Yellowjacket Soccer Coach Named to Hall of Fame (4/6/06)

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State University-Billings head men’s soccer coach Dan McNally became one of the first two inductees into the Embry-Riddle Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame last weekend.  McNally, who is completing his first season at the helm of the Yellowjacket soccer program, graduated from Embry-Riddle in 1999. 

McNally and former teammate Stewart Craig were introduced as the first two Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame inductees at an alumni luncheon in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Saturday.  Both players were team captains for the Eagles in the mid- and late-1990s, and each earned all-conference and All-America honors.

McNally finished his four-year career at Embry-Riddle with 66 points on 25 goals and 16 assists in 72 matches. Along with being recognized as the team’s MVP in his first two seasons with the Eagles, McNally also earned All-Conference honors, being named to the first team twice and the second team once.  He capped off his career by being selected to the All-America honorable mention team.

“He brought a new level of expectation to our soccer program,” Eagles head coach David Gregson said of McNally. “His standards and habits in games and in training raised the bar for all his teammates then and those who would follow later. There was that fire in his personality that allowed him to be a self-starter and set a new level of excellence for the program.”

Together McNally and Craig led the Eagles to the program’s first Florida Sun Conference tournament title in 1998. McNally took over the captain’s role from Craig in 1999 and helped lead the team to the program’s first regular season conference championship.