Washington College

Chestertown, MD 21620

Maryland Northeast

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Tom Reilly

Tom Reilly, a highly-decorated high school coach for over 30 years, was hired as the head women's soccer coach at Washington College in March 2017 and quickly made his mark on the program. The Shorewomen went 7-9-1 in 2017, Reilly's first season, for their best-ever single-season winning percentage at that point. That season, the Shorewomen also had two student-athletes named to the All-Centennial Conference first or second teams in the same season for the first time. The following year, the Shorewomen posted their first-ever winning record at 8-6-1. They also had three players earn All-Centennial Conference honors in the same season for the first time and had a player named All-Region for the first time.

Reilly spent 32 seasons as the head boys varsity soccer coach at Ocean Township High School in New Jersey, piling up a record of 405-188-43 before retiring as both coach and a Health and Physical Education teacher in January. During that time, he also spent three seasons as the head girls varsity soccer coach at Brick Memorial High School, posting a 41-9-5 record.

As a high school head coach, Reilly won 11 Division Championships, four Shore Conference Tournament Championships, five Central Jersey Group III Championships, and one New Jersey Group III Championship. A multiple time Conference Coach of the Year, Reilly was also named the State of New Jersey Coach of the Year in 1995 and the Central Jersey Coach of the Year in 2001. He was inducted into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2019.

Reilly’s three decades of soccer coaching has also included 12 years as a club coach for the Brick Town Soccer Association Titans (1996-2004) and New Jersey United (2004-08). He coached the latter club to the U.S. Club Soccer State Cup Final in 2008.

Since 1991, Reilly has also been owner and Director of Coaching for Coerver Coaching. He has held his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National “A” Coaching License since 1991 and has attended the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention annually since 1989.

Reilly enjoyed a long and outstanding playing career on the pitch, playing competitively in the Garden State Men’s League from 1985 until 2013. He was a four-year varsity player at the University of South Carolina from 1979 through 1982, leading the team in goals (11) and total points (25) in 1981. He still ranks among the Gamecocks’ top 15 all-time leading goal scorers with 23 career goals. As a high-school player at Brick Town High School, he scored a school-record 58 goals and earned first-team All-State honors. He was named to the Asbury Park Press All-Decade Team for the 1970s.

Reilly earned a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education from South Carolina in 1983.

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Megan Jensen

Megan Jensen was hired as an assistant coach for women's soccer in the Spring of 2023. Jensen comes to Chestertown following a two-year stint as the graduate assistant women's soccer coach at Muskingum University in Ohio.

During her time at Muskingum, Jensen she coached three players to All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors. Her duties included preparing scouting reports and breaking down film for games and practices and serving as the program's camp coordinator for summer ID clinics, alumni relations and outreach organizer, recruiting coordinator, academic coordinator and head of fundraising initiatives. Jensen also was a member of Muskingum's Title IX Planning Committee for the 50th Anniversary of Title IX as she arranged for former Muskingum athletic alumnae to attend a discussion panel meeting for the anniversary. She also served as an aerobics instructor in the university's physical education office.

Jensen played collegiately at North Central in suburban Chicago where she was a three-year player, playing in 34 career games with 20 starting assignments. As a junior in 2019 she helped the Cardinals reach the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament. A defender for the team, she helped North Central tally 12 shutouts and registered one assist in her time with the Cardinals.

She has served as a coach for club teams and a counselor at camps in Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Jensen earned a B.A. in Political Science from North Central in 2021 and her M.A. in Adult Education from Muskingum in May 2023.

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Roy Dunshee

Roy Dunshee joined Washington College in 2012 and has guided the team to national prominence.

The 2023 Shoremen advanced to the NCAA Final Four, finished as the top seed in the Centennial Conference tournament, and finished the season ranked #4 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll. Coach Dunshee and his staff were named Coaching Staff of the Year in the Centennial.

The Shoremen finished the 2022 season with the ninth ranked defense in the country. The team allowed only three goals in conference play and captured the #2 Seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament for the second year in a row.

In 2021, the Shoremen earned their first Conference Championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. They won a program-record 15 matches and finished #10 in the D3soccer.com Poll and #14 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll. For their efforts, the Shoremen placed six players on All-Conference teams, and Coach Dunshee and his staff were awarded the 2021 Men's Region V Staff of the Year.

In 2016, Dunshee guided the Shoremen to their first trip to the Centennial Conference Tournament, reaching the semifinal round.

Prior to coming to Washington College, Dunshee spent four seasons as the head coach at Severna Park High School in Severna Park, MD. In his four seasons, he led the team to a record of 56-10-4 and three regional championships. He also spent five years coaching at St. Mary's Catholic High School and nearly two decades as Regional Director for Coerver Coaching.

During the winter and spring of 2010, Dunshee served as an assistant coach for Division I Northwestern University, designing and implementing winter and spring training sessions and game plans. Northwestern went on to win the 2011 Big Ten Championship.

Since 2007, Dunshee has worked as an instructor for United Soccer Coaches and in 2019, received the prestigious “Mike Berticelli Excellence in Coaching Education Award”.

Dunshee earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of South Carolina, where he teamed with Shorewomen Head Coach Tom Reilly for a four-year record of 54-19-5. His additional education includes a Juris Doctorate from George Mason University School of Law and an executive certificate in leadership from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.

Dunshee's coaching certifications include USSF A, B, C, and D licenses, US Youth Soccer Y license, and USC Premier, Advanced National, and National Diplomas. His additional professional experience includes five years as an attorney and thirteen years as a restauranteur.

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Ryan Shera

Ryan Shera joined the Shoremen in the summer of 2021 and in his three seasons with the team have been the most successful in program history. In that span, the Shoremen finished first or second in the conference each year, captured a Conference Championship and earned two trips to the NCAA Tournament finishing in the Sweet 16 and the Final Four. His efforts were acknowledged with the 2021 United Soccer Coaches Region V Coaching Staff of the Year award and 2023 Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year.

Prior to his arrival in Chestertown, Coach Shera had stints with youth clubs in Southern California, Nevada and Maryland as coach, educator, and director. His work with refugee players in the Yalla Soccer Club in San Diego was featured on ESPN, NPR, and other national media outlets and in 2016 Ryan was a featured presenter at the US Soccer Foundation Urban Soccer Symposium.

Ryan’s coaching certifications include the USSF A license, the United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma and the US Soccer National Youth License. He has attended coaching courses in Holland, Belgium, Croatia, and Northern Ireland under the tutelage of World Football Academy educators Raymond Verheijen and Marcel Lucassen (former Head of Coach & Player Development at Arsenal).

Ryan played collegiately at Fordham University and Dickinson College and played high school soccer at St. Mary’s of Annapolis under Coach Roy Dunshee. He is a graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law, Order of the Barristers. He served as a federal law clerk in the Southern District of California before entering private practice.