Claire Scanlan - Soccer Coach - Troy University Athletics

Claire Scanlan

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
cscanlan@troy.edu
Phone:
5653

Associate Head Coach Claire Scanlan enters her sixth season with Troy having previously served as a graduate assistant for the Trojan soccer program from 1999-2001 while earning her master’s degree in education.

Scanlan brings a wealth of experience to Troy as she has been a player and coach with Ireland’s National Team. Scanlan has also served as the head coach of Ireland’s Under 23 National Team and was an assistant coach for Ireland’s National Under 17 Women’s World Cup Team.

In addition to her international experience, 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 Scanlan’s leadership, Filton College won back to back National Championships in 2007 and 2008, along with two National Cup Championships. Scanlan’s success with Filton College helped guide them to being named as the “Female Football Academy of the Year” in 2007 by the English FA.

While at Filton, Scanlan also served as the assistant coach with the England College’s National Team and helped them to achieve success in their inaugural year. She also acted as the Assistant Director of the Girls Center of Excellence where she was the head coach of the Under 16 Center of Excellence program.

In addition, Scanlan was a player and assistant coach with Bristol Academy’s Women’s senior team in the English Women’s Premier league and helped guide them to a top four finish in the league and three FA Cup semifinal’s in four years.

Scanlan has had a distinguished coaching career to date but it is her playing career that was the catalyst to her development as a coach. Having spent over 15 years as a player on the Irish Women’s National Team, Scanlan has competed in European and World Cup qualifiers and was named the Irish National Team ‘Player of the Year’ in 1999 and a nominee for that same award in 2003.

Scanlan played at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania where she received her bachelor's degree in business, Scanlan was a member of the highly successful Mercyhurst College women’s soccer program from 1992-1996.

While at Mercyhurst, Scanlan was a two-time All-American in 1994 and 1995 and was named the Division II Player of the Year and Conference Player of the Year.

Scanlan’s first stop as a player following her stellar collegiate career came in 1997 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 career continued in Europe where she played with Leeds United in the English Women’s Premier League before she made the move to Bristol Academy to pursue her coaching career in one of the most competitive women’s leagues in the world.

A USSF ‘A’ and UEFA ‘B’ licensed coach, Scanlan is a state staff coach for the Alabama Olympic Development Program (ODP) as well on Region Staff for the Region III Olympic Development Program.