ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH GREG DALBY
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GREG DALBY ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH FOURTH SEASON NOTRE DAME ’07
Greg Dalby enters his fourth season on the men’s soccer staff in 2021 after being hired by head coach Jeff Cook in February 2018. Dalby was promoted to Associate Head Coach in February 2020 after serving as an assistant coach for the previous two seasons. At Penn State, Dalby helps with all aspects of the program including, but not limited to: recruiting, session planning, individual player development, form management, and camp planning. In his first season as associate head coach and his third season overall, Dalby once again guided Penn State to a runner-up finish in the Big Ten and its second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and first Sweet Sixteen since 2013. Dalby coached midfielders Pierre Reedy and Seth Kuhn to All-Big Ten honors on the first team and second team, respectively. He also helped Reedy and forward Danny Bloyou to Third Team All-America status.
As an NCAA student-athlete, Dalby played four years at Notre Dame where he was a two-year team captain, leading the Fighting Irish to back-to-back Big East regular-season championships in 2003 and 2004. Dalby was a NSCAA first-team All-American as well as a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2005 and 2006. He was also named Big East Midfielder of the Year and garnered first-team All-Big East honors twice. Dalby earned Big East Academic All-Star team honors for three seasons and was captain of the United States U-20 men’s national team in the FIFA Youth World Cup in 2005. Dalby served as the men’s soccer Student-Athlete Advisory Council representative and was awarded Notre Dame’s prestigious Byron V. Kanaley Award, recognizing senior athletes who excelled as both students and leaders. Dalby and his wife, Stacey, have three children, Addilynn, Miles and Brayden.
Under Dalby’s guidance, the Nittany Lion offense in 2020-21 scored 28 goals in a shortened season for an average 2.15 per game, a mark that was first in the conference and 13th nationally. In 2019, Dalby helped lead the Nittany Lions to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014 after a 12-3-3 regular-season record. He assisted in coaching senior Aaron Molloy to be Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten, Second Team All-American, and Mac Hermann Trophy Semifinalist. Dalby came to Happy Valley after being the lead assistant coach at Davidson College from 2015-17. At Davidson, Dalby was responsible for recruiting and talent development among a wide range of other duties. Prior to his time at Davidson, Dalby served as the assistant coach of his alma mater, Notre Dame, where he helped the squad to a 2013 NCAA Championship as well as a 2012 Big East Tournament Championship and back-toback ACC regular-season championships in 2013 and 2014. Dalby spent seven years as a professional soccer player, starting his career in the Belgian Premiere League at Royal Club Sporting Charleroi before moving on to the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Club where he played for two seasons. Dalby closed his professional career at the Charlotte Eagles where he spent two seasons as co-captain. Throughout his time in professional soccer, Dalby served on the U.S. Soccer Athlete Council where he contributed to the drafting and implementation of new legislature to benefit the athletes.
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