Michael Scott
Head Coach
Scott begins his second season as the head women's soccer coach at McDaniel in 2025.
In his first season, Scott led the team to the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship and the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Women's Soccer Championship after the team finished second in the regular season. McDaniel boasted six all-conference selections while Scott and his staff was named Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year.
Scott earned his first career win with a 4-0 victory over Goucher at home on Aug. 30, 2024 and the Green Terror were ranked as high as No. 13 in the United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll on Sept. 10, 2024 and were also ranked first in the Region V rankings, the first time in program history that the team had been ranked at No. 1.
Scott was promoted to head coach on March 28, 2024 after seven seasons as an assistant coach, during which he helped the team win over 70 percent of its games, posting a record of 81-29-14. He was a part of five postseason appearances in six seasons, including three NCAA tournament appearances. The Green Terror won their first-ever Centennial Conference championship in 2021 and back-to-back ECAC titles in 2018 and 2019. The team also posted a school record 18 wins in 2021.
As an assistant, Scott was a part of two Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 2021 and 2023 as well as the Region V staff of the year this past fall as McDaniel advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship and was ranked at No. 25 in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll. The Green Terror also posted three wins against nationally ranked teams in No. 1 Messiah, No. 8 Johns Hopkins, and No. 17 Swarthmore.
A native of Fife, Scotland, Scott has coached with the Baltimore Celtic Soccer Club since 2020.
Scott was a four-year starter for the UMBC men's soccer team, helping the Retrievers win three-straight America East championships and leading them to an appearance in the semifinals of the 2014 College Cup. He served as team captain and earned All-America East Second Team honors as a senior. He currently ranks third in program history in games played with 80. He graduated cum laude from UMBC in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance.
Following graduation, Scott played for Christos FC in Baltimore and won a national championship in the United States Adult Soccer Association in 2016.
Scott received his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from McDaniel in 2019 and is currently finishing his Master of Education in Physical Education and Coaching from McDaniel.
Scott currently holds his U.S. Soccer D, F, grassroots, 7v7 and 11v11 licenses and also holds his Level 1 and 2 coaching badges from the Scottish FA.