach with the USWNT.[2]

McDermott was active in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), having served on the women's committee (1994–2000), board of directors (1999–2000), executive committee (2006–2011), and as president (2010–2011).[2]

Awards

McDermott was included in the ACC 50th Anniversary Women's Soccer Team in 2002.[12] She was inducted into the Virginia–D.C. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009,[13] and the McLean High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.[14][15] In 2016, the NSCAA announced that they would honor McDermott with the Women's Soccer Award of Excellence.[16]

Personal life

McDermott graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.[2]

Career statistics

International

United States[3]
Year	Apps	Goals
1986	6	4
1988	1	0
Total	7	4

References

1. "Women's monogram awards – Fall sports: Soccer". Annual Commencement in the one hundred ninety-eighth year of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. May 10, 1987. p. 45. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
2. "McDermott Joins Illini Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. July 10, 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
3. "2020 U.S. Women's National Team Media Guide" (PDF). United States Soccer Federation. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
4. "2019 North Carolina Women's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). North Carolina Tar Heels. August 16, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
5. "Marcia McDermott". Sky Blue FC. 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
6. "Army, women's soccer coach mutually part ways". Times Herald-Record. October 30, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
7. "Marcia McDermott". Virginia–D.C. Soccer Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
8. "University of North Carolina: 1983 Women's Soccer Statistics" (PDF). North Carolina Tar Heels. 1983. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
9. "University of North Carolina: 1984 Women's Soccer Statistics" (PDF). North Carolina Tar Heels. 1984. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
10. "University of North Carolina: 1985 Women's Soccer Statistics" (PDF). North Carolina Tar Heels. 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
11. "University of North Carolina: 1986 Women's Soccer Statistics" (PDF). North Carolina Tar Heels. 1986. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
12. "Terps' Demko, Harbo, Janss, Sarver, Taylor selected To ACC 50th Anniversary Women's Soccer Team". Maryland Terrapins. Greensboro, North Carolina. August 14, 2002. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
13. "Marcia McDermott". Army Black Knights. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
14. "2011 McLean High School Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees". McLean High School. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
15. Facinoli, Dave (November 7, 2011). "First Class of McLean Hall of Fame Inductees Lauded for Contributions". InsideNoVa.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
16. "NSCAA honors Bill Steffen and Marcia McDermott with awards". Nscaa.com. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.