Salisbury University

Zack MacDougall enters his fourth season as the head coach of Salisbury University men's soccer in 2025. He stands as the eighth head coach in the program's 87-year history after taking the reins in 2022.

Honors/Accomplishments as Head Coach

• Two Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Tournament semifinal appearances (2022, 2024)
• 10 All-C2C selections (two First-Team)

Notable Games as Head Coach

• Sept. 14, 2024 - Salisbury bests No. 3 Messiah in road upset; first win over Messiah in program history
• Oct. 18, 2023 - Salisbury prevails over No. 25 Christopher Newport; first win over CNU since 2018
• Nov. 3, 2022 - Salisbury upsets third-seeded UW-Platteville 0-0 (7-6 PKs) in C2C Tournament first round
• Oct. 26, 2022 - Salisbury defeats C2C rival and eventual NCAA Tournament semifinalist Mary Washington 2-1
• Sept. 24, 2022 - Salisbury defeats Cairn 2-1 for Coach MacDougall's first win as SU head coach

Coaching Career Prior to Salisbury

MacDougall comes to Salisbury after three seasons as the head coach at Shenandoah University. MacDougall led the Hornets to their best season since 2004 with eight wins in 2021 and the team's first-ever Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) postseason appearance. The Hornets also had two All-ODAC selections in Niclas Vavra and Nathan Yared, which were the most all-conference honorees in program history and first since 2015.

Prior to Shenandoah, MacDougall spent a year as the lead assistant at the University of Mary Washington in 2018. MacDougall helped the Eagles finish the 2018 season with a 14-1-5 overall record, a 5-1-1 record in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC, now Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference) and a CAC Championship along with the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

Before UMW, MacDougall also spent time as the lead assistant coach at North Carolina Wesleyan for a year and at Randolph College from 2012-17. At Randolph, MacDougall was on the staff that won the 2013 ODAC Regular Season Championship and finished the season as ODAC Tournament finalists.

Playing Career

MacDougall played four seasons at Randolph (2007-10), where he was a two-time team captain and earned All-ODAC honors in 2010.

Personal Life

MacDougall graduated from Randolph in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He also earned his Master of Arts in Teaching with a focus in Secondary Education from Randolph in 2014.

Coach MacDougall's Record at SU

Last updated: 6/16/25