Brianna McDonald ’22 joined the Gwynedd Mercy University women’s soccer coaching staff as an assistant prior to the 2022 season. Coach McDonald was a four-year member and two-year captain (2020, 2021) of the women’s soccer program, who logged 31 consecutive starts between her sophomore and senior seasons. During her senior season, she scored her only collegiate goal as the game-winner in a 1-0 victory at Rosemont College (Oct. 2, 2021).
While competing as collegiate student-athlete at Gwynedd Mercy University, McDonald fulfilled coaching appointments with several youth soccer organizations. Her coaching career began as a personal trainer at Total Soccer (April 2021 – Present) in Warminster, Pennsylvania. She took on an assistant coach internship with the Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative from November 2021 to May 2022 and has since elevated her status in the company to a program coordinator (July 2022 – Present). In her present role, she is responsible for coordinating programs at local recreation centers, organizing Social Emotional Learning Survey tracking, and assisting with various youth sport projects in the Philadelphia area.
Coach McDonald was very active as an undergrad, serving on the leadership of several campus clubs while competing as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III student-athlete. In addition to her two seasons as team captain, she served as the vice president for Gwynedd Mercy University’s The Hidden Opponent Chapter (August 2021 – May 2022), a peer mentor in the Integrated Studies program (August 2020 – May 2022), and the social media coordinator for the Social Work and Psychology Club (August 2020 – May 2022). McDonald was also a presenter at the 2021 National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter (NASW-PA) Conference and the 2021 Social Work in the Mercy Tradition: Global Perspectives Conference.
Coach McDonald currently resides in Yardley, Pennsylvania.
