Brian Ainscough

Brian Ainscough

Personal information
Date of birth	October 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	New Jersey Eagles		(1)
1990	Penn-Jersey Spirit
1992–1993	Drogheda United	6	(0)
Managerial career
1991	Villanova Wildcats (assistant)
1992–1994	Boston College Eagles (assistant)
1995–1999	Providence Friars
2000–2004	Bowdoin Polar Bears
2005–2015	Northeastern Huskies
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Ainscough is the owner of Dundalk F.C. and CEO of United Soccer League Two club Boston Bolts (USL). He was instrumental in Kerry F.C.’s introduction to the League of Ireland in 2023.

Formerly a soccer coach, who last coached the men's soccer team at Northeastern University from 2005 to 2014. He compiled a 79–80–33 overall record, including a 27–16–12 mark in conference play. He transformed the Huskies soccer program into one of the best in the CAA, posting four straight top 5 finishes in conference play. His best success came in 2009, when the team went 10–8–1, including an 8–3–1 mark in conference play. He has led the team to back-to-back finals appearances in the CAA tournament, narrowly missing the NCAA tournament both years.

He was previously the head men's soccer coach at Providence College, where he coached the Friars for four years. He turned around the Friars program, which was then considered one of the worst in the Big East, and guided them to a 9–9–1 record his final year. In 1998, his Friars made the Big East tournament for the first time in over a decade. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Villanova University in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, he coached under Ed Kelly at Boston College.

External links

• http://www.gonu.com/coaches.aspx?rc=80&path=msoc