Paul McGinlay is in his 18^th season at the helm of the Trinity University Tigers men’s soccer team. He has amassed an overall record of 283-54-19 (.822) over the past 17 years.

 

Coach McGinlay ranks No. 2 in winning percentage and victories among active NCAA Division III coaches. The leader is Dave Brandt of Messiah College, which Trinity beat in the 2007 NCAA Division III semifinals. The Tigers went on to their second NCAA Championship game. Coach McGinlay also ranks sixth in winning percentage in all NCAA divisions.

 

Coach McGinlay led Trinity to a 24-0-0 record and the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2003. It was the first NCAA title – in any division – for a soccer team in the state of Texas.

 

Trinity was also in the NCAA semifinals in 2002, finishing 20-1-2 for the year, and reaching 20 wins for the first time in school history.

 

Coach McGinlay had led the Tigers to 11 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007) and 11 appearances in the NCAA playoffs, including six in a row. He is a nine-time SCAC Coach of the Year honoree and guided the Tigers to an undefeated conference schedule nine times in his career. Coach McGinlay has also been selected as National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) South Central Region Coach of the Year five times, including 2007.

 

His teams have produced 15 All-Americans over the past 11 years.

 

During the summer of 2000, coach McGinlay was the head boys coach of the United States Soccer Federation’s (USSF) Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP). He was responsible for selecting the top aged 14-through-18 players in an 11-state region. The players competed against other regional squads and had the chance for selection to national teams. Coach McGinlay is also an assistant national staff coach for the NSCAA and is assistant director for the Region III Boys ODP.

 

Coach McGinlay joined the Trinity staff in 1991 from the College of Wooster (Ohio) where he was the assistant men’s soccer coach for four seasons. While coach McGinlay was at Wooster, the Scots captured two North Coast Athletic Conference titles and made two trips to the NCAA Division III postseason tournament.

 

Coach McGinlay holds a USFF “A” license and an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA.

 

A native of Corby, England, coach McGinlay earned the  bachelor’s degree from the University of London.

 

Coach McGinlay resides in San Antonio with his wife Whitney and a daughter (Claire, age 6) and son (Dylan, age 4).