Coaches

Claire Scanlan

Claire Scanlan will begin her first season as the head coach of the Bryn Mawr soccer program in the Fall of 2023. Scanlan spent the past three seasons as the assistant women’s soccer coach at Temple University where she worked under head coach Nick Bochette. Prior to that she was the associate head coach at the University at Albany where she helped the Great Danes capture an America East Conference championship in 2018. Before her time at UAlbany, Scanlan was the assistant coach at Oakland University where she helped the Golden Grizzlies win the Horizon League with an athletic department high 3.59 GPA.


Scanlan started her college coaching career at Troy University where she was the associate head coach and helped lead the team to five consecutive conference appearances. She also served on the international stage as the head coach of Ireland’s Under-23 women’s national team and was an assistant coach for Ireland's Under-17 women's World Cup team. Scanlan's previous coaching role was as the head coach of the Female Football Academy at Filton College, part of Bristol’s Academy of Sport in England. Under her leadership, Filton College won back-to-back National Championships, along with two National Cup Championships and was awarded the Female Football ‘Academy of the Year’ in 2007.


As a player, Scanlan spent over 15 years on the Irish Women's National Team. She has competed in European and World Cup qualifiers and was named the Irish WNT Player of the Year in 1999 and is a recent recipient of the Football Association of Ireland ‘Legend’ Award.


Scanlan played at Mercyhurst University (formerly Mercyhurst College) where she was a two-time All-American and the Conference Player of the Year and was named the Division II National Player of the Year in 1995. Scanlan was inducted into the Mercyhurst University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.


Following her collegiate career Scanlan played professionally in the Japanese "L" League with Oki FC Winds. She also won a National Championship playing with Springfield Sirens in the W-League and continued that success with the Memphis Mercury where she captained the highly regarded W-league team. Scanlan's playing career continued in Europe where she played with Leeds United and Bristol Academy in the English Women's Premier league and helped guide Bristol to a top four finish in the league and three FA Cup semi-final appearances in four years.


Scanlan holds the USSF A coaching license, the United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma, and the UEFA B coaching license.

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